BERLIN, Oct 30 (Reuters) - The waxwork museum Madame Tussauds in Berlin loaded its effigy of TV star-turned Republican president Donald Trump into a dumpster on Friday, a move apparently intended to reflect its expectations of next Tuesdays presidential election.

In what seemed a further calculated insult, the statue of his predecessor and nemesis Barack Obama , who counted Germanys Chancellor Angela Merkel among his closest allies, remained in place, beaming and besuited.