After Donald Trump tweeted that he wouldn’t show up for the opening of the new U.S. Embassy in London, an eerily similar presidential figure came to stand outside the building on Friday.
Madame Tussauds waxwork museum took matters into its own hands by placing a wax statue of Trump near the building, complete with unfriendly glare and extra-long red tie.
Construction workers and tourists posed with the faux POTUS, who remained surprisingly silent about this awkward turn of events.
See more photos of the wax Trump’s visit to the new embassy below.
A model of President Donald Trump from Madame Tussauds waxwork attractions stands outside the new U.S. Embassy in London on Jan. 12, 2018.
People take photographs of the wax figure.
Uncanny.
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