The larger-than-life posters on government buildings in Washington . . . a $400M ballroom . . . a triumphal arch that would block the sweeping view from the Lincoln Memorial to Arlington National Cemetery . . . his image on the new U.S. passports . . . the coins and currency . . . the renaming of everything from airports to the Kennedy Center to . . .

Well, you know the rest. But apparently, none of that is enough. Nothing will ever be enough for the Ego That Ate America.

And now, there is the 15-foot gold-leaf bronzed statue, fist raised in defiance, “gracing” the entrance to Donald Trump’s Doral Golf Club in Miami, Florida. And it was installed just in time for the PGA’s Cadillac Championship Tour on April 28th.

The statue is the creation of artist Alan Cottrill, who hopefully is not delusional enough to believe he just outdid Michelangelo’s David — although that true masterpiece, which resides in the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, Italy, is 17 feet tall, sculpted of the finest marble, and unabashedly naked. Thankfully, Mr. Cottrill had the decency to spare us that last detail.

David has survived more than 500 years; I doubt that Trump’s “Don Colossus,” as it is sometimes being called, will survive more than a week after its namesake leaves office . . . or until he loses the Doral property in a bankruptcy proceeding, whichever occurs first.

Trump’s newest likeness depicts him defiantly raising a fist following the July 2024 shooting in which he was said to have sustained an injury to his right ear. But word is that he did not commission the work himself; rather, it was the project of a cryptocurrency group known as $PATRIOT, for reasons that I cannot fully comprehend (other than, you know, sucking up). But whoever first had the brainstorm, it could not have been completed without the express permission of the person it is intended to glorify and the owner of the property on which it is installed: Donald J. Trump himself.

I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again: You just can’t buy class. And as proof:

I have only this to add: Enough gold already!

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
5/1/26