The golden statue of Trump is the subject of the CPAC. It was made in Mexico.

A golden statue of former President Donald Trump became the subject of the Conservative Political Action Conference taking place in Orlando. CNN, for example, calls the six-foot-tall statue the “undisputed star” of the conference. The statue shows Trump wearing a jacket with a white shirt and red tie, as well as shorts with an American flag. Trump is also wearing sandals and holding a magic wand, a reference to how former President Barack Obama once said that Trump did not have a magic wand to bring industrial jobs back to the United States.

“He’s wearing a suit because he’s a businessman. The red tie represents the Republican Party, the red white and blue shorts represent the fact that he is a patriot, ”said artist Tommy Zegan to the New York Post. Sandals are the way Zegan chose to represent that Trump was in his golden years and could be “on the beach” if he wanted to.

Zegan told Politico that the fiberglass statue was made in Mexico over a six-month period in the tourist town of Rosarito. He then took him to Tampa, where he was painted in chrome and then got a U-Haul to transport him to CPAC. “If someone offered me $ 100,000, I would take it,” said Zegan.

The statue that is drawing attention at CPAC is really just an appetizer for the real thing. It is the fiberglass mold of the stainless steel sculpture that Zegan kept in Tampa. Making that statue cost him his $ 50,000 “life savings”. He apparently wants to sell that one for more than $ 1 million, but if he can’t sell it, he wants to go to the Trump Presidential Library. “It’s museum-quality, and that’s what I hope to achieve at the Trump library,” Zegan told CNN. “It is literally priceless.”

Many on Twitter were quick to recall the story of the golden calf in the Old Testament that angered Moses. “Idol worship is not conservative. #RestoreOurGop, ”Representative Adam Kinzinger, who was one of 10 House Republicans to vote in favor of Trump’s impeachment, wrote on Twitter. Zegan resisted the comparison. “It’s not an idol,” said Zegan. “I know the biblical definition of an idol. This is not an idol. This is a sculpture. “

Trump will speak at CPAC on Sunday, but he was once the subject of the conservative conference, making it clear that the former president remains a powerful force. “Let me tell you something: Donald Trump is not going anywhere,” said Senator Ted Cruz.