DONALD TRUMP’s star has dimmed in Hollywood, after a suspect with a pickax early Wednesday vandalized his plaque on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame. It’s the second time vandals have damaged Trump’s star at the tourist site. ABC7 television cited witnesses as saying a man removed the pickax from a guitar case and began swinging it at the brass-rimmed star — one of more than 2,500 embedded in Hollywood’s sidewalks in honor of famous entertainment figures. Before he was elected president in the November 2016 election, Trump starred as himself in The Apprentice TV reality series. Los Angeles police confirmed that they were called about 3:30 a.m. for a report of vandalism at the star’s location on Hollywood Boulevard. After bashing the plaque, the suspect called police “and advised he had vandalized Donald Trump’s star,” the Los Angeles Times quoted police Lieutenant Karen Leong as saying. The police confirmed to AFP that the suspect, Austin Mikel Clay, 24, turned himself in and was booked on a charge of felony vandalism. The Hollywood Historic Trust will repair the star. — AFP

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