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All gold, no clothes: Orange Plague statue brings naked Trump to EU Parliament

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Dancel, R. (2026, October 7). All gold, no clothes: Orange Plague statue brings naked Trump to EU Parliament. The Straits Times. https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/all-gold-no-clothes-orange-plague-statue-brings-naked-trump-to-eu-parliament

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The Straits Times · collected 2026-10-07 · by Raul Dancel

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Danish artist Jens Galschiot’s sculpture "Orange Plague," which depicts a naked Donald Trump sitting on another man's shoulders and coated in 23-karat gold, was displayed at the European Parliament in Strasbourg from October 6 to October 8, 2025. The statue, standing approximately 2.4 meters tall including its pedestal, criticizes Trump’s stance on climate change and his actions since returning to office in January 2025, such as leaving the Paris climate agreement and rolling back emissions rules.
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On October 6, 2025, a Danish artist named Jens Galschiot unveiled a satirical statue called 'The Orange Plague' at the European Parliament building in Strasbourg, France. The 2.5-meter-tall gold-coated sculpture depicts former US President Donald Trump naked and overweight, sitting on the shoulders of a smaller man while holding a golf club. Inscribed beneath the statue is a satirical pledge stating: "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 artwork aims to critique Trump's environmental policies and his impact on global cooperation, particularly regarding climate change. It previously appeared at the COP30 UN climate conference in Belem, Brazil, in 2025. A Danish European Parliament member named Per Clausen invited Galschiot to display the statue in Strasbourg and defended its presence as a necessary critique of world leaders who cannot handle satire.

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Since returning to office in January 2025, Trump has left the Paris climate agreement, rolled back emissions rules and cut support for cleaner energy. Danish European Parliament member Per Clausen invited Galschiot to bring the statue in Strasbourg. Anticipating backlash from Trump, the left-wing lawmaker said: “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.”
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🔮 It currently occupies a busy hallway connecting two parliament buildings and will remain there till Oct 8.
2026-10-07 · The Straits Times
All gold, no clothes: Orange Plague statue brings naked Trump to EU Parliament · assertive framing

Claims (16 extracted, 2 hedged)

All gold, no clothes: Orange Plague statue brings naked Trump to EU Parliament AI generated asserted
statue → bring → Parliament
US President Donald Trump came to the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Oct 6 naked and in gold, with a golf club in his hand and a smaller man carrying his weight. asserted
Trump → come → weight
Danish artist Jens Galschiot’s Orange Plague, also known as King Of Injustice, depicts a naked Trump perched on another man’s shoulders. asserted
Plague → know → shoulders
The sculpture stands about 2.4m tall, including its pedestal, and is coated in 23-karat gold, according to the artist. uncertain
sculpture → stand → artist
It currently occupies a busy hallway connecting two parliament buildings and will remain there till Oct 8. asserted
It → occupy → Oct
An inscription on the pedestal delivers a scathing indictment of the US president: “I am sitting on the back of a man. asserted
I → deliver → man
He is sinking under the burden. asserted
He → sink → burden
I would do anything to help him. asserted
I → do → him
Galschiot said his work is a criticism of Trump’s obstruction of global efforts to address climate change. asserted
work → say → change
It previously appeared at the COP30 UN climate conference in Belem, Brazil, in 2025, and has been displayed in other European cities. asserted
It → appear → cities
Since returning to office in January 2025, Trump has left the Paris climate agreement, rolled back emissions rules and cut support for cleaner energy. Danish European Parliament member Per Clausen invited Galschiot to bring the statue in Strasbourg. Anticipating backlash from Trump, the left-wing lawmaker said: “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.” asserted
they → return → stage
Trump had not publicly commented on the display, according to German broadcaster Deutsche Welle. uncertain
Trump → comment → Welle
For Galschiot, the sculpture continues a career of setting his political beliefs in stone. asserted
sculpture → continue → stone
Born in Denmark in 1954, the trained blacksmith is best known for Pillar Of Shame, a series of monuments depicting intertwined, anguished human bodies. asserted
blacksmith → bear → bodies
Its Hong Kong version commemorates victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square incident. asserted
version → commemorate → incident
He also founded Art in Defence of Humanism, a group linking public art with campaigns against oppression and inequality. asserted
He → found → oppression
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