Now entering Trump country!
Mysterious “traffic” signs featuring former President Donald Trump’s silhouetted profile have been popping up around Staten Island, Bay Ridge and other parts of the city, garnering a mix of confusion, praise and disgust.
“I don’t know who’s doing this but this is f–king genius,” Staten Island artist and activist Scott LoBaido said in a video posted to social media featuring about a dozen of the signs, which are zip-tied to street poles and posts.
“They’re all over the city,” LoBaido added. “Now that is clever.”
They appeared to have a signature at the bottom, which LoBaido, who is known for his political artwork, denied was his.
Some of the signs appeared this week in Park Slope, near the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway ramp near 92nd Street in Bay Ridge and at the entrance for the Verrazzano Bridge headed west into Staten Island and in Park Slope this week.
“The hell? I mean, what is that … Trump crossing?” said one perplexed social media user in a video taken of a sign in Bay Ridge, which was shared by the Instagram page New Yorkers.
“Regardless of a person’s political view … this is funny as hell,” said one commenter.
“I think it means ‘this is MAGA country,’” another suggested.
“No right turn,” joked someone else, referring to the right-wing candidate’s party.
Others were more supportive of the Republican candidates depiction on the yellow and black signs.
“I need one!!!” one man commented on LoBaido’s post. “My neighborhood would love this,” said someone else. Many asked how they could get signs in their areas, too.
One near a Bay Ridge Sunoco was taken down — by someone who then displayed it on his own truck, according to a gas station employee.
Others saw it as a literal caution sign against the former president, but it is unclear whether the signs are for or against him.
“It’s a warning sign — a big orange warning sign,” said one woman.
“Nothing blue paint can’t fix,” commented one apparent lefty.
“Take that down!!!,” urged some.
One of the Park Slope signs was removed by the city Department of Transportation, which said they were “not an authorized” sign, News 12 Brooklyn reported.
