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The Emperor’s New Bronze: Trump Unveils the ‘Don Colossus’ in Doral

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13.05.2026

As the 47th President swaps the Constitution for Caligula, a 22-foot golden Don Colossus idol rises in Florida.

The humidity in Doral, Florida, doesn’t just cling; it colonizes. On this particular Tuesday, the air was a thick soup of salt spray, expensive cologne, and the palpable anxiety of three hundred GOP donors wondering if they were about to be legally required to bow.

They were gathered at the edge of the 18th green for the unveiling of the Don Colossus.

Standing twenty-two feet tall and cast in a proprietary alloy that was roughly 40% bronze and 60% “highly reflective gold-tone finish,” the statue dominated the horizon. It depicted the 47th President not in a suit, but in a hybrid garment that can only be described as a “Patriot’s Toga”—a swirling marble-effect cape pinned with a Great Seal brooch, worn over a pair of pleated slacks. One hand gripped a putter like a scepter; the other was raised in a gesture that was either a wave to the masses or a demand for a Diet Coke.

The Unveiling of the Don Colossus

The President took the podium to the thunderous, mandatory applause of men in seersucker suits. He looked at the statue with the kind of misty-eyed tenderness usually reserved for a perfectly cooked well-done steak.

“Look at the muscle definition,” the President whispered into the hot mic, his voice echoing across the manicured grass. “People don’t realize. They see the suit, they see the tie—very high quality, silk—but they don’t see the underlying architecture. The sculptor, a very talented guy, maybe the best, he told me, ‘Mr. President, I’ve never seen deltoids like this.’ And I said, ‘Don’t make me look too good.’ But he did it anyway. It’s very accurate. Some would say it’s actually a little smaller than life-size, spiritually speaking.”

The “Don Colossus” wasn’t just a statue; it was a structural middle finger to the concept of subtlety. Its eyes, fashioned from polished tiger’s eye stones, were motorized to track movement, ensuring that no matter where you were on the fairway, the President was watching your backswing.

The Caligula Connection

Behind the scenes, however, the mood was less celebratory and more “historical thriller.”

White House insiders, speaking on the condition of absolute anonymity and a desperate need for a drink, have noted a shift in the President’s evening routine. While he once spent his nights hate-watching cable news, he has recently........

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