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A controversial 12-foot-tall statue depicting President Donald Trump and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has returned to Washington, D.C.'s National Mall after being removed by the National Parks Service late last month. Originally titled *The Secret Handshake*, the work was created by anonymous artists to "celebrate" Trump's ties to Epstein during Friendship Month, and features plaques with a message Trump allegedly wrote to Epstein. The National Parks Service cited the statue's height as non-compliant with its permit, and the artists accused the Trump administration of suppressing free speech. The statue has since been repaired and retitled *Why Can't We Be Friends?*.

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A controversial statue of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, originally titled *The Secret Handshake* and later renamed *Why Can't We Be Friends?*, has reappeared in Washington, D.C., outside the Busboys and Poets Art Cafe. The anonymous artists behind the work, which depicts the two men holding hands, timed its return to coincide with the release of a new tranche of Epstein-related emails by the House Oversight Committee. The statue first debuted on the National Mall in September but was removed by the National Parks Service for exceeding size regulations, before briefly returning. The artists have now renamed it *Best Friends Forever* and included plaques alluding to a birthday message allegedly written by Trump to Epstein.

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trump epstein statue dc returns national mall 1234755268

A controversial statue depicting President Donald Trump and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has returned to Washington, D.C.'s National Mall after being removed by the National Parks Service late last month. Originally titled *The Secret Handshake*, the 12-foot-tall work was hauled away for being non-compliant with permit height regulations, during which it was damaged. The anonymous artists have since repaired the statue and retitled it *Why Can’t We Be Friends?*, reinstalling it on the National Mall. The statue includes plaques referencing a birthday note allegedly written by Trump to Epstein, which Trump has denied authoring.

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A statue of President Donald Trump and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, titled *The Secret Handshake*, was removed from a public park in Washington, D.C., early Wednesday morning after going viral online. The anonymous artists claim they had a legal permit for the 12-foot-tall sculpture, which depicted the two men smiling and dancing together, but that National Parks Service officials toppled and destroyed it without the 24-hour notice they were promised. The Department of the Interior said the removal was due to the statue exceeding the permit's six-foot height limit.

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