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Pastor leads leads wild dedication ceremony for Trump’s giant gold statue (www.the-independent.com)

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You would think a Pastor would have a serious problem with that. Only in Trumps America.

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[–] Infrapink@thebrainbin.org 12 points 6 days ago

Oh it gets better.

The statue — which rises 15 feet atop a 7-foot base — was commissioned and bankrolled by a collective of crypto investors seeking to boost visibility for their memecoin, $PATRIOT, according to The Daily Beast.

Sculptor Alan Cottrill told The Times in February that he agreed to create the bronze figure for $300,000 but complained that the investors were slow in paying. In November he proposed coating it in gold leaf.

His suggestion went down like an offering of water “to a person dying of thirst,” he said. “Immediately everybody jumped on board.”