''Latest controversy' erupts in Oval Office as statue showing Trump being shot appears'

[sop]

"Donald Trump's rally where a wannabe assassin grazed Trump's ear with a bullet became a flashpoint of the election, and now it's creating drama in the White House, the Daily Beast reported."

"Emell Derra Adolphus, a news reporter for the outlet, said over the weekend that a 'statuette of the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, has been spotted in the Oval Office.'"

"In Oval Office photos, the small sculpture can be seen mounted on a table next to the president’s Resolute Desk. It depicts the moment Trump raised his fist in the air and began chanting, 'fight, fight, fight,' to rally attendees after would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks‘s bullet grazed his ear on July 13, 2024," the report states."

"'Artist Stan Watts reportedly plans to create a 9-foot tall version of the moment in bronze, according to the Trump Statute Project’s website. The image of Trump’s raised fist has become a rallying cry for Trump’s MAGA base, and Trump has leaned into its popularity with photos of the moment printed on MAGA memorabilia available on Trumpstore.com,' the report states. 'The statuette is the latest controversy over Trump’s Oval Office decor. His mug shot, taken August 24, 2023, after he was indicted on racketeering and related charges, was spotted hanging on a wall just before the entrance to the Oval Office.'"

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-shooter-statue-oval-office/

[BoRaGard]

1. I always wondered what the Hell the well-rehearsed "fight, fight, fight" BS was about

Did the republicon felon-rapist mean that we should fight the magat republicon who "shot" him?

Or just "everybody fight everybody" so he can sit back
like a 5-time draft-dodging casino hustler and watch to amuse himself?

[Orrex]

2. Allegedly shot

So-called shot
Purportedly shot
Dubiously shot
Conveniently shot
Improbably shot
Unlikely shot
Unbelievably shot

Mug shot

Not shot

[sop]

3. A re-enactment of that historic event, with live ammunition for realism, is needed.

Tickets sold would retire the national debt.

[Tanuki]

4. I wonder if he's planning to put the 9-ft. version

in his so-called "Garden of Heroes"?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/24/neh-trump-garden-of-heroes-artists/83256657007/

"After just cutting more than 1,000 grants, the National Endowment for the Humanities is recruiting artists to create 250 statues for President Donald Trump's Garden of Heroes idea in time for the country's 250th Anniversary next year.

The grant application opened Thursday and allows for up to $600,000 per artist to create three statues of American heroes Trump identified in an executive order during his first term. Each statue can cost up $200,000, must be life-sized and made of marble, granite, bronze, copper, or brass.

"The purpose of this program is to celebrate key moments in American history and honor the statesmen, visionaries, and innovators who shaped the nation through the creation of statues in their likeness," according to the grant notice. The sculptures are supposed to be in place by the 250th anniversary of America's independence from Britain, on July 4, 2026, but a location for the garden has not been publicized."