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Who Is Joanie Lemercier? Artist Projects 'Trump Out' Message on Las Vegas Tower

The French visual artist said the display was planned weeks ahead and used a laser projector placed about 200 metres away.

  • On Tuesday, French artist Joanie Lemercier projected the message 'TRUMP OUT' onto the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas, timing the display for the November 3, 2026, U.S. midterm elections.
  • Lemercier and his team rented a room approximately 650 feet from the 64-story tower weeks in advance, positioning a powerful laser projector to carefully align the word 'OUT' with the hotel's existing 'TRUMP' signage.
  • Explaining his decision to release the images on Election Day, Lemercier wrote on Threads, 'Today are the US midterms, an election that will have a deep and broad impact on international politics.'
  • The projection sparked online cheers and mockery, with one local messaging, 'From a Nevadan, thank you.' Similar creative demonstrations include Lincoln Project Advocacy's installations at the Kennedy Center.
  • These demonstrations illustrate a growing trend of using spectacle and humor to challenge powerful figures without damaging property. Lemercier has previously supported environmental causes through projects like 'Projection Rebellion.
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At the beginning of a blast in the United States, Brice Toussaint presented the French artist and environmental activist Joanie Lemercier. On the occasion of the mid-term elections, he projected the word "OUT" on the Trump Tower in Las Vegas to denounce Donald Trump. (International).

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French artist Joanie Lemercier projected the word “OUT” onto Trump’s hotel, Trump International Hotel Las Vegas, complete with the president’s name in gold letters. The protest slogan “TRUMP OUT” was created. He had been preparing for the event for several weeks, during which he managed to rent a room in a building across from the hotel and use a powerful projector to project the sign from a distance of approximately 200 meters.

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A few weeks before the event, the artist, together with the team, rented a room opposite the French building, Joani Lemercier (Joanie Lemercier), carrying out an unusual action against the background of the US mid-term elections. With the help of a laser projector, he added the name of the Trunm International Hotel in Las Vegas. Wave RBC.UA, referring to the artist's Instagram. As the artist was able to create the inscription, Lemercier publishe…

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IBTimes UK broke the news in United Kingdom on Tuesday, November 3, 2026.
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