As France was already burning, from October 6 to 8, a statue bearing the dual names “Orange Plague” and “King of Injustice,” supposedly representing President Trump, presided over the busy hall connecting the European Parliament’s two buildings in Strasbourg. Despite the nobility of the materials used—bronze covered with 23-carat gold leaf—no expert was needed to see that this monstrosity has nothing artistic about it, but instead stems from the irrational, indeed childish, hatred felt by the “artist,” the Dane Jens Galschiot, for the U.S. president—the man and his political positions.
A Europe United In Infamy
The European Parliament’s insulting Trump statue exposes the continent’s political decadence.
