Giant Trump replica
A massive reproduction of a birthday message allegedly sent by Donald Trump to deceased sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein appeared on the National Mall in Washington, DC, on Monday.
The 10-foot-tall installation includes a replica of a note that appears to bear Trump’s signature and was included in a collection of letters given to Epstein for his 50th birthday in 2003.
The note includes a hand-drawn sketch of a naked woman and a personal message that reads: “Happy birthday, and may every day be another wonderful secret.”

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A plaque posted nearby encourages visitors to sign the card with a message to President Donald Trump’s administration.
“Make pedophilia bad again,” says one of the messages.
Another declares: “We don’t want Greenland, what we want are the Epstein files.”
The protest art was erected to coincide with what would have been Epstein’s 73rd birthday on Tuesday. The disgraced financier died in an apparent suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking of underage girls.

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It’s also the latest installation from a mysterious group called The Secret Handshake. The group’s members, who are anonymous, have previously been behind similar attention-grabbing politically themed installations.
Last year, they erected 12-foot statues of Epstein and Trump holding hands and jumping together to recognize “Friendship Month” in September.
According to CNN, a statement issued by The Secret Handshake indicated that the work is allowed to be displayed on the National Mall until Friday, January 23.

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Still, it drew a quick rebuke from White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson, who told The Washington Post in an email: “Kudos to these Trump-deranged liberals for constantly inventing new ways to set Democratic donors’ money on fire by spreading fake news.”
The Wall Street Journal first reported on Trump’s alleged letter to Epstein in July. The president, who has repeatedly tried to downplay his connection to Epstein, sued the outlet over the story, arguing that someone else may have forged his signature on the memo.


