‘No Trump Anytime’ signs are popping up around the country
A “No Trump Anytime” sign is seen below the Hollywood Sign in Los Angeles on Tuesday. (Photo courtesy of Plastic Jesus)
The California presidential primary is still more than a month away, but the anti-Trump movement has already arrived.
Fake parking signs bearing the message “No Trump Anytime” have been spotted all over Los Angeles this week.
The signs are part of an ongoing installation by Plastic Jesus, the British-born, L.A.-based street artist who was behind that heroin-shooting Oscar statue and those “No Kardashian” signs, among other controversial public works.
A “No Trump Anytime” sign at the corner of Clinton Street and North La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles on Wednesday. (Photo courtesy of Plastic Jesus)
“I do a lot of street art — some is political, some is cultural, some is based on news stories,” the artist told Fox’s Los Angeles affiliate. “I try and do pieces on anything that affects culture in a negative way. … But this is certainly a political statement.”
A “No Trump Anytime” sign near a bus stop in Los Angeles. (Photo courtesy of Plastic Jesus)
The “No Trump” signs have been illegally placed in other cities, including Chicago, New York and Washington, D.C., where one was seen across from the site of the real estate mogul’s forthcoming Trump Hotel.
A “No Trump Anytime” sign outside the future site of Trump Hotel in Washington, D.C. (Photo courtesy of Plastic Jesus)
“It’s just my statement about [Donald] Trump,” the artist continued. “I think if Trump gets elected, it’ll be devastating for the country. It will really set the country back decades.”
He added: “I try and come up with something that’s vaguely controversial but won’t really, you know, piss people off too much.”
Plastic Jesus told KTLA that his next installation has nothing to do with American politics.
“I’m working on a piece at the moment which is about corruption in soccer and FIFA,” he said. “It’s taken nearly six months to produce but should be ready in a couple weeks.”
