I was born in Spain which means I love to eat and drink. And I write for an American audience every day. In other words, I am professionally and ethically compelled to join in your traditions. So every year in my Spanish household, Thanksgiving is the perfect excuse to work a little, eat a lot, take a nap, discuss food a little, curse hipsters, eat again, have a few drinks, turn the music up, and hug a pretty girl. It’s my favorite day if we don’t count all the others where, throughout the year, I find a good reason to do exactly the same thing. Since Trump’s victory, I confess, every day I find a good reason for a party and more reason for Thanksgiving! This year for the first time I was planning to cook turkey. I bought one. I christened it. And I kept it in the garden because every time it came into the house it got insolent and wouldn’t listen to reason when I told it: “Stop pecking at my underpants.” Or “I need silence to write.” And, “It’s not a good idea to look out the window from the second floor if you’re not sure you know how to fly to the ground.” The problem is that the garden is too connected to the rest of the forest that I don’t own, and we occasionally get visits from strangers. I couldn’t tell you if it was a wolf or a fox, but Little Kamala (the turkey’s name) died. Now I have to choose between cooking the heap of feathers that I found scattered on the floor or calling a turkey delivery service. I had already bought ingredients for the stuffing and cornbread and the onions, celery, carrots, thyme, rosemary, and parsley. I will most likely make some toast and just put everything else on top if I can balance it all right. The roast turkey I’m ordering doesn’t come stuffed, but I don’t think it is acceptable to serve the critter on one side, and the stuffing on the other. I’ve got it all figured out. I’m going to blindfold the diners and tell them to eat it all together. I doubt they’ll be able to tell if the stuffing is inside the turkey or around it Before the turkey, I will prepare some appetizers: my famous canapés alla negroni, which consists of cutting into very small portions the pizza from the night before, and serving it accompanied by a generous glass of Negroni. It will be just as forbidden to have seconds of the pizza as it will be to not have seconds of the Negroni. The idea is that the diners will get to the turkey so drunk that none of them will dare to ask me about Little Kamala. I don’t want to have to tell the terrible story previously mentioned. This is the first time there has been a crime in my house, at least against a family member, and Little Kamala was already one of us. These things tend to get talked about, spreading around the neighborhood, and sinking your reputation. That’s how Hunter Biden started. As for the music chosen for the evening, you will love it! During the meal, I will play elevator music, very common for any ceremony, with the exception of pontifical funerals. During the siesta, I have a magnificent selection of children’s lullabies. These are songs that have never put a child to sleep but are incredibly effective with adults. Then comes the most awaited moment — the pumpkin pie. It is the first time I have made it, but I have the recipe from Grandma Goose herself (it was passed to me, in her will, by Little Kamala, hours before her tragic end). I have done a preliminary survey and none of the diners like pumpkin, so its role will be defensive. By which, I mean I intend to throw it in the face of my brother-in-law, the one who whenever he has two drinks begins to sing Bolivarian revolutionary hymns. His theme at the last Christmas lunch was the sex change of inclusive pets. He did not know if he was for it or not, but he blurted it out with the intention of provoking an altercation. And this time he will come in excited about Trump’s victory, who he will call a “fascist pig” while chewing with his mouth open, so his odds of receiving a pumpkin pie to the face are good. In addition to the pumpkin pie, I will also make an apple pie. I’ve been at a friend’s house picking apples from his garden. The guy said to me, “Come over for coffee and I’ll give you apples.” I went for coffee, brought a big tray of expensive pastries, and finally, once there, I asked him where the apples were. The bastard gave me a ladder and pointed to the top of a tree. Do I look like I know how to climb a tree? My revenge will be terrible. I can’t wait for him to come home one day and ask me, “Hey, do you happen to have any eggs?” Finally, after dessert, I’ll turn up the rock music to politely get rid of the over 60s, change the music to a 1980s jam session to politely get rid of the under 20s, and turn on a smoke machine to politely get rid of my idiot asthmatic cousin (a real ladies’ man). I’ll serve sex on the beach (the cocktail) dressed as a Hawaiian, to politely get rid of all the other guys, and I’ll have an amazing evening with my three neighbors, who are a cross between the Spice Girls and Taylor Swift, but right-wingers with brains. You can imagine mine will be happy, but I also wish you a happy Thanksgiving. READ MORE from Itxu Díaz: Why We All Have a Chair Full of Clothes Escaping Politics to the Serene Countryside … It’s Too Cold Ten Priorities for Trump’s New Administration The post Thanksgiving: Eat, Talk About Food, Sleep, Repeat appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

