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mahatmakanejeeves

(68,940 posts)
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 04:47 PM 11 hrs ago

Giant banner of Donald Trump hung at Justice Department headquarters

Last edited Thu Feb 19, 2026, 06:02 PM - Edit history (1)

Source: CNN

Politics
2 min read

Giant banner of Donald Trump hung at Justice Department headquarters

By Hannah Rabinowitz
1 hr 50 min ago
PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2026, 2:56 PM ET


Members of the National Guard walk past a banner of President Donald Trump, hanging on the Department of Justice building in Washington, DC, on Thursday. (Allison Robbert/AP.)

A large banner of Donald Trump was hung outside of the Justice Department headquarters in Washington, DC, on Thursday, emphasizing the White House's control over the nation's top law enforcement branch that once pursued criminal prosecutions against the president.

The image of Trump in shades of blue is a remarkable addition to the storied Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building, which is occupied by a department that traditionally has made painstaking efforts to separate itself from politics.

Since Trump retook office last year, the Justice Department has faced repeated accusations of targeting the president's perceived enemies on his behalf. Those prosecutions include that of former FBI Director James Comey, New York Attorney General and Letitia James, as well as investigations into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and several Democratic representatives who recorded a video urging service members to disobey any illegal orders.

Similar banners of Trump's face have been draped across other federal departments including the Department of Labor and the Department of Agriculture, each with their own text: "American workers first" and "growing America," respectively. ... The new sign at the Justice Department reads "make America safe again," the slogan of the Trump administration's violent crime crackdown.

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Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/19/politics/trump-banner-justice-department-building



Hat tip, Joe.My.God.

https://www.joemygod.com/2026/02/massive-glorious-leader-banner-hung-on-doj-hq/

You immediately noticed, of course, that the Trump banner is positioned above the American flag. Details.

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‪Vince Mpls
‪@vincempls.bsky.social‬

March 27, 1936: Portraits of the Führer are raised on official buildings across Berlin. This one at the Potsdamer Railway Station reads "Freedom - Peace"

Vince Mpls (@vincempls.bsky.social) 2026-02-19T19:21:57.411Z


Biden would’ve been instantly impeached in a bipartisan vote if he put his face on the freakin’ Department of Justice building

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-02-19T18:28:22.023Z


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March 27, 1936: Portraits of the Fhrer are raised on official buildings across Berlin. This one at the Potsdamer Railway Station reads "Freedom - Peace"

black and white photo taken at night of the grand facade of the railway station with a huge picture of hitler covering the central portion. construction equipment can be seen. A few people are milling about.
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‪Aaron Rupar‬
‪@atrupar.com‬
· 4h
Biden would've been instantly impeached in a bipartisan vote if he put his face on the freakin' Department of Justice building

Picture via a CNN reporter of a banner with Trump's face going up on outside of DOJ building
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2:21 PM · Feb 19, 2026
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Giant banner of Donald Trump hung at Justice Department headquarters (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves 11 hrs ago OP
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss twodogsbarking 11 hrs ago #1
I knew he is the ... reincarnation... Justice matters. 2 hrs ago #44
Now he's the 'hunter' ---- back shooter. Norrrm 11 hrs ago #2
Mango Mussolini Kid Berwyn 11 hrs ago #3
Needs a flaming arrow in his nose! N/T tonekat 11 hrs ago #4
First thing... 2naSalit 10 hrs ago #7
Only unhinged autocrats hang banners of themselves on public buildings. sop 11 hrs ago #5
Lipstick on a pig and vice versa /nt bucolic_frolic 11 hrs ago #6
looks like... GiqueCee 10 hrs ago #8
;-{)..... Goonch 10 hrs ago #9
Vomit inducing. SamKnause 10 hrs ago #10
and is that his famous mug shot? Kali 10 hrs ago #11
Indeed, it is. Wednesdays 10 hrs ago #12
Fuck this piece of shit! I do not want to live in North Korea! Initech 10 hrs ago #13
Shithole country indeed. mtngirl47 8 hrs ago #21
Yup. Initech 7 hrs ago #35
North Korea? Norrrm 7 hrs ago #33
North Korea 2 Norrrm 7 hrs ago #34
How "Hitler" of him FakeNoose 10 hrs ago #14
Someone needs to project BaronChocula 10 hrs ago #15
That's certainly yack worthy Bayard 10 hrs ago #16
Here's hoping the banner is ripped or burned down sakabatou 9 hrs ago #17
This is sickening to the highest degree! oasis 9 hrs ago #18
Sick fuck. SunSeeker 8 hrs ago #19
Dictators on buildings. LetMyPeopleVote 8 hrs ago #20
Some day those first three words will be gone Orrex 8 hrs ago #22
It usually ends this way... Dem4life1970 8 hrs ago #23
Look, not trying to be funny angrychair 8 hrs ago #24
My goodness! You're Right! tonekat 7 hrs ago #30
OTOH - let him be the face of that chaotic, unpopular mess of Justice Dept. Marie Marie 7 hrs ago #25
Fitting orangecrush 7 hrs ago #26
Do the eyes appear to follow you? DBoon 7 hrs ago #27
Look at me Daddy! chouchou 7 hrs ago #28
It's obvious MW67 7 hrs ago #29
Utterly disgusting. mdbl 7 hrs ago #31
Too bad it's out of spit/piss range. Talitha 7 hrs ago #32
Wow! That's got to be... regnaD kciN 6 hrs ago #36
I was hoping to challenge your grammar, but I see it's correct ... eppur_se_muova 6 hrs ago #37
Someday this will be taught in schools as the attempted fascist takeover of the United States. Martin68 6 hrs ago #38
At least back then they didn't posterize a contemporaneous fascist. Marcuse 5 hrs ago #39
or sadaam hussein. pansypoo53219 5 hrs ago #40
Flaming arrows pfitz59 5 hrs ago #41
History is "rhyming". LudwigPastorius 5 hrs ago #42
It's getting so any place you are in DC he's staring at you. Figarosmom 3 hrs ago #43
This reminds me of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi. Lionel Mandrake 2 hrs ago #45

