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The life-size sculpture was unveiled in 2020 during President
Donald Trump’s first term in office near Sevnica in central
Slovenia, where Melanija Knavs was born in 1970. It replaced a
wooden statue that had been set on fire earlier that year.
Police spokeswoman Alenka Drenik Rangus said Friday that the
police were informed about the theft of the statue on Tuesday.
She said police were working to track down those responsible.
According to Slovenian media reports, the bronze replica was
sawed off at the ankles and removed.
Franja Kranjc, who works at a bakery in Sevnica that sells cakes
with Melania Trump's name in support of the first lady, said the
stolen statue won't be missed.
“I think no one was really proud at this statue, not even the
first lady of the USA," he said. "So I think its OK that it's
removed.”
The original wooden statue was torched in July 2020. The rustic
figure was cut from the trunk of a linden tree, showing her in a
pale blue dress like the one she wore at Trump’s presidential
inauguration in 2017. The replica bronze statue has no obvious
resemblance with the first lady.
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