Statues of Trump and Epstein appear mysteriously in Washington, DC
A 12-foot statue of President Donald Trump and a statue of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have appeared at the National Mall.
As President Donald Trump was preparing to speak to the United Nations in New York City on Tuesday, September 23rd, a statue of a Republican leader mysteriously appeared at the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
Unlike the president’s golden installation released last week, he praised his support for cryptocurrency, but this latest statue is nothing like flattering. The 12-foot film depicts the president holding hands with the dead investor and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Both show that one foot is balanced in the middle of what the creator of the work describes as Prince.
One of three plaques stuck to the base of the work, painted to look like marble, the inscription reads:
A group called the Secret Handshake Project has praised the work of surprise protest art, the third such anti-Trump installation that will pop up in the capital since June. The group also constructed works of what is called “dictatorial approval.” This is an 8-foot-high sculpture of a hand crushing the crown of the Statue of Liberty while making a thumb gesture. And then there is a multimedia installation of the “Gold Television Statue.” Golden Television showed images of a Trump dance, including Epstein.
“We are a very small group of citizens who use art, irony and humor to express social commentary and induce political conversations in public places,” the group said in a statement to USA Today on September 23.
The Secret Handshake Project said the film celebrates “Friendship Month,” a reference to the former closed friendship between Trump and Epstein, who committed suicide in prison in 2019. The Trump administration has been hit with intense criticism over its handling of records related to the incident, ranking many key voices within the Magaball.
The statue is across from the Capitol building and faces the expanse of the national mall lawn leading to the Washington monument. The secret handshake project said the installation was permitted by the National Park Service and should remain until the end of the week.
The other two plaques placed at the foot of the depiction of Trump and Epstein statues contain lines from the controversial birthday memo that the president allegedly wrote to Epstein in 2003. The signature is located in the pubic hair. Trump denied writing Sued the Wall Street Journal for initial report on the issue.
The installation of protest arts related to the Epstein scandal also follows the president overseas. Four British people were arrested during a presidential state visit to the UK on September 16th, in connection with images of Trump with arms around a deceased sex offender projected on Windsor Castle, the British royal home.
Contributed by: USA Today Network, Kinsey Crowley.
Kathryn Palmer is a political reporter for USA Today. You can contact her kapalmer@usatoday.com And with x @Kathrynplmr.
