"Friendship Month" statues of KRASNOV- EPSTEIN on the National Mall - *UPDATE* removed despite Permit

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mysterious-new-statue-of-epstein-and-trump-holding-hands-appears-on-the-national-mall/ar-AA1N9q0S?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=HCTS&cvid=a4f06ccb034d46a0fb0831d40307349b&ei=86

Mysterious new statue of Epstein and Trump holding hands appears on the National Mall

.... The 12-foot statue — a combination of foam, resin, wood and wire — shows Trump and Epstein standing on pedestals, holding hands and smiling at one another as they appear about to frolic through the park toward the Washington Monument in Washington, DC. ....

Below the statue, there are three plaques, two of which contain excerpts from the bawdy birthday letter Trump allegedly wrote Epstein for his 50th birthday. ....

The statue appeared early Tuesday morning in honor of Friendship Month. It will remain there until Saturday, a spokesperson for The Secret Handshake, an anonymous group of fewer than five individuals who put up the statue, told The Independent. The statue is about “celebrating the friendship of these real men.”

A White House spokesperson denounced the National Mall’s new addition, telling The Independent in a statement: “Liberals are free to waste their money however they see fit – but it’s not news that Epstein knew Donald Trump, because Donald Trump kicked Epstein out of his club for being a creep. Democrats, the media, and the organization that’s wasting their money on this statue knew about Epstein and his victims for years and did nothing to help them while President Trump was calling for transparency, and is now delivering on it with thousands of pages of documents.” ....

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[Alice Kramden]

1. Is this for real - I'm wondering

If it's AI - Beltline DUers please verify

[UTUSN]

2. A google Search on "Trump Epstein statues" will yield plenty of corroborating research. Works for me.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. The Secret Handshake made me smile

This statue made me smile

Link to tweet

[UTUSN]

4. Perfect follow-through, thanks!

[newdeal2]

5. Trump won't destroy perfectly good marble

This will go into his secret vault along with all the other goodies he’s stolen.

[bdamomma]

6. I wonder

if this will push the cretin over the edge??? Great work though. Alot of work went into that.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

7. Trump-Epstein 'friendship' statue removed from National Mall one day after it appeared

More unconstitutional censorship from Republicans.

What will it take for our mainstream media to publicly acknowledge that the GOP has embraced fascism?

— Kevin Leecaster (@greenfire.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy) 2025-09-24T13:28:00.000Z

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/politics/trump-epstein-statue-removed-national-mall/65-f509c666-6627-447e-9726-e8886b843123

WASHINGTON — As quickly as it appeared, it is gone. The statue of President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein has been hauled off of the National Mall.

Tuesday morning, the statue depicting the president and the late disgraced financier and sex offender holding hands and skipping showed up on the National Mall. The statue's plaque said, "In honor of friendship month, we celebrate the long-standing bond between President Donald J. Trump and his closest friend Jeffrey Epstein.”

But Wednesday morning, U.S. Park Police removed the statue around 5:30 a.m. Reddit user Are-you-a-vegetable caught the act in a video posted to the Washington, D.C. subreddit.

A permit for the statue said it is allowed to remain on the mall until 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28. Park Police told WUSA9 that it was removed for not being in compliance with the permit, but they did not explain how it violated the permit.

The permit does include a clause that it can be revoked at any time as long as the permittee was notified of the reason at least 24 hours in advance.

According to the permit, the statue also had full-time security.

Trump has made repeated efforts to distance himself from Epstein, despite reporting of mounting evidence that they knew each other well. Photographs link him to the sex trafficking suspect, and the Washington Post recently reported that the president gifted him a drawing of a woman's torso with a note for his birthday in 2003. He has denied writing the letter, though it is signed by him.

[UTUSN]

8. Well, this closes the circle...

[LetMyPeopleVote]

9. Maybe, but trump violated permit terms and I can see a lawsuit