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While America Faces REAL Crises, Someone Built a 6-Foot Statue for a RAT

Gary FranchiApril 13, 2026170 views
While America Faces REAL Crises, Someone Built a 6-Foot Statue for a RAT
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Sometimes you have to wonder if the world has completely lost its mind. While President Trump is busy cleaning up Biden's foreign policy disasters and securing America's borders, someone decided the most important thing happening right now deserves a six-foot statue – and it's for a rat named Magawa.

Yes, you read that right. A rat. Named Magawa.

Now, before the animal lovers start sending hate mail, let's be clear: this particular rodent apparently did some heroic work detecting landmines. But here's the thing, patriots – we've got Eric Swalwell still walking free after his Chinese spy scandal, Iran threatening shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz, and the fallout from four years of Biden's America Last policies still wreaking havoc across the globe.

Meanwhile, Someone's Building Rat Monuments

This is exactly the kind of misplaced priorities that drove Americans to overwhelmingly elect Trump for a second term. While the President and his team are working around the clock to restore American strength and secure our nation, the rest of the world is apparently focused on... giant rat statues.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is dealing with complex international crises. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is rebuilding our military after Biden's woke experiments nearly destroyed it. Attorney General Pam Bondi is cleaning house at the Justice Department.

And somewhere, someone thought, "You know what the world needs right now? A six-foot tribute to a rodent."

"There are certain things I don't imagine writing about when I sit down at the computer to cover the news," one frustrated journalist noted, perfectly capturing the absurdity of our current moment.

Look, we get it. Magawa the mine-detecting rat probably saved lives. That's commendable work for any creature. But when you've got real human heroes – like our Border Patrol agents, our military veterans, and the January 6th prisoners Trump rightfully pardoned – maybe, just maybe, we should focus our statue-building efforts on them first?

This is what happens when society loses its way. This is why America needed Trump back in the White House – to restore some common sense to a world gone completely insane.

What's next? A national holiday for hamsters?

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Gary Franchi

Award-winning journalist covering breaking news, politics & culture for Next News Network.

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PatriotMom2024VerifiedApr 13, 2026
This is exactly what's wrong with our priorities in this country! We have homeless veterans on the streets, a border crisis, and inflation through the roof - but sure, let's spend money on a giant rat statue. Absolutely ridiculous.
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CommonSenseConservativeVerifiedApr 14, 2026
The symbolism is almost too perfect - a rat statue while the country is being overrun by actual problems.
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VeteranDad47VerifiedApr 14, 2026
Couldn't agree more. I drive past homeless camps every day on my way to work while they're wasting resources on this nonsense.
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ReaganRevolutionVerifiedApr 13, 2026
Peak liberal priorities right here folks. Rome is burning but hey, at least we have our 6-foot rat to show for it!
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TaxpayerFirstVerifiedApr 14, 2026
Was this built with public funds? Because if my tax dollars went to this garbage while our infrastructure is crumbling, heads need to roll.