‘The Orange Plague’: Why a golden, naked Trump is sitting on another man

File photo: Visitors looks at a scupture titled "The Orange Plague" by Danish artist Jens Galschiot A 2.6-metre-tall statue of US president Donald Trump, naked and coated in 23-karat gold leaf, has been installed inside the European parliament in Strasbourg, France.Titled ‘The Orange Plague’, the sculpture by Danish artist Jens Galschiøt depicts Trump sitting on the shoulders of a frail, smaller man, with his thighs and sagging belly wrapped around the man’s head. Trump holds a golf club in one hand and the scales of justice in the other. The work is also known as the “King of Injustice”.The sculpture is a satirical critique of what Galschiøt sees as Trump’s threats to the environment, international cooperation and the rules-based world order. The artist has said the US president is destroying the causes and institutions he believes in, including efforts to tackle climate change. The work also questions how political power is exercised and how its consequences are borne by those with less power.What does the statue symbolise?The smaller man beneath Trump represents the burden imposed by the powerful on the less powerful.A plaque at the base of the sculpture captures the imbalance t...