BY DENNIS LYNCH | The most popular fortune-teller of this election cycle stopped by Washington Square Park last Friday to prophesize of a world with Donald Trump in the White House. The mysterious Zoltar-esque All-Seeing Trump posted up in front of the fountain for about a half hour before park security kicked the auguring android off park property. But he gave a captivated crowd plenty of predictions before he was hauled off.
The red-eyed All-Seeing Trump told of a Scott Baio-led Justice Department, his plans for a high-speed railway to deport Mexicans at a dizzying pace, and gave onlookers fortune souvenirs to take home. This reporter’s fortune read: “Many surprises await you in the future — such as racial profiling and economic recession.”
One Texan visiting the city first mistook “The All-Seeing Trump” for a real fortune-teller machine before realizing it was a parody of the Republican hopeful. The part-Mexican independent from Houston said she loved using humor to educate people about what she called Trump’s unfavorable policies.
“It’s good to bring this consciousness to people who have not heard what he says,” Mary Rice said. “With a little humor, it might educate some people. Whoever is behind it, tell them thank you.”
But the artists behind the All-Seeing Trump project remain anonymous. They told Gothamist that comic Anthony Atamanuik provides Trump’s convincing voice, and that they paid the Nevada company that builds the real Zoltar machine $9,000 to build their custom Trump-bot, complete with his tiny hands, eagle sidekick and nuclear launch codes hanging out of his jacket pocket.
The three guys who set up the Trump booth and drove him around in an inconspicuous rental van said they were “just there to help” and claimed they had to wait for a text message to even know where to set Trump up next.
The dummy Donald has already had an impressive tour — he’s turned up all around the city, including in front of Trump Tower, as well in Zuccotti Park and Union Square. He even made it out to Atlantic City for the Trump Taj Mahal’s last day in business, and up to an actual rally for The Donald in New Hampshire.
Tuesday night he was in front of the IFC Center, at Sixth Ave. and W. Third St. for the premiere of Michael Moore’s new movie, “Michael Moore in Trumpland.”
