The two bronze-colored figures appeared mysteriously on Tuesday, rising a dozen feet tall on the National Mall: One, President Donald Trump, the other, deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

“Best Friends Forever,” the title read on a plaque nestled below the two figures that held hands, frolicking before the U.S. Capitol.

By this morning, the statue had been removed by the U.S. Park Police. Its provenance was unknown, its creators anonymous. But its brief dalliance on the National Mall, hardly a mile from the White House, took aim at a lingering albatross for Trump: his friendship with Epstein.

The brief installation was the latest in a series of satirical statues that have appeared in Washington since October 2024.

A plaque at the statue’s base read: “We celebrate the long-lasting bo

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