Thousands of Brits Protest Trump’s Visit Alongside 16-Foot Farting Presidential Robot
As always, the protesters in Britain clearly put a lot of effort into
their preparations to mock Trump. The most eye-catching part of the parade was
a huge robotic statue named the Trump Dump, which featured the gigantic
president atop a golden toilet, with a smartphone in his agitating hand. It
emitted farting noises and the catchphrase “no collusion.”
“I wanted to honor him by showing him in all his glory,” the monster’s
creator, Don Lessem, explained to The Daily Beast, claiming it cost him $25,000
of his own cash. “It’s 16 feet, which is the size of his ego. We wanted to
match that. It needs to be a little more orange I think, but we tried to do it
as proportionally accurate as possible, so his penis is three millimeters.”
Lessem’s ultimate goal is to crowdfund an effort to bring the robot to
Washington, D.C. for the July 4 celebrations, but he was proud to give it its
“world debut” to coincide with the president’s trip to London. There were thousands of slightly less extravagant attempts to ridicule
the president during his visit. On Monday, he dubiously claimed that he had
been greeted by “tremendous crowds of well wishers” rather than protests and
that there was “great love all around” on his first state visit.
On the contrary, the crowd couldn’t have displayed any more antipathy for
him, even though there appeared to be smaller numbers than a huge protest
against him last year. Signs showed various degrees of exasperation, ranging
from the playful “Who invited this wally anyway?” to the frank “You’re a racist
twat, mate,” to the laconic “Fuck this fucking fucker.”.. read more:
