Donald Trump's star on Hollywood Boulevard (still) shattered by pickaxe



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The symbol on behalf of the 45th President of the United States was again vandalized on Wednesday. Exposed like those of thousands of other celebrities in Los Angeles, the star is the target of opponents of the US President.

Station rubble on the promenade on the Hollywood Boulevard Walk of Fame. The star of Donald Trump, on this artery of Los Angeles was broken in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, almost crushed with pickaxe. The act of vandalism took place at 3.30am in this area where the 2600 stars attract tourists. According to NBC-LA reporter Jonathan Gonzalez, the police confirm that a man has approached the star. He took a pickaxe out of a guitar case and destroyed the star of the US president before calling the Beverly Hills police to warn them. However, he left the premises before their arrival.

So this just happened again … somebody used to pick an ax to destroy Donald Trump's star on the Walk of Fame. Vandalized multiple times, just never on this level. @NBCLA : Victor Park / Loudlabs pic.twitter.com/lzq7YrsSRV

– Jonathan Gonzalez (@JonathanNBCLA) July 25, 2018

 Donald Trump inaugurates his star in 2007 with his wife Melania and his son Barron
Donald Trump inaugurates his star in 2007 with his wife Melania and son Barron. Damian Dovarganes / AP

This is not the first time Donald Trump's star has been damaged. In September 2015, it was covered with a large yellow X and quickly cleaned. In April 2016, Francisco Javier, a comedian who often disguises himself as a Superman on the Hollywood Boulevard, told CNN that he was witness to repeated degradations: "People often kick the star angrily. Others spit. Last time, someone put a sticker on the star, "he says.

In July 2016, while Donald Trump was still a candidate for the presidential election, the street artist Plastic Jesus built a fake concrete wall 15 centimeters high around his star. A way of protesting against his plans for a wall between the United States and Mexico

 The star destroyed with a hammer in October 2016.
The star destroyed with a hammer in October 2016. Richard Vogel / AP

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In October 2016, a 53-year-old man named Lambert Otis demolished the jackhammer star and on the pick. With this gesture, he wanted to show his support for the women who accused Donald Trump of badual violence. The man was fined $ 4,000 to repair the monument and did 20 days of community service for vandalism. An individual also used a paint spray to draw a barred loudspeaker, which means "cut the sound," on the star.

A golden toilet with the "Take a Trump" message occupied the President's star square for several hours in May 2017. A nod to 24-carat gold-plated faucets and sinks that the former star of reality TV had installed in his jet. Or to the artwork of Maurizio Cattelan created in 2015. The curator of the Guggenheim Museum in New York, Nancy Spector, had proposed to Donald Trump to borrow it instead of a Van Gogh she refused him . This solid gold toilet bowl, exposed in the Guggenheim Museum in New York, has been used by several hundred thousand people.

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 Toilets covered with golden paint, above Donald Trump's star
The toilet covered with golden paint, above Donald Trump's star. FREDERIC J. BROWN / AFP

 Protesters on July 10, 2017.
Demonstrators on July 10, 2017. Mario Anzuoni / REUTERS

In the summer of 2017, many American citizens are mobilized against their president. Request for dismissal, march for the "Real News", activists were photographed on the Hollywood Boulevard pasting signs "No to the regime of Trump and Pence! They must leave power! "On his star.

" The Trump Hotel ", installation of Plastic Jesus.
" The Trump Hotel ", installation of Plastic Jesus. Wenn / ABACA

Plastic Jesus recidivated in June 2018 with the installation "The Trump Hotel". The artist has placed a rabbit cage in the name of Trump in front of his star. In the small jail, a family of teddy bears, to denounce "incarceration and imprisonment of innocent children," separated from their undocumented parents.

Donald Trump received his star in 2007 to pay tribute to the success of his reality show, The Apprentice . She then joined more than 2000 stars in the name of the biggest stars of cinema and television. On Wednesday, Los Angeles police officers confirmed that they had detained an individual for interrogation.

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