Burns Presides Over Doral Golf Course Trump Monument Dedication
Last week, religious leaders dedicated the Doral golf course trump monument at Trump National Doral Miami, presenting a twenty-two-foot golden statue of Donald Trump at the president’s own resort. Pastor Mark Burns presided over the ceremony, and Trump called in to describe the statue as “beautiful.”
The statue’s creation was tied to cryptocurrency enthusiasts who support Trump, and it was used to sell a meme coin called $PATRIOT. Burns said Trump had originally been scheduled to attend in person, but changed plans after criticism over an A.I.-generated image of himself as Jesus Christ.
Mark Burns at Trump National Doral Miami
Burns, the senior pastor at Harvest Praise & Worship Center in Easley, South Carolina, led the dedication at Trump National Doral Miami, which is owned by Trump. He also founded the internationally broadcast NOW evangelical television network. Those details explain why the ceremony drew attention beyond a standard appearance at the resort: it mixed a religious dedication, a presidential call-in, and a Trump property in one setting.
Trump’s call during the ceremony gave the event its clearest public endorsement. Burns said the president had been expected to attend in person before changing plans. That change became part of the story after Burns said criticism followed Trump’s posting, and later deleting, of an A.I.-generated image of himself as Jesus Christ.
$PATRIOT and the golden statue
The statue was not simply a ceremonial object. According to the facts provided, cryptocurrency enthusiasts who support Trump helped create it and used it to promote $PATRIOT. That gives the dedication a financial layer that went beyond the visuals at the resort.
Burns later took to social media to strongly deny that the statue represented idol worship. That denial directly addressed the criticism around a religious leader dedicating a gold statue to Trump. For readers trying to follow what this means in practice, the key point is that the event was both a public tribute and a promotional vehicle for a meme coin tied to Trump supporters.
The sequence now leaves Burns and Trump with a public record of the ceremony itself: a twenty-two-foot statue, a call from Trump, and a memorial-like display attached to a cryptocurrency pitch. For anyone tracking the event, the important fact is not just that the statue exists, but that it was introduced at Trump’s own resort and linked from the start to $PATRIOT.