Justice matters.

(9,593 posts)
44. I knew he is the ... reincarnation...
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 02:03 AM
2 hrs ago

1945 to inbreed day six months later to June 14, 1946, the day $atan came out to breath again...

GiqueCee

(3,716 posts)
8. looks like...
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 05:12 PM
10 hrs ago

... an enlargement of his mugshot. The whole concept of giant ego-banners is straight out of chapter one of Dictatoring For Idiots.
I can't wait to read his obituary. Then we can go after the rest of 'em.

Initech

(108,207 posts)
35. Yup.
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 09:09 PM
7 hrs ago

Trump and Fox have done more to destroy the United States than Osama Bin Laden could ever dream of.

Norrrm

(4,545 posts)
34. North Korea 2
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 09:03 PM
7 hrs ago

Golden Groveler

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xTmRY5L7wT0
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https://crooksandliars.com/2017/06/donald-trump-hosts-propaganda-cabinet

Towards the end, Reince Priebus became one of the major suck-ups in the room saying, "On behalf of the entire senior staff around you, Mr. President, we thank you for the opportunity and blessing you've given us to serve your agenda and the american people and we're continuing to work very hard every day to accomplish those goals."

FakeNoose

(40,985 posts)
14. How "Hitler" of him
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 05:42 PM
10 hrs ago

Der Führer was always doing stuff like that - defacing nice buildings with huge ugly banners.

Bayard

(29,132 posts)
16. That's certainly yack worthy
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 06:08 PM
10 hrs ago


He just LOVES looking at himself, and pissing on everything else with his name. Massive and destructive ego.

Orrex

(66,877 posts)
22. Some day those first three words will be gone
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 07:38 PM
8 hrs ago

Holy fuck, why doesn't he just fucking die already?

angrychair

(11,988 posts)
24. Look, not trying to be funny
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 07:49 PM
8 hrs ago

But when you zoom up on that picture the shading makes it look like he has certain style of mustache if you know what I mean.

tonekat

(2,492 posts)
30. My goodness! You're Right!
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 08:53 PM
7 hrs ago

A skilled drone pilot with an airbrush mounted on it could tease that out enough for greater public recognition.

Marie Marie

(11,107 posts)
25. OTOH - let him be the face of that chaotic, unpopular mess of Justice Dept.
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 08:09 PM
7 hrs ago

When everyone thinks of how the DOJ is not doing its job for the Epstein survivors, his face is a reminder of who is in those files and who is most responsible for the lack of transparency and justice. Somehow, this is the one building I don't mind having his ugly face plastered all over it. He owns this fiasco.

And every time he hangs one of those gigantic mug shots, he just looks smaller and smaller.

DBoon

(24,851 posts)
27. Do the eyes appear to follow you?
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 08:12 PM
7 hrs ago

On each landing, opposite the lift-shaft, the poster with the enormous face gazed from the wall. It was one of those pictures which are so contrived that the eyes follow you about when you move. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the caption beneath it ran.

— George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part I, Chapter I

chouchou

(3,001 posts)
28. Look at me Daddy!
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 08:23 PM
7 hrs ago

Look at me Daddy! Look at me Daddy! Look at me Daddy! Look at me Daddy! Look at me Daddy! Look at me Daddy!

MW67

(119 posts)
29. It's obvious
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 08:44 PM
7 hrs ago

Party over Country every time , the symbolism show it, words and deeds display it

Talitha

(7,813 posts)
32. Too bad it's out of spit/piss range.
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 09:00 PM
7 hrs ago

Would a paintball gun shoot that high?

(Ewww, can you imagine working across the street from it?)

eppur_se_muova

(41,470 posts)
37. I was hoping to challenge your grammar, but I see it's correct ...
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 09:46 PM
6 hrs ago

it really is "hung", not "hanged" in this case.

Martin68

(27,395 posts)
38. Someday this will be taught in schools as the attempted fascist takeover of the United States.
Thu Feb 19, 2026, 10:00 PM
6 hrs ago

Figarosmom

(10,920 posts)
43. It's getting so any place you are in DC he's staring at you.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 12:19 AM
3 hrs ago

How creepy is that?

It's like an animal marking what's his.

Lionel Mandrake

(4,200 posts)
45. This reminds me of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi.
Fri Feb 20, 2026, 02:09 AM
2 hrs ago

I was on a tour bus in Libya. Almost every large building in most towns had a giant picture of Gaddafi. It was creepier than you could imagine unless you had been there.

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