Critics torch new Justice Department construction stunt as emblematic day for authoritarianism

Big Donald is now watching you from the Department of Justice building.

And critics are furious.

On Thursday, a large banner featuring President Donald Trump’s face hung over the entrance to the Department of Justice building in Washington, DC.

“Let’s make America safe again,” it said beneath Trump’s image.

Photos of the banner went viral on social media, where critics said it gave off “1930s Germany vibes” and slammed it as “very embarrassing” and a display of authoritarianism.

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Ken Dilanian, MS NOW’s justice and intelligence correspondent, wrote on It is “exactly what his supporters baselessly accused the previous administration of doing,” he added.

Former Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) joked that “nothing says justice is blind like hanging a Dear Leader banner at the Department of Justice…”

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Republican strategist Sarah Longwell wrote: “I can’t imagine why people call him a fascist.”

And The Atlantic’s David Frum, a former speechwriter for former President George W. Bush, said: “Trump’s Justice Department is a pure creature of presidential whim, retribution and cover-up, so this banner at least has the virtue of directness.”