Damning Anti-Trump Street Art Shines A Light On His Chilling Vow

LOADINGERROR LOADING GOP nominee Donald Trump’s fantasizing to Fox News’ Sean Hannity last year about acting like a “dictator” only on “day one” of a potential second administration provided the inspiration for street artist and illustrator Jacob Thomas’ new protest art project. Thomas earlier this month wheat-pasted prints of his image of Trump as former Chinese Communist Chair Mao Zedong — underneath the word “Dictator” — in Brooklyn, New York City, in the first activist art protest he’s conducting against Trump before the 2024 presidential election in November. Advertisement “The message is simple: we cannot live in a country led by a dictator,” Thomas told HuffPost via email, explaining his mission as not to “change the minds of hardcore Trump supporters” but to “motivate Democrats to vote because if we don’t, we risk losing this critical election.” Jacob Thomas’ protest street art in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Jacob Thomas “When a sexist, racist, xenophobic, bully represents our country, I not only lose that pride [for America] but also fear for our future,” Thomas explained. “I believe people when they show me who they are, and Trump has made it clear: he’ll be a dictator from day one....