This isn't even a slam against trump, just my objective observation. These statues look WORSE. All of that gaudy, shiny gold completely hides the definition and contours of the statue. The whole point of a statue is that it's three dimensional and you can see ever curve and fold.

Rep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01)

While you were over here trying to figure out how you were going to cover the rent and food—this guy was over there using $5.1 million in taxpayer money YOU paid into the system to cover these statues in 23 karat gold. Yeah, he did that.