A fellow conservative friend and Club for Growth fan named Janet Cantor emailed recently to express her ongoing bafflement at the Never-Trump crowd. Like me, she wonders how lifelong conservatives such as former Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol, former Congresswoman Liz Cheney, and former Vice President Dick Cheney could turn their backs on their entire careers as Right-of-center thinkers and leaders and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris, hardly a conservative Democrat, just because they are allergic to Donald J. Trump’s style, demeanor, or rhetoric. Trump’s overwhelmingly pro-market, low tax, limited government, peace-through-strength policy accomplishments in his first term, and his equivalent proposals for his second, did not appeal to these people. And Kamala’s embrace of a polar opposite policy agenda did not repel them. The fact that Kamala Harris makes George McGovern look like Mitt Romney has had no impact on the ex-conservative Never-Trump crowd. They just plain hate Trump, no matter what. “When the Democrat alternative is Communism, anti-Semitism, pro-terrorism, pro-high taxes, and Big Government, to despise and fear Trump is quibbling and so dangerous,” Janet told me. She is correct. Never Trumpers, especially this fall, needed to answer the question: “If not Trump, then Kamala?” If Trump ran against Senator Bob (NOT John!) Kerry of Nebraska, that would be one thing. (The wounded Vietnam warrior is the one Democrat in recent memory whom I might have supported for president, especially had he run against a Brooks Bros. socialist like Daddy Bush.) If the late Senator William Proxmire of Wisconsin were on the ballot or former Senators John Breaux or Mary Landrieu (both from Louisiana), I might see the argument. I would have still voted for Trump and Republicans and conservatives who backed these centrist Democrats would have struck me as very wrong, but not as full-on lunatics. But anyone Right of Susan Collins voting for cackling, Commie Kamala — a full-blown, equity-preaching Marxist? Are you kidding me? For all of his personality quirks, grandiosity, and occasional vulgarity (all of which seem dialed back lately), Trump beats these non-crazy Democrats by light years on public policy. I am no fan of tariffs, other than as a blunt instrument against China and as a bargaining chip against other international mischief makers. Aside from that area of caution, America is in store for massive tax cuts, deregulation, and DOGE’s efforts to depopulate and padlock entire agencies. The demolition of our border is about to end. Illegal aliens — starting with robbers, rapists, and murderers — are about to be imprisoned for decades or returned to the hellholes from whence they slithered. China, Russia, Iran, and their destabilizing friends all know that Daddy is coming home, and they soon must behave themselves. No more breaking each other’s toys in the living room! Teenage girls no longer will be forced to stare at (or shield their faces from) penises and testes attached to “girls” in their locker rooms. Drag Queen Story Hour in children’s libraries is on its last fishnet-stockinged legs. Lawfare is headed into the circular file. Adios, LatinX! We will Make Gas Stoves Great Again. If you like your internal combustion engine, you may keep your internal combustion engine. Period. The federal bureaucrats who bark orders at law-abiding citizens, like rabid Rottweilers, are about to be muzzled, if not put down (metaphorically). Energy dominance, lower prices, abundant opportunity, and robust economic growth are so close that we can taste them. All of these policies and promises have brought more and more women, blacks, Hispanics, young people, blue-collar workers, and union members into the center-Right tent — for now and perhaps for decades. For all of this, we owe Never Trump nothing. Rather, with Thanksgiving upon us, America owes a thousand thank-yous to one man: Donald J. Trump! Deroy Murdock is a Manhattan-based Fox News contributor. READ MORE from Deroy Murdock: Judge Merchan: Dismiss Trump’s Case or Recuse Thyself! Rick Scott for Senate Majority Leader! Are You Better Off Now Than Four Years Ago? The post Dear Never Trump: Thanks For Nothing appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

