The protest hits on President Donald Trump just keep on coming. Facing a less than prime approval rating at home in the U.S., he remains hardly popular elsewhere. A British museum has now unveiled a statue casting him in a role of overbearing storybook villain — after all, that’s how (not) seriously plenty of interests around the world take him.
The depiction sits outside the Roald Dahl Museum in the United Kingdom, and features the author’s iconic character Matilda staring down a caricatured Trump. The work is the result of public input. Nearly half of the respondents to a poll put out asserted that in the present day, the some 30-year-old Matilda character would take on none other than President Trump.
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A statue of Roald Dahl’s Matilda staring down Donald Trump has been unveiled near the author’s old home in Great Missenden in Bucks – to celebrate the book’s 30th anniversary #Matilda30 #HeartNews pic.twitter.com/VH3GXXoOtL
— Thames Valley News (@HeartThamesNews) October 1, 2018
He’s certainly marked himself by proving overbearing. Nothing more than a quick perusal of his personal Twitter profile will reveal just how egocentric and demanding he really is. As president of the United States, he routinely picks fights with those outside the comforts of the White House. It’s so intense that the First Lady’s anti-bullying campaign will forever remain ironic considering who she’s married to.
The new statue outside the Roald Dahl museum is hardly the first time he’s faced harsh protest in the United Kingdom. Concurrent to his visit to the country earlier this year, activists unveiled a giant blimp depicting him as a crying baby that went along with massive protests — and the idea caught on, with some of the balloons making their way to the United States for protests.
Trump complained about the depiction, but that’s the point. His hatred of the “little guy” and blatant disregard for accepted standards of decency remains unwelcome, and there are plenty keen on reminding him of that.
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