‘Don Colossus’: Golden Trump statue crippled by crypto pay dispute
ZANESVILLE Ohio – Lying on its back at an Ohio sculpture studio, the 4.6m tall gold-leafed statue of US President Donald Trump dubbed “Don Colossus” by its creators is, perhaps, not quite at its best.
The massive bronze work, slated to stand two storeys tall once installed on a 2,720kg base, depicts a defiant Mr Trump raising his fist in the moments after
he survived an assassination attempt
in July 2024.
But the wait for the US$360,000 (S$458,200) statue to be erected has been more than a year, partly because sculptor Alan Cottrill has yet to be paid. It was commissioned by cryptocurrency entrepreneurs and backers of Mr Trump, who was then a candidate.
Its fate – dreamt up by crypto creators but consigned to financial purgatory…
