Golden Trump statue at CPAC is for sale

[DonViejo]

PHOTO OF THE DAY: At CPAC on Friday, a gold-plated statue of Donald Trump (with artist Tommy Zegan, right) epitomizes the thrust of much of this year’s conference. | Tara Palmeri/POLITICO



THE REAL STAR OF FRIDAY’S SHOW: A gilded, larger-than-life-size statue of Trump … and you’ll never guess where it was crafted.

“It was made in Mexico,” said artist TOMMY ZEGAN, who traveled all the way to CPAC from Rosarito, Mexico, where he lives as an American expat on a permanent resident visa.

The supply chain: Zegan spent over six months crafting the 200-pound fiberglass statue with the help of three men in Rosarito. He transported it to Tampa, Fla., where it was painted in chrome, then hauled it from there to CPAC in a U-Haul, where he managed to cart it through the conference in just a black-and-white Hawaiian shirt and no CPAC credential. (Tickets were sold out.)

“If someone offered me $100,000 I’d take it,” Zegan told Playbook.

There’s more: Zegan crafted an even higher-end, stainless steel version that cost his “life savings,” or $50,000. He said he’s aiming to sell that one for over $1 million. But if not, he hopes to see it in a future Trump Presidential Library. He’s even been in touch with Trump’s longtime executive assistant RHONA GRAFF about the matter.

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[katmondoo]

1. It belongs in the garbage!

[NameAlreadyTaken]

2. Typically Republican... they're all for sale

[Captain Zero]

3. I'm sure it was a lot of work. But it sucks. nt.

[PatSeg]

15. It is absolutely awful

and not because it is of Trump. It is just stupid looking. I can't believe the amount of time and money that went into it. AND he spent his life savings ($50,000) making another one? These people are positively nuts.

[FakeNoose]

4. OK there's the definition of insanity: he spent his life savings on this junk

[Faux pas]

5. That

thing totally captures the hump's essence, for sure.

[louis-t]

6. So, if it weighs 200 lbs

that means it is 1/2 scale?

[unweird]

9. Snicker

[Takket]

7. i'd hate to give these bozos any money but.........

imagine how much we could make if DU chipped in, raised 100k, then held a PPV where we push this thing out of any airplane.........

we could raise millions for charity.........

[Beringia]

8. Yes, good idea

[AllaN01Bear]

14. into an active volcano.

[Ka-Dinh Oy]

10. Oh look, the golden calf that the religious right has replaced their God with.

[GoCubsGo]

11. Why should it be any different than any of the attendees?

They're ALL for sale to the highest bidder.

[CTyankee]

12. on his left foot, it looks like he is wearing a flip flop...this is too much even for satire...

[PatSeg]

16. Yes, flip flops and shorts?

Which Donald Trump is that suppose to represent? I can't imagine what on earth they were thinking. That isn't even a parody of the real person.

[eShirl]

13. looks like a parody of the Big Boy statue

looks like it was repurposed from something else