A statue of President Donald Trump and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein holding hands has reappeared on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., weeks after U.S. authorities took it down.

The bronze sculpture, titled “Best Friends Forever,” first appeared on Sept. 23 on the National Mall in Washington but was removed the following day .

The temporary installation, which depicts the men holding hands as they frolic, smile and stare into each other’s eyes, reappeared on Thursday amid a government shutdown.

“We celebrate the long-lasting bond between President Donald J. Trump and his ‘closest friend,’ Jeffrey Epstein,” reads a plaque at the foot of the installation.

Carved separately are quotes from a sexually suggestive note Trump allegedly wrote to Epstein on his 50th birth

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