President-elect Donald Trump has selected Scott Bessent to serve as the 79th Treasury secretary in United States history. Bessent is a Wall Street executive who has praised Trump’s tariff agenda and advocated for making America great again and “Iran broke again.” He allegedly threatened to resign from his position at Soros Fund Management over its consideration of restricting investments in Israel, and he would be the first openly gay Treasury secretary. Just who is Scott Bessent, and what do the people who know him best say about him? Bessent earned his bachelor’s degree in political science from Yale in 1984. During his senior year, he was president of Wolf’s Head Society, one of the Ivy League school’s premiere secret honor societies. Early in his career, he was hired as a research assistant for Jim Rogers, an investment manager who co-founded Quantum Fund with George Soros. In the decades since Bessent has established himself as a hedge fund manager. Bessent’s nomination has drawn praise from across the political spectrum. Gavin Wax, president of the blossoming New York Young Republicans Club, described the money manager as “a fantastic pick that showcases the Republican Party has finally returned to its roots as a tariff party.” Vish Burra, a conservative influencer who worked for former Reps. Matt Gaetz and George Santos, similarly praised the pick as having “[an] ideological commitment to executing the America First agenda at the Treasury Department.” Burra also praised Bessent’s competence as a businessman and said the skills he acquired are transferable to his new role. “Scott Bessent will provide President Trump a brilliant talent when it comes to operational capability handling money and markets,” Burra said. Business leaders such as billionaire businessman John Catsimatidis, who founded the conglomerate Red Apple Group, offered high praise for Bessent. “I do like Scott Bessent’s nomination for Treasury secretary. I have only met him a handful of times but he is very competent, hard working and extremely smart,” Catsimatidis said. “He also made ‘a zillion dollars’ for George Soros!” he said. Bessent’s ties with Soros have been a subject of concern for some on the right. However, support for his nomination has not broken down in a predictable way. Some, such as Elon Musk, criticized Bessent as a “business-as-usual choice” before he was nominated. Others — including political outsiders who want to uproot the system — backed Bessent. Steve Bannon is among them. Politics makes for strange bedfellows, as Sen. Lindsey Graham — by no means a populist in the sense that Bannon is — also supported the selection of Bessent. Other business leaders, such as Skybridge Capital founder and frequent Trump critic Anthony Scaramucci, have also praised Trump’s selection of Bessent. “Scott Bessent is a great guy and a safe and stable pair of hands for the country,” he wrote on X. In a recent op-ed in the Economist, Bessent echoed Trump’s longstanding argument that economic relationships should be tied to security agreements. “American security assurances and market access should be linked with commitments from allies to spend more on our collective security and to structure their economies in ways that reduce imbalances over time,” he wrote. Bessent argues that we should modify international trade policy to boost American manufacturing and reduce dependence on China, but holds that we should not withdraw from the international system entirely. In an article for Fox News, Bessent noted that the two underlying assumptions undergirding America’s turn to free trade in the 20th century were that the economic benefits would outweigh the cost of lost jobs and that free trade would incentivize countries like China to democratize. “Neither of these predictions has proven to be correct,” he wrote.  Catimsatidis noted the utility of tariffs as an instrument for promoting domestic manufacturing: “The United States of America could increase our businesses substantially by giving incentives to companies that want to leave to stay by imposing tariffs,” he said. Bessent pointed out that even Alexander Hamilton, America’s first Treasury secretary, favored tariffs. What he did not say, but what is also true, is that even Adam Smith, who authored The Wealth of Nations, the intellectual founding piece for free trade, argued that retaliatory tariffs and national security are justifications for imposing tariffs on imports. READ MORE: 7 Ways to Move Toward a Trump Doctrine Controversial Appointees, Clay Pigeons, and Successful Governmental Politics What Was the Matt Gaetz Attorney General Pick Really About? The post Business Leaders and Political Activists React to Trump’s Treasury Pick: ‘Extremely Smart’ appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

