Trump’s Secret New Addition to the Rose Garden Exposed
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President Donald Trump has had a life-sized statue of Thomas Jefferson secretly installed on the White House grounds, according to sources.
A depiction of Jefferson, the country’s third president, was erected in Trump’s new-look Rose Garden last week, without anhy public announcement, two insiders https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/20/trump-adds-jefferson-overhaul-white-house-grounds/" rel="" target="_self" title="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/07/20/trump-adds-jefferson-overhaul-white-house-grounds/">told the Washington Post.
The New York Post https://nypost.com/2026/07/04/us-news/new-thomas-jefferson-statue-shipped-to-white-house/" rel="" target="_self" title="https://nypost.com/2026/07/04/us-news/new-thomas-jefferson-statue-shipped-to-white-house/">reported earlier this month that the work, created 25 years ago by George Lundeen, arrived at the White House at the end of June and was held for examination by security experts.
Lundeen, 77, also made the 7-foot, 700-pound bronze “fight fight fight” monument to Trump that captures his raised fist immediately following a 2024 assassination attempt against him in Butler, Pennsylvania.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-secret-new-addition-to-the-rose-garden-exposed/">Read more at The Daily Beast.