A statue of Donald Trump with Jeffrey Epstein appears on the National Mall, sparking intrigue.
WASHINGTON — A statue featuring President Donald Trump and the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein holding hands and skipping has popped up on the National Mall in D.C.
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A plaque reads, “In honor of friendship month, we celebrate the long-standing bond between President Donald J. Trump and his closest friend Jeffrey Epstein.”
The statue is the most recent in a string of oddities that have appeared on the National Mall, including a large gold statue of Trump holding out a Bitcoin and a 50-foot bunch of bananas.
The authorities have not said who placed the statue.
The president has repeatedly tried to distance himself from the late notorious sex trafficking suspect since reports that he was named in the Department of Justice’s Epstein file.
More recently, the Wall Street Journal published a birthday note Trump wrote to Epstein. Trump has denied writing the letter, which is framed with a lewd drawing of a woman’s body.
Videos and photographs show Trump and Epstein together at various social gatherings, but the president has said they had a falling out many years ago.
Epstein was linked to a number of celebrities and high-profile politicians. Along with Trump, he’s been photographed with former President Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew, and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak.
While in custody and facing an array of charges, Epstein reportedly killed himself in a Manhattan jail cell in 2019.
A permit issued for the statue indicates that it can remain up until Sept. 28 at 8 p.m.