SACRAMENTO, Calif — In a 1988 radio address praising Canadian voters for rejecting a political ticket that described a free-trade deal as “selling out Canada,” President Ronald Reagan noted that “the argument against tariffs” has not only “won nearly universal agreement among economists but it has also proven itself in the real world, where we have seen free-trading nations prosper while protectionist countries fall behind.” Free-trade supporters (myself included) have touted that clip — and other Reagan speeches — as the incoming GOP administration plans a trade policy that seems lifted from Reagan’s Democratic and union foes from the 1980s. “Tariffs are the greatest thing ever invented,” Donald Trump said at a Michigan campaign rally in September. He called himself “Tariff Man.” He certainly is, as he just announced blanket tariffs on Canadian, Mexican, and Chinese goods. Of course, tariff supporters are right that Reagan’s actions didn’t always live up to his ideals. In 1983, Reagan famously gave in to pressure from Harley-Davidson Motor Co. and boosted tariffs on imported motorcycles by 45 percent. The iconic company was in dire financial straits, concerned about competition from the Big Four Japanese makers (Honda, Kawasaki, Yamaha, and Suzuki) and unable to deal with its debt load, quality problems, and cratering market share. Advocates for tariffs still point to the Harley-Davidson protection as a success, as it reportedly gave the company time to rebuild. Harley even called for an end to the tariffs a year early, citing their effectiveness. In 1999, the Bill Clinton White House released a report arguing that the motorcycle tariffs were “evidence that American innovation and effective U.S. trade policy can reap rewards for American companies and American workers.” That seems unlikely.  At the time, Japanese makers had misread market demand and amassed so much unsold inventory here that the tariff didn’t really affect their products for at least a year, as it didn’t apply to bikes that already were in the United States sitting on dealer lots. European brands such as BMW weren’t affected by the tariffs, as they didn’t sell in high enough numbers to trigger them. The Japanese makers found innovative end-runs, anyway. Kawasaki and Honda shifted production to their U.S. plants. They mainly tweaked engine designs. Tariffs applied to motorcycles with 700cc or larger engines, given that Harley specializes in the large-displacement category. The duties applied mainly to UJMs — or Universal Japanese Motorcycles (referring to the similar, all-purpose design common among all Japanese manufacturers) — with popular 750cc inline-four engines. As Hagerty Media explained, the Big Four simply dropped the bore on those engines to bring them to around 699cc, but their “revised cam timing, higher compression, and revised gearing kept performance close to the 750s that they temporarily replaced.” In other words, the tariffs enticed Harley’s competitors to become more innovative than ever. One can argue that they really weren’t serious competitors to the U.S. brand. I own a Kawasaki Z900RS Café, a newly minted homage to the company’s 1982-83 KZ1000 Eddie Lawson Replica (named after the famous moto racer). The KZ1000 was the kind of technologically advanced Japanese bike that Harley executives apparently feared, but studies show that only 10 percent of buyers at the time cross-shopped Harley and Japanese brands. That’s no surprise. I also own a Harley-Davidson Softail Heritage Classic. Comparing the two is like comparing an exquisite plate of sushi with a New York strip. The Kawasaki’s 948cc inline-four comes on slow, then screams like a banshee at 6,500 rpm (and it can really take the twisties). By contrast, Harley’s torquey 1,746 cc V-twin pulls like a freight train, but its 728 pounds (versus 475 for the Kawasaki) and limited lean angle make it the ideal choice for relaxed cruising or longer distances. And that Harley is a looker. So, Harley-Davidson maybe didn’t need protection from these very different products. The company already gained new owners in 1981 (the merciful end of the AMF era) and embarked on a plan to improve quality control, rebuild factories, and improve its model line. As tariffs expired, the country was exiting a recession. Such improper government intervention probably didn’t do much (except politically) to save the legendary manufacturer. Furthermore, the tariffs — and subsequent devaluing of the Japanese Yen — helped push up motorcycle prices overall, which arguably sparked a longer-term decline in motorcycle ridership. Some analysts argue that by protecting Harley from competition