Giant Donald Trump Portrait Draped Over Department of Labor Building in DC

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Source: Newsweek

Published Aug 26, 2025 at 2:49 AM EDT Updated Aug 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM EDT


A massive portrait of Donald Trump was draped over the Department of Labor building in Washington, D.C., on Monday. It features Trump's second inaugural portrait, the logo for his America 250 initiative, and the slogan "American Workers First."

It stretches across three stories of the building's windows, flanked by an American flag and a portrait of Theodore Roosevelt carrying the same motto.

Why It Matters

The massive portrait of Trump on the Department of Labor building carries significance beyond its visual spectacle, highlighting concerns over the personalization of power and executive messaging. Historically, authoritarian leaders—such as Josef Stalin in the Soviet Union and Mao Zedong in China—have used government buildings to project control and reinforce their image, and critics suggest Trump's display echoes this tradition. The banner also coincides with recent labor and social policy rollbacks.

What To Know

The portrait provoked reaction on social media, with some comparing the move to display it to those made by dictators. "Looks like something I've seen before..." Democratic Massachusetts congressman Jim McGovern wrote on X, formerly Twitter, alongside an image of portraits of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his father Kim Jong Il hanging on the front of a large building.

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A large poster of Donald Trump is now hanging from the Department of Labor building in D.C.
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4:19 PM · Aug 25, 2025

[Mr.Bee]

1. Your Taxpayer Dollars

Literally Going Down The DRAIN!

[vapor2]

2. Just have to leave this shit hole country

[Glorfindel]

3. Tasteless and Vulgar...

of course, like everything else the Mango Mussolini is involved with.

[RussBLib]

4. paintball target practice

...with some really large paintballs?

[Marthe48]

5. Is that his mug shot?

As befitting for a 34 count convicted felon.

[Shipwack]

23. Yes. nt

[llmart]

24. It should also be used...

on the website that lists sex offenders.

[greyl]

34. No. nt

[The Roux Comes First]

6. If That Isn't a Target for Vandalism, Nothing Is!

How many dozen armed guards does it take to protect this amazingly vain authoritarian display 24/7?

Even a simple substitution of "WO" for "FI" would get us closer to reality!

But of course eradication of this work of anti-American propaganda would work too.

[kimbutgar]

39. That was my first thought

A nice paintball gun could do a lot of damage to that ugly evil face!

[Ocelot II]

7. It's how they roll...

[Bayard]

8. Another gag-worthy stunt

Was it trump's idea, or someone trying to suck up?

[FakeNoose]

9. We need a grafitti bomber to get on top of the building

... and accidently "spill" a large can of black paint over the edge. Whoopsie!

[Mr.Bee]

10. Wouldn't It Be Nice

If Republicans Were This Enthusiastic When There Was a DECENT President In Office??

So he gets elected, lays off government workers, hangs a giant portrait on the Dept of Labor and proclaims 'American Workers First'??
You can't make this stuff up...

[hildegaard28]

11. Anybody in

DC got a paintball gun?

[Krazy_Kat]

14. My thought as well!

Or paint balloons. Back in the day we used to make water balloon launchers with a large funnel and some rubber surgical hose. That might work.

[tonekat]

12. Burn It! N/T

[Traildogbob]

13. Imagine the joy

Iraq had tearing down all the shitty statues and pictures of Sadam and his two spawn.
And the thrill of their outcome.
Pray I live long enough for that to make up for these 9 years of pure shittery. I could leave with a smile.
Who got all that Gold and tacky shit in HIS castle,
The people?
Can we get a Jewish space laser to write, “Beware of the child raper, keep little girls away from this little old man”!

[llmart]

25. Don't give him any ideas.

I fear a humongous statue of him will be next.

[Traildogbob]

33. Gold

Like the one in the meme of Gaza Beach Front Paradise. 90 feet tall.

[Torchlight]

15. Soon to be rebranded as the Ministry of Labor

With the new mission statement "Work Sets You Free."

[gohuskies]

16. Enough evidence that this Maga creep is into Kim Jong Un personality cult disorder

Really going off the deep end now No hiding what this jerk is doing in plain sight. Talking about 'some people like dictators' is beyond any American values..

[Ray Bruns]

17. But it's not a cult.

[aggiesal]

18. Time to take out the Paint guns. n/t

[Solly Mack]

19. Recall that in May they placed a banner of him over the Department of Agriculture/USDA

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[2na fisherman]

20. What Trump Stands For

Treasonous
Rapacious
Un-American
Megalomaniac
Phony

[aggiesal]

21. Rapacious ---- Rapist n/t

[Botany]

22. Tell me the man is not a dictator

[Blue Owl]

26. Could think of several interesting things one could do with a projector

[riverbendviewgal]

27. Reminds me of Hitler

And Mao and Stalin, Putin. And all the other dictators past and present.

[Mysterian]

28. Your tax dollars at work

Good thing the fiscal conservative republicans raised the debt ceiling by $5 TRILLION so we can borrow more money from China to pay for these important services.

[Vinca]

29. Paintball anyone?

[MrWowWow]

30. I Prefer India Ink-Filled Paintballs

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That's permanent black ink. How about you?

[muriel_volestrangler]

31. The man who has sacked 55,000 from federal employment

https://www.reuters.com/investigations/pro-trump-group-wages-campaign-purge-subversive-federal-workers-2025-08-07/

and reinstated 25,000 whom he sacked, but then found out they were crucial:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy7x382je03o

Might as well put up a poster saying "freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, Big Brother loves you". Leave "war is peace" for the State Dept.

[TheRickles]

32. Any idea how this is being spun by Fox News et al?

[BigmanPigman]

35. I wonder what Newsom will respond with

You KNOW it's coming.

[Oeditpus Rex]

37. Something that'll convey the message

"Ha ha, charade you are."

[Oeditpus Rex]

36. Assuming this isn't a bad joke

the Department of Labor is quite an ironic location, as this deranged invertebrate has never labored in his miserable life.

[Captain Zero]

38. Just drop a big funeral shroud over it

With glue on the side of the shroud facing in.

[RazorbackExpat]

40. Be careful, DC

Big Brother Daddy is watching you

[GoodRaisin]

41. Is this for real?

Are they going to just leave this stupid looking thing hanging on the building?