A man who destroyed Donald Trump’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star was unexpectedly bailed out by the very person who had destroyed the same star before him.

Final Thoughts

The story of Donald Trump’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star is one of those rare political episodes that sounds fictional even when the basic events are documented.

First came James Otis, who attacked the star in 2016.

Then came Austin Clay, who damaged the same star with a pickaxe in 2018 and surrendered to police.

And then came the unexpected twist: Otis, the man who had already committed a nearly identical act, stepped forward to help Clay.

The episode became a strange symbol of the political passions surrounding Trump during one of the most divisive periods in modern American politics.

Whatever one’s opinion of Trump, the story demonstrates the extraordinary power that political symbolism can have.

A simple star on a sidewalk became a target, a protest symbol, a crime scene and eventually the unlikely connection between two strangers.

Hollywood has produced countless unbelievable stories.

But sometimes, real life creates one that would be difficult for even a screenwriter to invent.