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Trump’s Big Tacky Statue Plan Is Set to Be a Total Flop
April 20, 2026
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Allison Robbert/For The Washington Post via Getty ImagesDonald Trump’s plans for an elaborate sculpture garden to celebrate America’s heroes on the nation’s 250th anniversary look set to flop.The president announced his intention to build a “National Garden of American Heroes” in 2021, canceling millions of dollars’ worth of arts grants once he returned to office last year in order to fund the project.
He also appropriated 40 million in his ‘One Big Beautiful Bill Act’ for the Department of the Interior to establish and maintain the garden.His vision involved a “vast outdoor park” that would boast hundreds of life-size sculptures of “the greatest Americans to ever live,” including former presidents as well as stars like Elvis Presley and Kobe Bryant.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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