in its core market (heavy, big-engine cruisers, and touring bikes), tariffs encouraged the company to double down on bikes that appeal to its aging ridership and delayed its willingness to expand its appeal. Indeed, Harley-Davidson has struggled to appeal to younger riders with affordable, smaller, and innovative models. That marketing decision — more than its inexplicable former DEI policies — is a key reason the company sells around half the North American units as it did a decade ago. Whatever the cause of its current problems, it’s not clear if the tariffs delayed or exacerbated them. Tariffs shouldn’t be judged by the impact on one particular company but on the overall effect on the economy, consumer choice, and our freedom. With tariffs, the government picks winners and losers — just as Harley lost out when Trump’s steel tariffs dramatically raised manufacturing costs for Harley and automobile makers. Tariff supporters often forget about the size of markets outside of the United States. American consumers buy around a half million motorcycles a year versus 60 million worldwide. Other countries retaliate when our country imposes tariffs. During Trump’s first term, Europe retaliated with large tariffs on American-made motorcycles, bourbon, and blue jeans. Harley then announced plans to build European-bound motorcycles outside the United States. It drew Trump’s wrath but highlights how tariffs can cost more domestic jobs than they save. Granted, it’s ironic given its history to hear Harley-Davidson’s president and CEO Jochen Zeitz complain (as he did during the 2021 trade war) that, “Imposing an import tariff on all Harley-Davidson motorcycles goes against all notions of free trade.” He’s right, but it would be great if everyone — politicians and business leaders alike — just applied that principle all of the time. Steven Greenhut is the Western region director for the R Street Institute. Write to him at sgreenhut@rstreet.org. READ MORE from Steven Greenhut: California Voters Reject ‘California Values’ State Officials Give Nod to Far Higher Gas Prices Californians Reject the Worst Initiatives The post Lessons From a Previous Trade War appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

Motörhead frontman Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister will take up full-time residence at one of his favorite haunts to relax and socialize — Stringfellows gentlemen’s club in London. On December 18th there will be a miniature replica of his custom urn containing a portion of his ashes, which will be installed at the club, ensuring Lemmy can permanently hold court at one of his beloved places. Motörhead guitarist Phil Campbell will be in attendance to say a few words and place Lemmy’s ashes there. Owner Peter Stringfellow and Lemmy go back a long time… to say the least. “When he was in London, Lemmy never missed a night out at Stringfellows. He was a true friend of the club,” said Sadat Banda, operations director for Stringfellows. ### The post Motörhead’s Lemmy Immortalized… Yet Again appeared first on RockinTown.

A giant, two-story sized statue of President Trump has been commissioned and is currently under creation by an Ohio artist and will hopefully be unveiled at the January 20th Inauguration. Wow! Here are some early sneak peaks: BREAKING: President-elect Trump is being honored with a two-story-tall bronze statue, designed to capture his iconic defiant fist pump following the assassination attempt on his life in Butler, Pennsylvania, last July. The statue is hoped to be unveiled at Trump’s inauguration. pic.twitter.com/4qMiHAIc2X — Leading Report (@LeadingReport) November 27, 2024 Breitbart reports the statue was commissioned by a group of crypto investors involved with the $PATRIOT coin: President-elect Donald Trump is being honored with a larger-than-life two-story tall bronze statue, which is being shaped to capture his iconic defiance in the wake of the assassination attempt on his life in Butler, Pennsylvania, last July. Breitbart News has obtained exclusive photos of the statue, which is still under construction. Backers behind the project hope to unveil the finished product at Trump’s inauguration. Crypto investors with the project $PATRIOT commissioned Ohio artist Alan Cottrill to create the bronze statue after Trump was nearly assassinated in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024. Trump’s pro-crypto policies also helped motivate backers to support the project, Breitbart News has learned. Cottrill is working to capture Trump’s courage and defiance immediately after being shot. In iconic fashion, Trump rose with a bloodied face and pumped his fist as he repeatedly shouted, “Fight!” to his supporters before U.S. Secret Service agents rushed him off stage. Cottrill, who also