Overview
- The Secret Handshake said it placed the piece near the Capitol overnight, titling the work King of the World and orienting the figures toward the Washington Monument.
- Plaques and a row of large banners explicitly cast the work as an ode to a Trump–Epstein connection, with a modified Justice Department seal and the slogan Make America Safe Again.
- A White House spokesperson, Abigail Jackson, criticized the installation and questioned why similar sculptures targeting Democrats with Epstein ties were not produced.
- The Washington Post reviewed a National Park Service permit copy for the display with its end date obscured, with no clarity on whether the blackout is official or part of the concept.
- The statue marks the group’s third Trump–Epstein intervention on the Mall, following a January birthday‑card reproduction and a September piece titled Best Friends Forever, as onlookers offered both approval and complaints.