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Gold-Leaf Trump Statue Funded by Memecoin Investors

5/18/2026

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  • Artist Alan Cottrill made a gold-leafed statue of U.S. President Donald Trump for the Trump Doral resort in Florida.
  • Cryptocurrency investors from a memecoin funded piece, leading Cottrill to call it the “golden calf” and to receive demands to slim Trump’s “turkey neck.”
  • Delayed payments made Cottrill hide the statue in Ohio until the money arrived, after which he said he completed the commission as part of his business model.