created the Thomas Edison statue in Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol, said in a statement shared with Breitbart News that this is the largest figure he has ever set out to create. “I’ve sculpted and cast 400 life size or larger bronze statues across America and the Patriot Statue is our largest single figure to date,” he said. Along with forging the Edison statue in 2016, Cottrill has also fashioned statues of several other presidents for universities and museums. “The Patriot Statue of Donald J. Trump was our largest and most controversial undertaking, especially considering the scale and relevance of the event in Butler that took place,” Cottrill said. Dustin Stockton, who helped lead the project, detailed the process that Cottrill is undertaking to forge the statue. First, Cottrill sculpts a clay mold, and then individual bronze pieces are shaped based on the mold. The bronze pieces are then welded together and buffed out, creating the final product. Stockton estimated the statue would be completed by the New Year. “The statue had to be Trumpian. It had to be larger than life and over the top,” Stockton told Breitbart News. He noted that he has spoken with several members of the Inaugural Committee about the logistics of unveiling it at the inauguration. After the unveiling, the statue will embark on a year-long cross-country tour on the back of an 18-wheeler with a crane, Stockton said. Once the tour is completed, those involved with the project hope the statue can be displayed in Butler before ultimately being placed forever at the eventual Trump Presidential Library. “It’s been one hell of a ride the last decade; the PATRIOT project, statue, and tour is our way of claiming how these incredible times are remembered by history,” Stockton said. It is unclear where exactly the statue would go in Butler and whether or not it could stand on the Butler Farm Show grounds where Trump was shot, but Stockton has spoken with some people in the county about potentially placing it there. During a phone call with Breitbart News on Tuesday morning, Butler County Board of Commissioner Vice Chair Kim Geyer, who has been in contact with Stockton, noted that the grounds are private property, meaning it is up to the Farm Show grounds’ board of directors rather than the county to place it there. More here: This is INCREDIBLE! Someone is creating a two-story Trump statue of him holding his fist in the air following the assassination attempt. pic.twitter.com/IhwpLCcBZ4 — Ryan Fournier (@RyanAFournier) November 27, 2024 Let’s just hope it turns out better than the Dwayne Wade statute. Have you seen that? They did Wade very wrong with this abomination: Dwayne Wade has priceless reaction after looking at his new statue, which looks nothing like him. “That’s crazy. I can’t believe it… Who is that guy?” pic.twitter.com/bKs6GzFjDS — Global Index (@TheGlobal_Index) October 28, 2024 The memes came immediately: Dwayne Wade’s statue is straight up DISRESPECTFUL pic.twitter.com/8IpevDxfQe — VICTORIEUX (@Victorieux_) October 29, 2024 The new Dwayne Wade statue has been unveiled. pic.twitter.com/5WKbhaDlQz — Christopher Waldeck (@AtypicallyFly) October 27, 2024 Some said it was appropriate: Everyone is roasting this statue of Dwayne Wade as being totally unlike the actual person but here is the thing. He has launched a charity to permanently mutilate children because his son was going through a confusing time. I think the artist saw the demon perfectly! pic.twitter.com/JEpYQXOKsr — TheQuartering (@TheQuartering) October 28, 2024 Check out Wade’s reaction upon first seeing it…. Dude does NOT look happy: Dwayne Wade’s statue has been unveiled and he does not look happy about it pic.twitter.com/1CG9bGHaJj — non aesthetic things (@PicturesFoIder) October 28, 2024 But of course perhaps the worst statue in recent times is the recent “rooster” they “erected” to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Have you seen this thing? Disrespectful is an understatement: DISRESPECTFUL: The New MLK “Embrace” Statue Dishonors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. DISRESPECTFUL: The New MLK "Embrace" Statue Dishonors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Oh my...how disrespectful! Look, this is one of those articles I'm not going to tell you what I think, I'm just going to show you what a lot of other people think and show you pictures and video for yourself and let YOU decide. Let's start off with the background. A giant bronze statue was commissioned in Boston to honor the late, great Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Nice, right? Unfortunately, sometimes things sound better on paper than they do when finished. The idea for the statue was to honor this famous photo: The #MLK Embrace statue in