A bronze statue of First Girl Melania Trump in Slovenia has been stolen — slicing it off on the ankles. It was not a straightforward feat because the bronze construction was anchored to a tree stump in a area close to Melania’s hometown Sevnica.Thieves minimize it from the ankles, and now an investigation has been launched into the brazen theft.However the incident is eerie as the sooner statue of the First Girl too had a fateful finish. It was a wood statue which was set on hearth in 2020. The bronze statue was a stage as much as face up to such accidents however this time it was minimize off. The bronze life-size sculpture was unveiled in 2020 throughout President Donald Trump’s first time period. In the identical yr, the bronze statue was erected. Police spokeswoman Alenka Drenik Rangus stated Friday that the police had been knowledgeable in regards to the theft of the statue on Tuesday. She stated police had been working to trace down these accountable.
‘My feeling is that…’: What the sculptor stated
American conceptual artist Brad Downey, who was the sculptor of the statue, stated it is a bit unhappy that the statue is gone. “My feeling is that it has one thing to do with the brand new election [of Donald Trump], however who is aware of, proper?” the artist stated.The wood construction additionally had a contribution from Downey who labored with native artist Aleš Župevc who took a chainsaw to a fallen linden tree to make the primary statue. It is not identified whether or not Melania Trump ever noticed any of those statues — which bore no resemblance to her. President Donalod Trump, for positive, didn’t see these statues and he by no means visited Slovenia. Slovenia additionally had a two-faced statue of Donald Trump — one face depicting him as a pleasant particular person and one other a vampire. However that statue too was burned to the bottom.
