Thursday, July 10, 2025

Billboard art in the service of protest: Donald Trump dubbed the "Swamp King"

 
ScreengrabMiami New Times, 7/9/2025

A 40-foot-wide billboard on Grand Avenue in downtown Phoenix, over 2,000 miles away from the controversial immigration center, brings the swampland to the Southwest and declares President Donald Trump the king of both the swamp he promised to "drain" in Washington, D.C. during his first presidential campaign and the swamp where the new detention facility now sits. 
In her new project, "Swamp King," artist Karen Fiorito depicts Trump as a towering figure in a filthy swamp, crowned in gold, draped in a “shitcoin” necklace marked by a poop emoji, and clutching a Trump Mobile phone. The billboard references Trump's policies during his second presidency so far, from his tariffs to the "Big Beautiful Bill," to encapsulate the chaos of his administration.

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