Melania Trump Statue in Slovenia Set on Fire

Melania Trump Statue in Slovenia Set on Fire
A statue of first lady Melania Trump, sculpted by conceptual artist Ales 'Maxi' Zupevc, after it was vandalized near the first lady's hometown of Sevnica, Slovenia, on July 5, 2019. Jure Makovec/AFP via Getty Images
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Vandals set fire to a statue of First Lady Melania Trump in Sevnica, Slovenia, near her hometown, on July 5, Slovenian police confirmed to CNN.

Brad Downey, an American Berlin-based artist, said Slovenian police contacted him, telling him the statue—which he commissioned for a short documentary film in 2019—had been vandalized and asked what he planned to do with it, he told CNN on Thursday.