'Don Colossus,' a Golden Statue of President Trump, Waits for Its Home

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/technology/trump-statue-don-colossus.html

https://archive.ph/WDFhO

‘Don Colossus,’ a Golden Statue of President Trump, Waits for Its Home
A group of cryptocurrency investors backing a memecoin hopes the statue will soon be installed at one of Mr. Trump’s golf courses in Florida.
By David Yaffe-Bellany
Feb. 3, 2026 Updated 3:53 p.m. ET

It’s known as “Don Colossus.”

At 15 feet tall, the statue of President Trump, mounted on its 7,000-pound pedestal, is about the height of a two-story building — a giant effigy cast in bronze and finished with a thick layer of gold leaf.

For more than a year, the golden statue has been at the center of one of the stranger moneymaking ventures of the Trump era. A group of cryptocurrency investors paid $300,000 to have a sculptor create it as a tribute to Mr. Trump, an outspoken crypto proponent.

Then they used it to promote a memecoin called $PATRIOT.

Now, improbably, the project appears close to fruition. A pedestal made of concrete and stainless steel was installed last month on the grounds of Mr. Trump’s golf complex in Doral, Fla. Pastor Mark Burns, one of the organizers of the effort and a friend of Mr. Trump’s, told his collaborators that the president planned to attend the statue’s unveiling there, according to messages reviewed by The New York Times.

“It LOOKS FANTASTIC,” Mr. Trump wrote to Mr. Burns in December.


Miniature versions of the Trump statue. Maddie McGarvey for The New York Times


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[NoMoreRepugs]

1. Birds are gonna love it.

[leftstreet]

2. Next week: "I'm tearing down the statue of liberty..."

for renovations of course

[tavernier]

3. He looks fat.

Ooops. I guess no one should mention that.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

4. pic of the full sized thing

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[tavernier]

5. Wow, I didn't know he was that fat.

Probably another thing we shouldn’t say, or it might hurt his feelings.

[PatSeg]

7. Geez, this people really ARE insane

[MagickMuffin]

6. I believe there are several bible verses that condemn golden idols

Daniel 3 something

Then the man who makes announcements for the king spoke in a loud voice, “All you people from many nations and language groups, listen to me. This is what you are commanded to do: You must bow down as soon as you hear the sound of all the musical instruments. When you hear YMCA and all the other musical instruments, you must worship the golden idol of king trump. king trump has set this idol that he had made for himself as a tremendous tribute to himself and to be worshipped and idolized. Whoever does not bow down and worship this gold idol of king trump he had made, they will immediately be thrown into a very ICY conditions.” So as soon as they heard the sound of YMCA and all the other musical instruments, they bowed down and worshiped the gold idol of king trump he made ordered made. All the peoples, nations, and different language groups there worshiped the gold idol of king trump that king trump had set up to honor himself. Then some of the magas came up with tears in their eyes, to king trump and began speaking against the people from America. They said, “king trump, may you live forever! king trump, you gave a command. You said that everyone who hears the sound of YMCA, and all the other musical instruments must bow down and worship the golden idol you made of yourself. And you also said that whoever does not bow down and worship the golden idol of yourself you had made, will be thrown into a very ICY conditions. There are some Americans officials that ignored your order, king trump. Their names are Newsom, Obama, and Biden. They don’t worship you, and they didn’t bow down to worship the golden idol of yourself you had ordered for the masses. trump became very angry. He called for Newsom, Obama, and Biden. So they were brought to him. And trump said to them, “Newscum, Cheatin Obama, and Sleepy Joe, is it true that you don’t worship me? And is it true that you didn’t bow down and worship the golden idol of myself, that I had made so you would have to worship me, that I have set up? Now when you hear the sound of YMCA and all the other musical instruments, you must bow down and worship the golden idol of myself I ordered made from the finest gold. If you are ready to worship the golden idol of myself I have made, that is good. But if you don’t worship it, you will be thrown very quickly into the very ICY conditions. Then no god will be able to save you from my power!”

And with that threat a great flood came and wiped out all the golden idols of king trump, along with the king, as he could not let go of his idol of himself. His most valued commodity.

[Volaris]

10. Speaking of the ancients, maybe we can repurpose it as a modern Brazen Bull

And throw him in.

[struggle4progress]

8. Great! A gold-colored fifteen-foot statue of some dude with bad indigestion

[maxrandb]

9. I've seen this movie before

No wonder there's nothing but sequels anymore.

Look! It's an Epstein Orgy!!

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