Boston was inspired by this famous photo. Did it miss the mark? pic.twitter.com/cb2bg5ohhV — Noah Christopher (@DailyNoahNews) January 14, 2023 https://twitter.com/Nikki_T/status/1614083344433561601 Unfortunately, they decided to cut off the heads and the result is, well, you decide... #MLK Embrace Statue unveiled in Boston... Why does it look like a giant _____? pic.twitter.com/RCOd4nElch — Noah Christopher (@DailyNoahNews) January 14, 2023 When it's being described as "veiny" that's when I think you've got some problems: https://twitter.com/AladdinSaneTroy/status/1613626108800339999 Now, it could just be a bad angle, so let's watch the full video: Video of the Embrace MLK statue in Boston... Is there any angle where this does not look pornographic? pic.twitter.com/Xn3wDwxR3x — Noah Christopher (@DailyNoahNews) January 14, 2023 Yikes, not much better.... I feel like we definitely need to tune in and get a "not White person" opinion here for full and balanced reporting: Given that I am not White, I am safe from ANY charges of racism for saying the MLK embrace statue is aesthetically unpleasant. The famous photo should have been a FULL statue of the couple and their embrace. What a huge swing and miss in honoring the Dr & Mrs King. SAD! #bospoli pic.twitter.com/w8yqSjOfqs — Rasheed (@rasheednwalters) January 13, 2023 This is probably the most favorable angle: “The Embrace” statue on the Boston Common. A memorial to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife Coretta Scott King. pic.twitter.com/xYYBhzhCvR — Malcolm Johnson NBC10 Boston (@MalNBCBoston) January 14, 2023 Oh my: https://twitter.com/FringeViews/status/1614236111991103489 Is it pornographic? Opinions seem to vary depending on the angle you look at. It's either a giant rooster or a person's head between two legs. Either way, I think the quote from above was "aesthetically unpleasant": What is this?The EMBRACE? Why not a statue of MLK Jr. and Coretta standing? Does this look pornographic to anyone else? #Boston Did you approve this? #statues #art https://t.co/VZIF1LO8Gl — TheXFactor (@DeborahTaylor01) January 14, 2023 Giant turd? A statue(of a giant turd?) has been unveiled in Boston.The sculptural composition is called "Embrace". In fact, it is dedicated to Martin Luther King .Although, at first glance (and all subsequent glances) you can’t really say so.. pic.twitter.com/nFui24IBtY — Spartackus (@elskorpione) January 14, 2023 It's a giant something... Cutting off the heads seems to have been a poor choice: I know Boston's new #MLK statue is being unveiled today (which is fantastic!) but I can't shake the feeling that this view of "The Embrace" sculpture from this angle looks like two disembodied arms & hands hugging a butt. #bospoli #MLKDay pic.twitter.com/jswBHB3Eb5 — Catless Cat Lady (@chipgoines) January 13, 2023 Others have pointed out it has the Masonic "G" from the view above: “The Embrace” is a Masonic statue. You can see the G from the aerial rendering. This isn’t about MLK. Open your pic.twitter.com/CKxVTreEFr — Three Hawks (@ThreeHawks5) January 14, 2023 From Fox News: The four intertwined arms were inspired by a photo of the civil rights leader and his wife when they learned he had won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. https://t.co/tG5dm2jlKT — FOX 35 Orlando (@fox35orlando) January 14, 2023 Fox35 reports: Annual tributes and commemorations of the life and legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. began nationwide Friday and included the unveiling of a statue in Boston. The 20-foot-high bronze sculpture called "The Embrace" is said to be one of the country’s largest memorials dedicated to racial equity. When looking at the sculpture, you’ll see four intertwined arms — inspired by a photo of the civil rights leader and his wife, Coretta Scott King, when they learned he had won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. King first met his wife in Boston in the early 1950s, when he was a doctoral student in theology at Boston University and she was studying at the New England Conservatory of Music. "My parents’ time in Boston is often a forgotten part of their history – and the history of the movement they helped inspire," said Martin Luther King, III in a press release. "The Embrace is a commemoration of their relationship and journey and represents the meaningful role Boston served in our history." So sad that this will be the legacy: They really unveiled this statue in Boston Common yesterday. "The Embrace" pic.twitter.com/lxGy4NaWpK — historic-crypto.eth (@Historic_Crypto) January 14, 2023 Describe what YOU see first in the comments below: I feel like if this Embrace statue were a Rorschach test, i would fail miserably. pic.twitter.com/DyFJP3zVrX — Joey Eastman (@TheJoeyEastman) January 13, 2023