Great anger in the US over the naked Trump statue

 

Donald Trump
A 13-meter-tall naked Trump arouses anger among Republicans

Martin Palmborg

Updated 10.54 | Published 10.48

The statue is touring around the United States. 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 see 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 am like Switzerland, says Yarak to 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 in line.

The artist behind the work is still unknown. But sources with knowledge of the matter have told  TMZ that it has been 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.