Statue of 'Obese, Naked Trump' Titled 'Orange Plague' Unveiled at European Parliament

A gold-coated statue of former U.S. President Donald Trump, titled 'Orange Plague,' has been put on display at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. The 2.5-meter-tall sculpture, also known as the 'King of Injustice,' depicts Trump as overweight and naked, riding on the shoulders of a shorter man and holding a golden club.

The artwork is a "satirical outcry" by Danish artist Jens Galschiot against Trump's approach to climate change and what the artist described as the "US assault on the green transition and the rule-based world order." The statue is coated in 23-karat gold leaf.

The sculpture is positioned at an intersection connecting two of the parliament's buildings and is scheduled to remain on display until Thursday. A description card beneath the statue reads: "I am sitting on the back of a man. He is sinking under my burden. I would do anything to help him. Except stepping down from his back - The King of Injustice."

Per Clausen, a left-wing member of the European Parliament who invited the artist, dismissed concerns about potential reactions from Trump. "If someone is so thin-skinned that they cannot tolerate this sculpture being exhibited in the European Parliament, then they have no place on the world stage," Clausen told the news outlet DW.

Trump has not publicly commented on the statue. The 'Orange Plague' has previously been exhibited in other European cities and was also shown at the COP30 UN climate conference in Belem, Brazil, last year. It is slated to be displayed at the COP31 UN Climate Conference in Turkey in November.

This is not the first time Galschiot has used his art for political commentary. In 2000, he erected a sculpture titled 'The Pillar of Shame' in Belem to commemorate the Eldorado massacre, in which 19 landless individuals were killed by military police. That sculpture remains in Brazil.