When world leaders arrive at this year’s G20 summit hosted by the United States in Miami later this year, they will be greeted by a giant golden statue depicting the owner of the summit venue – who also happens to be the president of the United States.
A group of cryptocurrency enthusiasts have funded a new statue of Trump, naming the project “Don Colossus” and commissioning a likeness of the president as a way to promote their memecoin $PATRIOT.
according to New York Times, The statue was sculpted by Alan Cottrill at Trump National Doral outside Miami, and a steel and concrete base was built.
Cotterill, an Ohio artist who has built statues of other former presidents and has at least one piece on display in the U.S. Capitol art collection, told the outlet era The crypto brother who commissioned the 15-foot bronze work (which stands 22 feet tall on a pedestal) asked him to make some improvements to the nearly 80-year-old president’s appearance.
“I drew him very lifelike,” Cotterill told The Times. “Cryptocurrency experts say I have to take off some turkey necks. I have to slim him down.”
A new identity for Donald Trump is being created and will be placed at his golf club in Miami. Photo of the giant Trump statue that artist Alana Cottrill made a year ago (Instagram/alan cottrill)
This photo from the sculptor’s Instagram page depicts a small model of the planned Trump statue (instagram/alan cottrill)
Cotterill is currently keeping the completed work at his Ohio foundry due to a dispute with the crypto brothers who commissioned the project. He complained that they were illegally using images of his work to promote their meme coin, and the coin’s value has since plummeted.
according to erahe said his patron owed him $90,000 and that he was due a one-time payment of $150,000 for the rights to use the statue.
“That statue won’t leave my foundry until they pay back everything they owe me,” he said.
Ashley Sansalone, one of the people who commissioned the project, told The Times he will be paid in full before the statue is unveiled.
“Under any business agreement, there is always some money withheld until the finished product is complete,” he said.
Cotterill shared his work on social media, which included an image of a giant Trump statue, which received many compliments, including “Very cool!” from one user, “Master’s hand, Allen’s masterpiece” from another.
The statue is similar to those in other countries, including North Korea (AFP/Getty)
The Trump monument appears to be loosely based on a photo of a gunman who narrowly missed hitting Trump in the head during a speech in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July 2024.
The president, wearing an open-collared dress shirt and suit, raised his fists in the air.
Like most things Trump likes, it will be covered in solid gold leaf. But its base is 22 feet tall, much smaller than other large monuments to world leaders, such as the 72-foot-tall statues of late North Korean dictators Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il at the Mansudae Monument in Pyongyang.
The White House insists it is not involved in the cryptocurrency project or the statue, and the Trump Organization did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
But the Trump administration was and is involved in the planning of this year’s G20 summit, including choosing a Trump-owned resort as the venue in September.
At the time, Trump said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent would organize the agenda for the meeting, which he said would focus on “unleashing economic prosperity through restrictions, removing regulatory burdens, unlocking affordable energy and pioneering new technologies.”
The White House said Trump National Doral will host the conference “at cost and will receive no profits from the State Department or foreign governments.”
The meeting is scheduled to be held on December 14th and 15th.
