Statue of Melania Trump in Slovenia torched

ROZNO, SLOVENIA—A wooden sculpture of US first lady Melania Trump was torched near her hometown of Sevnica, Slovenia, on the night of July 4, said the artist who commissioned the sculpture. Brad Downey, a Berlin-based American artist, told Reuters he had the life-sized blackened, disfigured sculpture removed as soon as police informed him on July 5th. He said he had hoped the statue would foster a dialogue as it highlighted Melania Trump’s status as an immigrant married to a president sworn to reduce immigration.