Updated 10.54 | Published 10.48
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fullscreen The statue is touring the US. The picture is from when it was exhibited in Las Vegas. Photo: Ronda Churchill / AFP
A naked Donald Trump is on tour through America’s swing states.
The “Crooked and Obscene” statue was last seen outside a cannabis store in Arizona.
Now five states remain.
The 13-meter-tall, 2.7-ton installation sparked outrage among state politicians when it was first spotted on a freeway outside Las Vegas last week.
“Families driving through Las Vegas are forced to watch this offensive puppet, for shock value rather than meaningful dialogue,” the Nevada Republican Party said in a statement.
Rented out his land
Then the tour went further south and on Thursday the Trump statue was erected, in all its glory, outside a cannabis shop in Phoenix, Arizona.
Landowner Tom Yarak had been contacted through a third party who said they needed a place to temporarily store the installation.
Yarak was not prepared for the attention it would create. He saw it as a business transaction without political motives.
– I’m like Switzerland, says Yarak Axios.
The tour continues
During Friday, it was taken down and driven away on a truck, local media reports.
Where it is now headed is still unknown. It is likely that one of the remaining wave-master states of Georgia, Michigan, North Carolina and Pennsylvania will be next.
The artist behind the work is still unknown. But sources with insight have told TMZ that it was named “Crooked and Obscene”, referring to the controversial nature of both the man and the statue.
The Trump campaign has not commented on the work.