Roger Waters Blasts 'Buffoon' POTUS With Neon Anti-Trump Images in Concert

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If you’re looking for a conservative-leaning evening of progressive rock, former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters’ Us + Them tour may not be such a good idea.

As Waters plays “Pigs (Three Different Ones),” multiple unsavory images of Donald Trump are projected in neon lights in the background.

The images include giant florescent depictions of Trump wearing lipstick and eye shadow, firing a weapon and reclining in women’s lingerie. At one point, the words “Trump Is a Pig” stretch across the stage and, at another, a blimp crosses overhead with Trump’s face and his blackened eye covered with a dollar sign and, in a word bubble, “I won!”

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Saturday, CNN’s Michael Smerconish asked Waters if his over-the-top show of disdain for Trump helps rather than hurts him.

“No, I don’t think help or hindering,” Waters answered. “We need to survive his presidency, because it’s totally unpredictable. I don’t think he knows what he’s going to do.”

Waters then added, “This is the responsibility that you and the mainstream media have is to not allow this to be taken as seriously as it is. I mean, I’ve sort of stopped watching all the talking heads about Russia-gate and this and that and the other because it seems to me largely irrelevant. There’s a larger picture that we could maybe all be focusing on.

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“The problem,” he continued, “is entertainment has got mixed up with news a lot in this country, my general sense is that everything has to be entertaining. And in consequence Donald Trump is great for the mainstream media because he’s such a buffoon.”

Watch the entire interview below.

10 Stunning Pieces of Anti-Trump Protest Art, From LED Signs to Paintings Made With Blood (Photos)

Donald Trump has funneled life-blood into a fervent new protest art movement. Artists and photographers are speaking out against Trump's comments and policies with paintbrushes, cameras -- and even bodily fluids. From LED signs to paintings made with human blood, here are 10 thought-provoking pieces of protest art that have emerged since Trump announced his candidacy for president.
Portland-based artist Sarah Levy painted this portrait with her own menstrual blood. The piece, titled "Whatever," is a response to Trump's comment that Fox News host Megyn Kelly had "blood coming out of her wherever."
Sarah Levy
As part of a series called "#SignedByTrump," Aria Watson snapped this photo for a final project in her Intro to Photography class at Clatsop Community College in Oregon. Models posed partially nude with Trump quotes written on their skin.
Aria Watson
Indira Cesarine, founder of The Untitled Space art gallery in New York City, posed in front of pieces from the "Uprising/Angry Women" exhibit. The exhibit premiered in January and featured works by women artists.
The Untitled Space
This piece by Julie Curtiss, titled "Hot Heels," was featured at the "Nasty Women" art exhibition in Queens, New York. According to co-director Jessamyn Fiore, the exhibit was "a message to Trump and the government that you can’t roll back women’s rights without a fight."
Julie Curtiss
Shepard Fairey, the artist behind the iconic Barack Obama "Hope" poster, created this image for Inauguration Day as a way to "reject the hate, fear and open racism that were normalized during the 2016 presidential campaign." The woman pictured is 33-year-old Muslim-American, Munira Ahmed.
Shepard Fairey
An NYC grassroots campaign called "Resistance Is Female" utilized telephone booths to showcase protest art and to encourage people to "keep fighting, keep speaking up, persevere."
@mythny for Resistance is Female (Instagram)
Continuing the bloody trend, Los Angeles-based artist Illma Gore collaborated with the artist collective, Indecline, to create this mural. The mural, titled "Rise Up Thy Young Blood," was painted with human blood from 50 donors and recalls Henry Mosler's 19th-century painting, "The Birth of the Flag."
Illma Gore/Indecline
Inspired by cardboard protest signs, artist Andrea Bowers made this sign as a "feminist gesture." According to Bowers, "I feel outraged that Donald Trump was elected after what he said publicly about women."
Andrea Bowers (Photograph by Robert Wedemeyer, courtesy of the artist and Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects)
The anonymous street artist known as Bambi painted this parody of the movie "La La Land" in Islington, North London. In lieu of Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, the work shows Donald Trump dancing with U.K. Prime Minister, Theresa May.
Bambi
New York-based illustrator Daniel Pagan created this piece, called "Tweeter in Chief." In an interview with Fusion, Pagan described Trump's election as "'sheer fuel' for his art."
Daniel Pagan

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President Trump’s election sparks a worldwide resurgence of artistic expression

Donald Trump has funneled life-blood into a fervent new protest art movement. Artists and photographers are speaking out against Trump's comments and policies with paintbrushes, cameras -- and even bodily fluids. From LED signs to paintings made with human blood, here are 10 thought-provoking pieces of protest art that have emerged since Trump announced his candidacy for president.

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10 Stunning Pieces of Anti-Trump Protest Art, From LED Signs to Paintings Made With Blood (Photos)

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