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BumRushDaShow

(160,228 posts) Tue Aug 26, 2025, 12:02 PM Aug 26

Giant Donald Trump Portrait Draped Over Department of Labor Building in DC

Source: Newsweek

Published Aug 26, 2025 at 2:49 AM EDT Updated Aug 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM EDT


A massive portrait of Donald Trump was draped over the Department of Labor building in Washington, D.C., on Monday. It features Trump's second inaugural portrait, the logo for his America 250 initiative, and the slogan "American Workers First."

It stretches across three stories of the building's windows, flanked by an American flag and a portrait of Theodore Roosevelt carrying the same motto.

Why It Matters

The massive portrait of Trump on the Department of Labor building carries significance beyond its visual spectacle, highlighting concerns over the personalization of power and executive messaging. Historically, authoritarian leaders—such as Josef Stalin in the Soviet Union and Mao Zedong in China—have used government buildings to project control and reinforce their image, and critics suggest Trump's display echoes this tradition. The banner also coincides with recent labor and social policy rollbacks.

What To Know

The portrait provoked reaction on social media, with some comparing the move to display it to those made by dictators. "Looks like something I've seen before..." Democratic Massachusetts congressman Jim McGovern wrote on X, formerly Twitter, alongside an image of portraits of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his father Kim Jong Il hanging on the front of a large building.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/department-labor-trump-portrait-2119185





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A large poster of Donald Trump is now hanging from the Department of Labor building in D.C.
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4:19 PM · Aug 25, 2025




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Giant Donald Trump Portrait Draped Over Department of Labor Building in DC (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Aug 26 OP
Your Taxpayer Dollars Mr.Bee Aug 26 #1
Just have to leave this shit hole country vapor2 Aug 26 #2
Tasteless and Vulgar... Glorfindel Aug 26 #3
paintball target practice RussBLib Aug 26 #4
Is that his mug shot? Marthe48 Aug 26 #5
Yes. nt Shipwack Aug 26 #23
It should also be used... llmart Aug 26 #24
No. nt greyl Aug 26 #34
If That Isn't a Target for Vandalism, Nothing Is! The Roux Comes First Aug 26 #6
That was my first thought kimbutgar Aug 26 #39
It's how they roll... Ocelot II Aug 26 #7
Another gag-worthy stunt Bayard Aug 26 #8
We need a grafitti bomber to get on top of the building FakeNoose Aug 26 #9
Wouldn't It Be Nice Mr.Bee Aug 26 #10
Anybody in hildegaard28 Aug 26 #11
My thought as well! Krazy_Kat Aug 26 #14
Burn It! N/T tonekat Aug 26 #12
Imagine the joy Traildogbob Aug 26 #13
Don't give him any ideas. llmart Aug 26 #25
Gold Traildogbob Aug 26 #33
Soon to be rebranded as the Ministry of Labor Torchlight Aug 26 #15
Enough evidence that this Maga creep is into Kim Jong Un personality cult disorder gohuskies Aug 26 #16
But it's not a cult. Ray Bruns Aug 26 #17
Time to take out the Paint guns. n/t aggiesal Aug 26 #18
Recall that in May they placed a banner of him over the Department of Agriculture/USDA Solly Mack Aug 26 #19
What Trump Stands For 2na fisherman Aug 26 #20
Rapacious ---- Rapist n/t aggiesal Aug 26 #21
Tell me the man is not a dictator Botany Aug 26 #22
Could think of several interesting things one could do with a projector Blue Owl Aug 26 #26
Reminds me of Hitler riverbendviewgal Aug 26 #27
Your tax dollars at work Mysterian Aug 26 #28
Paintball anyone? Vinca Aug 26 #29
I Prefer India Ink-Filled Paintballs MrWowWow Aug 26 #30
The man who has sacked 55,000 from federal employment muriel_volestrangler Aug 26 #31
Any idea how this is being spun by Fox News et al? TheRickles Aug 26 #32
I wonder what Newsom will respond with BigmanPigman Aug 26 #35
Something that'll convey the message Oeditpus Rex Aug 26 #37
Assuming this isn't a bad joke Oeditpus Rex Aug 26 #36
Just drop a big funeral shroud over it Captain Zero Aug 26 #38
Be careful, DC RazorbackExpat Aug 26 #40
Is this for real? GoodRaisin Aug 28 #41

The Roux Comes First

(1,844 posts)
6. If That Isn't a Target for Vandalism, Nothing Is!
Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)
Tue Aug 26, 2025, 12:11 PM
Aug 26

How many dozen armed guards does it take to protect this amazingly vain authoritarian display 24/7?

