A rumor that a Nebraska farmer is building a 20-foot statue of U.S. President Donald Trump out of manure circulated online in June 2025. For example, the Halfway Post shared the claim on Threads, Facebook and X:
Snopes received reader messages asking us to check if the post was true, and some commenters seemed to interpret the rumor as a factual recounting of real-life events. However, there was no evidence that the monument of manure was legitimate.
Rather, the rumor originated with the Halfway Post — a social media network that describes its output as being humorous or satirical in nature. For instance, its X bio states:
Dadaist graffiti news. Halfway true comedy and satire by @DashMacIntyre.
I don't report the facts, I improve them. Comedy is cathartic in fascist eras like ours
The fictional story spread in the months following Trump's announcement of tariffs on most foreign goods, and reports of how those tariffs have impacted Americans.
Snopes has addressed similar satirical claims from the Halfway Post in the past, including the assertion that protesters "glitter bombed" ICE agents making arrests and a rumor that Grindr threatened to reveal Republican politicians secretly using the app.
For background, here is why we alert readers to rumors created by sources that call their output humorous or satirical.