A climate protester was busted after he spray painted the words “USA” over a presidential insignia inside Trump Tower Wednesday afternoon, according to law enforcement sources and video from the scene.
The man sprayed the bright green paint over the plaque inside the Midtown landmark before kneeling on the ground in front of it and closing his eyes, according to footage posted on X.
Moments after a small crowd gathered — some snapping photos of the demonstrator — a security officer approached, and the man unfurled a small banner bearing the words, “GAME OVER” with the symbol for the climate activist group Extinction Rebellion.
He was carted away by officers wearing dark-colored suits as he declared, “This is your country. This is our country. This is our planet. …You cannot ruin it without comment. They are ruining the planet for profit.”
The brazen display comes a day after the same activist group spray-painted the Wall Street Charging Bull — before wiping away their graffiti as cops looked on.
They later sprayed graffiti on the windows of Tesla’s Meatpacking District showroom — which landed two of them in cuffs, authorities said.
Two more demonstrators wound up in custody Tuesday night when they allegedly disrupted a performance of “Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux”at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center, according to cops and the New York City Ballet.
“It is Earth Day and we are in climate emergency!” one protester yelled during the performance, before being escorted out to cheers and jeers. “Our country has become a Fascist regime and we are enjoying this beauty?”
The Trump Tower protester was previously nabbed for criminal trespass at Columbia University, law enforcement sources said.
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