A massive reproduction of a birthday message allegedly sent by Donald Trump to late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein appeared Monday on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
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 gifted to Epstein on the occasion of his 50th birthday in 2003.
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The note includes a hand-sketched outline 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 placed nearby encourages visitors to sign the card with a message to President Donald Trump’s administration.
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“Make pedophilia bad again,” one of the messages reads.
Another declares, “We don’t want Greenland, what we want is 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 by an apparent suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking underage girls.
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It’s also the latest installation of a mysterious group that goes by the name The Secret Handshake. The group’s members, who are anonymous, have previously been behind similar eyebrow-raising, politically themed installations.
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Last year, they erected 12-foot statues of Epstein and Trump holding hands and skipping together to acknowledge “Friendship Month” in September.
According to CNN, a statement issued by The Secret Handshake indicated that the work is permitted to be displayed on the National Mall through Friday, Jan. 23.
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Still, it drew a swift 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 light Democrat donor 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 note.