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Gilded Trump Statue Stalled Over Unpaid Fees, Pedestal Installed at Doral

A payment dispute with the artist has left the crypto-funded tribute in limbo.

Sculptor Alan Cottrill says the original purchasers have not delivered final payment for the statue or for the use of his intellectual property in marketing their cryptocurrency
Alan Cottrill, 73, has made at least 17 lifesize figures of former US presidents, and one of Thomas Edison that stands in the US Capitol
The 15-foot bronze statue coated with a thick layer of gold leaf will stand on a four-foot base
The statue depicts US President Donald Trump standing defiantly with his fist raised after a failed assassination attempt in July 2024

Overview

  • The 15-foot, gold-leafed bronze statue depicting President Trump with a raised fist remains at sculptor Alan Cottrill’s Ohio foundry.
  • Cottrill says he is owed about $90,000 on the roughly $360,000 commission and will not release or install the work until paid.
  • A steel-and-concrete pedestal for the piece has been installed at Trump National Doral in Miami, but no unveiling date has been announced.
  • Backers used images of the sculpture to promote the $PATRIOT memecoin, which has fallen more than 95% after Trump launched a rival $TRUMP token.
  • Dustin Stockton is among those tied to the $PATRIOT effort, and the White House says it is not involved with the crypto project or the statue.