A new statue recently appeared on the National Mall mocking President Donald Trump and the White House for describing other nearby art installations as "ugly."
The statue features a golden television that plays a loop of Trump awkwardly dancing. The images symbolize Trump's affinity for gold and that watching television is one of his favorite hobbies. It also includes a plaque that reads "In the United States of America you have the freedom to display your so-called ‘art,’ no matter how ugly it is.’ - The Trump White House, June 2025."
The plaque is a reference to the statement White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson gave to The Washington Post about other nearby statues protesting Trump.
Anti-Trump statues have appeared across the country since before his November election, including a bronze replica of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's desk with a large poop on it. The satirical memorial was dedicated to the "brave men and women who broke into the United States Capitol on January 6th, 2021 to loot, urinate and defecate throughout those hallowed halls in order to overturn an election."
Another statue appeared in Philadelphia’s Maja Park of Trump standing behind a nude woman. That statue was "dedicated to a lifetime of sexual assault," referring to the president's past offenses against women. The statue also has a plaque containing part of Trump's infamous Access Hollywood tape, where he said, "And when you’re a star they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab them by the p----. You can do anything.”
There is also a statue of a tiki torch in DC’s Freedom Plaza that is meant to memorialize Trump's defense of white supremacists who marched on Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017.
“While many have called them white supremacists and neo-Nazis, President Trump’s voice rang out above the rest to remind all that they were ‘treated absolutely unfairly.’ This monument stands as an everlasting reminder of that bold proclamation," the state's plaque reads.
