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Trump asks Smithsonian to install ‘Colossus statue’ of George Washington with exhibit (www.theguardian.com)

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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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[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Both broke all the laws they wanted to break with impunity.

Holy shit, I'm impressed with sir. Without any real prompting, you just came and immediately, whatabouted me. XD

What you're doing is essentially watching an arsonist light up a building full of people and then walking down the street with a stern expression because somebody's jaywalking. We are talking orders of magnitude difference like end of a civilization sort of difference.

Now call me a trump supporter some more.

I'm not going to say I did or didn't because I don't care enough about this conversation to scroll back. It seems to me a lot more to you than it does to me. But I don't think I use those two words in the same sentence.

But I don't know, man. Go ahead and keep feeling bad for yourself or whatever.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

What you’re doing is essentially watching an arsonist light up a building full of people and then walking down the street with a stern expression because somebody’s jaywalking.

Yes, I suppose genocide is only as bad as jaywalking to you.

It seems to me a lot more to you than it does to me.

I've spent from 2024 to present being called a trump supporter by biden's genocide worshiping simps for not loving the genocide you all live for. Keep feeling happy about the genocide. At least trump didn't stop what biden started, I guess.