Donald Trump’s wax statue has not been spared by his haters either, following which a museum in Texas had to remove it.
According to San Antonio Express, a replica of the former president currently being housed at Louis Tussaud’s Waxworks in San Antonio, Texas, had to be removed from viewing for its own safety.
The museum’s branch helmed by the Ripley Entertainment Corp. Owned by the great-grandson of Marie Tussaud – hosted the statue for four years, approximately. But since the place is a popular tourist destination. Donald Trump’s statue recently became a punching bag for visitors. Who vandalized it, repeatedly. The management was forced to take it off the floor.
“When it’s a highly political figure, attacks can be a problem,” Clay Stewart, the regional manager of the museum told the outlet. It turns out the statue was first relocated to the front lobby, so it looked after with more vigilance. But when that did not deter visitors from “punching” and “scratching”. The visage of the former president, organizers had to remove it altogether. Now Trump’s wax replica is safe in storage with George Washington’s wax recreation.
In fact, wax replicas of Donald Trump have not been welcoming in other Tussaud museums. In October 2020, Madame Tussaud’s Berlin location got rid of its Trump statue. Tossing the replica when it changed its exhibits to condemn his administration’s politics. After Trump lost the 2020 presidential election. The museum’s London branch put its Trump statue in golf attire to signal “his potential 2021 wardrobe.”