Trump Rat with Jazz Band, Columbus Circle, NYC, 2018
Trump Rat on West 26th Street, NYC, 2020
Trump Rat on the West Side Highway, NYC, 2020, with signs by We Will Not Be Silent
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Trump Rat at Columbus Circle, NYC,
2018
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PUNISH HIM WITH MOCKERY!
The inflatable scabby rat, an enduring sign of resistance, has been and will be re-purposed to help lead protest against Trump's policies. The intent has been to fabricate an inflatable Trump Rat and get it out into the world, keep it circulating, and loan it out to protests. 'Trump Rat' is not about ridicule as in tit for tat or a comeuppance. It is way more than that. It is classic satire, it is art imitating life, holding up a mirror to a president whose modus operandi, MO, every single day, is about governing by ridicule, communicating by ridicule, decision-making by ridicule. 'Trump Rat' is, of course, not literal, but it is in a long tradition of artistic satire and psychological portraiture. READ AND SEE MORE AT BRAVINLEE PROGRAMS