Pastor Defends 22-Foot Golden Trump Statue as Miracle, Not Idolatry
TL;DR
An evangelical Trump ally, Pastor Mark Burns, defends a 22-foot gold-leaf statue of Donald Trump unveiled at the Trump National Doral in Miami, calling it a symbol of the 'miracle of God' and not a golden calf, while Trump touts it on Truth Social; the bronze statue with a gold finish cost about $450,000 funded by crypto investors, and the project has involved payment and copyright disputes with the sculptor.
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