Donald Trump asked the Smithsonian Institution to install a 30ft “Colossus statue” of George Washington outside the National Museum of American History, and a special exhibit honoring the nation’s first president, in a social media post late on Friday.

The president requested that the exhibit continue through February 2032, the 300th anniversary of Washington’s birth.

“He is easily America’s Greatest Hero. Without him, our Country and our Freedoms wouldn’t exist,” Trump posted on Truth Social as he flew to his golf course in Ireland.

The statue of Washington would replace the current Infinity sculpture by New York artist José de Rivera, commissioned by the federal government and installed in 1967.

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[–] 4 points 12 hours ago* (3 children)

They can easily delay this for a couple of years while they plan, commission an artist, reject the artist's proposal maquette, commission a new artist, etc.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

    This is the same dude that just tore down a wing of the white house. He doesn't plan he's going to order it happening with our money right now.

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  • [–] 1 point 38 minutes ago

    And he can just do it without the parliamenarian, without a supermajority, without asking every member of the DEA first.

    In theory, we have all these checks in place to stop this sort of thing. In practice, they only function to stop things that might help Americans.

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