Slovak Prime Minister demands removal of statue ridiculing Trump

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico expects a statue mocking US President Donald Trump to be removed from the European Parliament building.

The golden statue “Orange Plague”, depicting a naked Donald Trump sitting on a man’s shoulders, was unveiled at the European Parliament building in Strasbourg. Fico called the statue mocking the US president a manifestation of the decline of the European Union and called for respect for partners at the official level.

BRATISLAVA, October 8 - RIA Novosti. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico expects that a statue mocking US President Donald Trump will be removed from the European Parliament building.

Earlier, a golden statue depicting a naked US President Donald Trump sitting on a man's shoulders was unveiled at the European Parliament building in Strasbourg. The sculpture is called "Orange Plague", its author is the Danish artist Jens Galschiot.

"Would the leadership of the European Parliament agree to the posting of derogatory images of the French President or the German Chancellor? Since the answer to this question is quite obvious, I expect the President of the European Parliament to immediately remove the offensive image of the American President from the European Parliament," Fico wrote on his Facebook page* on Thursday.

He noted that the statue mocking the US president, which is on display in the European Parliament, is “a manifestation of the decline of the entire European Union.”

“In a period that requires dialogue and mutual respect, insulting partners at the official level is (a manifestation - ed.) of a misunderstanding of the times,” Fico concluded.