Dear Commons Community,

The White House has a full-blown freakout after activist artists erect a hilarious statue on the National Mall mocking Donald Trump’s failure of a birthday parade.

This one really struck a nerve…

“If these Democrat activists were living in a dictatorship, their eye-sore of a sculpture wouldn’t be sitting on the National Mall right now,” White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson told The Washington Post. “In the United States of America you have the freedom to display your so-called ‘art,’ no matter how ugly it is.”

The art in question is an 8-foot-tall sculpture of a golden hand — evocative of Trump’s obsession with tacky gold-plating — giving a big Trumpian thumbs up while squashing the Statue of Liberty. The piece is appropriately entitled “Dictator Approved” and the base displays quotes from authoritarian leaders heaping praise on Trump.

“President Trump is a very bright and talented man,” reads one plaque, quoting murderous Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.

“We do have a great deal of shared values. I admire President Trump,” reads the second, quoting far-right Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro.

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un’s quotes calling Trump “Your Excellency” and praising their “special relationship” and “the extraordinary courage of President Trump” are also featured.

“The most respected, the most feared person is Donald Trump,” reads another, quoting authoritarian Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

The piece was legally erected through a permit with the National Park Service and was specifically designed to condemn Trump’s birthday military parade that doubled as a celebration of the Army’s 250th anniversary.

The purpose of the statue is to draw attention to “the praising these types of oppressive leaders have given Donald Trump.”

Heil Trump!

Tony

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