Jack White Can’t Make Sense of Fist-Pumping Donald Trump Golden Idol Statue: ‘The Most Frustrating Part of Modern American Life’
White has not time for "people who don't even CARE that they make no sense at all."
Black News 
Another day, another head-shaking post from Jack White. On Sunday (May 10), the rocker once again opined on the latest bizarre news to come out of Trumpland, weighing in on the unveiling of a 22-foot golden statue of Donald Trump that took place at the president’s Trump Doral golf course in Miami last week.
“The most frustrating part of modern American life is the attempt to make sense of people who don’t even CARE that they make no sense at all,” White wrote alongside an image of the larger-than-life statue which appears to commemorate the moments after an assassination attempt on Trump at a 2024 campaign rally in Butler, Penn.
The caption on the image posted by White read: “MAGA Evangelical Leaders Gather in Mar-a-Largo to Bless and Dedicate a Gold Statue of Donald Trump.”
The gilded statue, which depicts Trump with his right arm held high in a fist, was defended by evangelical pastor and Trump spiritual adviser Mark Burns, who denied claims that the image, nicknamed “Don Colossus,” promotes false idol worship. “It represents the miracle of God, that’s what it represents,” Burns said, adding that the sculpture was in no way a “golden calf,” a reference to the Old Testament story of the graven image made by the Israelites when Moses ascended to Mount Sinai out of fear that he would not return with the Ten Commandments. The calf has come to symbolize the elevation of a false idol and a rejection of God.
In a tweet, Burns doubled-down on his claim that the statue was not blasphemous. “There is a major difference between worship and honor. Across America, we have statues honoring presidents, generals, civil rights leaders, athletes, and cultural icons,” he wrote. “From Abraham Lincoln to Martin Luther King Jr. to Michael Jordan, monuments have long been used to recognize influence, sacrifice, leadership, and impact.”
As commenters noted that those historical figures did not erect monuments to themselves and that “pastors building golden statues for Donald Trump while ignoring scandals, divisions, and his questionable ties to figures like [convicted pedophile sex trafficker] Jeffrey Epstein is not faith,” Burns said that Trump did not dedicate the statue to himself; Trump has denied any knowledge of Epstein’s illegal activity and claims he cut ties with his once close friend before Epstein was charged with wrongdoing.
“This was a moment made possible by more than 6,000 patriots who came together to honor what they believe this movement represents: strength, resilience, courage, and leadership that helped shape the future of the United States of America,” the televangelist wrote of the reported funders of the project. “As Christians, we worship God alone. But Scripture also teaches us to give honor where honor is due. This statue is not about worship. It is about remembrance, gratitude, patriotism, and the resilience of a movement that millions of Americans believe has changed history.”
According to the Daily Beast, the statue reportedly cost $450,000 and was funded by a group of crypto investors who commissioned it as part of a promo campaign for their $PATRIOT memecoin.
Trump has gotten blowback for his repeated attacks on Pope Leo XIV over the American-born pontiff’s criticism of the U.S.-launched war in Iran, and for posting what some have called sacrilegious images of himself as Jesus, with former altar boy White wondering how the Catholic faithful could continue supporting Trump after his multiple attacks on the character of the Pope.
Critics have also pointed out that the new Trump statue eerily mirrors the fictional storyline on the final season of the ultraviolent series The Boys. In an episode that aired just days before Trump posted a controversial image of himself as a healing Jesus figure, megalomanic superhero Homelander unveiled an enormous golden statue of himself on the show.
“Seriously what the f—?” series creator Eric Kripke wrote on Instagram on Saturday over a split image of the Homelander statue from episode 6 of The Boys and the Trump homage.
