U.S. conservatives praised Donald Trump at an annual gathering on Friday, even unveiling a golden statue of the former president, showing he remains a Republican political force despite violent scenes in Washington last month. Tommy Zegan, the artist behind the statue, said he came up with the idea three years ago as a “more tasteful” antidote to some unflattering effigies of Trump at the time, such as the “Baby Trump” balloons and the Trump “golden toilet.”
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