Overview

• The sculpture, installed Thursday near Third Street NW on the National Mall, features a gold-sprayed vintage TV looping a 15-second silent clip of Trump’s slow-motion dance, including a scene alongside convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
• A plaque quotes White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson: “In the United States of America you have the freedom to display your so-called ‘art,’ no matter how ugly it is.”
• Jackson condemned the installation as the work of “liberal activists masquerading as artists” after the White House criticized earlier protest sculptures as “ugly art.”
• Permitted to remain through Sunday evening, the exhibit is intended to highlight freedom of speech and artistic expression using political imagery, according to National Park Service filings.
• The anonymous creators have not claimed responsibility for the piece, and the permit lists the name “Mary Harris,” possibly alluding to labor leader Mary Harris “Mother” Jones.