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Statue of Trump and Jeffrey Epstein holding hands mysteriously reappears on National Mall
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 02 Oct 2025
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I really hate clickbaity headlines. It didn't mysteriously reappear.
The group that installed it the first time had the statue returned to them after it was removed. They restored it since it was damaged during removal. They then put in another application to have it displayed on the mall, and after that was approved they installed it the same as last time.
All of this is in the article, and calling it mysterious is just misleading and stupid.
This is where I lose the plot. Someone in charge saw the request to put up a statue of epstein, and said "Well this seems like a plan I can trust!"
Wat???
Protest art on the national mall isn't a new thing. So I'm not sure why it surprising that a bureaucrat did their job when presented with a legal request?
It's possible the president will be a giant man baby and order it removed again, but that doesn't really have anything to do with the request and approval process.
Yeah, they probably have a list of rules like 'Is it obscene?', 'Is it hazardous?' etc and stuff that doesn't tick any boxes gets the okay.
Freedom of speech is a wildly misunderstood concept to a lot of people.
Okay but as a non-american this is a reasonable response. Trumps shitstorm is seeping into every little crack in the government and youre telling me they approved an epstien and trump statue? Kinda wild if you ask me.
Im surprised Trump doesn’t find and fire this bureaucrat.
1st amendment. It's not in good taste (or is absolutely so, depending on your POV), but it's not inherently inappropriate for public view. I'm more surprised it was allowed back, though, since this admin would absolutely fire the entire team that approved the permit the first time.