Even a simple substitution of "WO" for "FI" would get us closer to reality!

But of course eradication of this work of anti-American propaganda would work too.

kimbutgar

(26,035 posts)
39. That was my first thought
Reply to The Roux Comes First (Reply #6)
Tue Aug 26, 2025, 09:43 PM
Aug 26

A nice paintball gun could do a lot of damage to that ugly evil face!

FakeNoose

(38,654 posts)
9. We need a grafitti bomber to get on top of the building
Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)
Tue Aug 26, 2025, 12:13 PM
Aug 26

... and accidently "spill" a large can of black paint over the edge. Whoopsie!

Mr.Bee

(1,223 posts)
10. Wouldn't It Be Nice
Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)
Tue Aug 26, 2025, 12:13 PM
Aug 26
If Republicans Were This Enthusiastic When There Was a DECENT President In Office??

So he gets elected, lays off government workers, hangs a giant portrait on the Dept of Labor and proclaims 'American Workers First'??
You can't make this stuff up...

Krazy_Kat

(55 posts)
14. My thought as well!
Reply to hildegaard28 (Reply #11)
Tue Aug 26, 2025, 12:29 PM
Aug 26

Or paint balloons. Back in the day we used to make water balloon launchers with a large funnel and some rubber surgical hose. That might work.

Traildogbob

(11,822 posts)
13. Imagine the joy
Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)
Tue Aug 26, 2025, 12:28 PM
Aug 26

Iraq had tearing down all the shitty statues and pictures of Sadam and his two spawn.
And the thrill of their outcome.
Pray I live long enough for that to make up for these 9 years of pure shittery. I could leave with a smile.
Who got all that Gold and tacky shit in HIS castle,
The people?
Can we get a Jewish space laser to write, “Beware of the child raper, keep little girls away from this little old man”!

Torchlight

(5,695 posts)
15. Soon to be rebranded as the Ministry of Labor
Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)
Tue Aug 26, 2025, 12:35 PM
Aug 26

With the new mission statement "Work Sets You Free."

gohuskies

(1,206 posts)
16. Enough evidence that this Maga creep is into Kim Jong Un personality cult disorder
Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)
Tue Aug 26, 2025, 12:41 PM
Aug 26

Really going off the deep end now No hiding what this jerk is doing in plain sight. Talking about 'some people like dictators' is beyond any American values..

Solly Mack

(95,701 posts)
19. Recall that in May they placed a banner of him over the Department of Agriculture/USDA
Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)
Tue Aug 26, 2025, 12:53 PM
Aug 26

Last edited Tue Aug 26, 2025, 02:15 PM - Edit history (1)

Mysterian

(5,927 posts)
28. Your tax dollars at work
Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)
Tue Aug 26, 2025, 03:07 PM
Aug 26

Good thing the fiscal conservative republicans raised the debt ceiling by $5 TRILLION so we can borrow more money from China to pay for these important services.

MrWowWow

(1,228 posts)
30. I Prefer India Ink-Filled Paintballs
Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)
Tue Aug 26, 2025, 03:16 PM
Aug 26

Last edited Tue Aug 26, 2025, 05:50 PM - Edit history (1)

That's permanent black ink. How about you?

muriel_volestrangler

(104,730 posts)
31. The man who has sacked 55,000 from federal employment
Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)
Tue Aug 26, 2025, 03:17 PM
Aug 26
https://www.reuters.com/investigations/pro-trump-group-wages-campaign-purge-subversive-federal-workers-2025-08-07/

and reinstated 25,000 whom he sacked, but then found out they were crucial:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy7x382je03o

Might as well put up a poster saying "freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, Big Brother loves you". Leave "war is peace" for the State Dept.

Oeditpus Rex

(42,745 posts)
36. Assuming this isn't a bad joke
Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)
Tue Aug 26, 2025, 06:38 PM
Aug 26

the Department of Labor is quite an ironic location, as this deranged invertebrate has never labored in his miserable life.

GoodRaisin

(10,520 posts)
41. Is this for real?
Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)
Thu Aug 28, 2025, 03:00 AM
Aug 28

Are they going to just leave this stupid looking thing hanging on the building?

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