'Dictator Diaper Don': Phoenix billboard known for anti-Trump imagery debuts new artwork [View all]
Source: AZ Central
Published 6:02 a.m. MT Mar. 17, 2024 | Updated 6:02 a.m. MT Mar. 17, 2024
Artwork opposing Donald Trump was once again installed on a Phoenix billboard on Saturday ahead of the 2024 presidential election. Previously, the billboard had gone viral after Trump's 2016 presidential win for featuring controversial imagery of the then-president.
The 40-foot-wide billboard at Grand and 11th avenues showcases three diaper-clad babies with Trump's face, seated around a "Confederate flag cake" and a banner reading "Happy January 6th!" On one side of the cake, there is a bucket of "Hitler Fried Chicken," while on the other side, one baby can be seen lighting the Constitution on fire, and another is wearing a onesie with "Putin's Mini-Me" printed in bold red letters.
“This Wanna-Be-Dictator is clearly an unhinged baby,” Los Angeles artist Karen Fiorito wrote in a statement on Facebook about her artwork, called “Dictator Diaper Don Destroying Democracy.” “This is not the first time Donald Trump has been compared to an infant.”
The billboard, located in the Historic Grand Avenue arts district, has had a controversial past. In 2017, two months into Trump’s presidential term, the billboard went viral after showcasing another anti-Trump piece by Fiorito. The artwork, titled “Trumpocalypse,” depicted the then-president’s face in front of mushroom clouds and “swasti dollars” — a hybrid symbol of a dollar sign and a swastika.
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Babies with former President Trump's face sit around a "Happy January 6!" banner in Karen Firoito's artwork, titled "Dictator Diaper Don Destroying Democracy," which went up on a billboard at Grand and 11th avenues in Phoenix on March 16, 2024. Courtesy of Karen Fiorito
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