An enormous snow sculpture on a St. John’s garden depicting former United States president Donald Trump drowning in a sea of blue drew guests all day on Wednesday.
The sculpture depicts Trump together with his arms up, mouth open and hair aflutter, whereas his signature purple tie floats out earlier than him on the blue-painted snow.
Co-creator James Keating stated Wednesday the snow carving is “large” and “super” and represents Trump “drowning in controversy.”
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He and his 16-year-old son, Ashton Keating, had been engaged on it for a number of days. Keating estimated they put about 10 hours of labor into it and stated they made positive it could be prepared for Joe Biden’s inauguration as U.S. president on Wednesday.
Biden is now the forty sixth president of the USA, after he beat former president Donald Trump in an election held Nov. 3.
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Keating was coy about why he constructed the Trump monument, saying merely that he and his son construct an elaborate snow statue yearly. This was his first political work, he stated, including that it was “numerous enjoyable to make.”
Many who had stopped by to see the sculpture had chuckled, he stated, including that some had made gestures he wasn’t comfy describing in an interview.
Noting that he acquired a lot of the snow from the walkways belonging to the church subsequent door, Keating stated his good deed of shovelling balances out the obscene gestures he has invited to the world.
His message to former president Trump? “Bon voyage,” he stated.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Jan. 20, 2021.
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