The nameless artists behind The Secret Handshake, the guerrilla public artwork statue of President Donald Trump and convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein, are at it once more. On Tuesday, the group emailed ARTnews with pictures of a brand new statue positioned in Washington, D.C., once more depicting Trump and Epstein.
Titled KING OF THE WORLD, the 12-foot tall statue depicts the US president embracing Epstein within the now iconic pose of Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet within the 1997 movie Titanic. A plaque under the statue makes the connection specific, studying: “The tragic love story between Jack and Rose was constructed on luxurious journey, raucous events, and secret nude sketches. This monument honors the bond between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, a friendship seemingly constructed on luxurious journey, raucous events, and secret nude sketches.”
On both aspect of the statue, which is positioned throughout the US Capitol constructing on third Avenue West between Madison Drive and Jefferson Drive, are 10 banners honoring Trump and Epstein. Why? “As a result of 2026 has been a banner yr for President Trump,” the e-mail explains. “Which means…he’s added big banners of his face to federal buildings all throughout DC. We wish to assist him on his mission by tossing a number of of our personal within the combine.”
For the reason that begin of Trump’s second presidential administration, there have been requires transparency from each the suitable and left round investigations into Epstein, a disgraced financier and convicted intercourse offender with ties to the rich, well-known, and highly effective, from Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to the Clintons. These calls reached a fever pitch in November when Congress handed the Epstein Recordsdata Transparency Act. Within the months since, tens of millions of paperwork have been launched to the general public from the FBI information, which stark penalties for a lot of with ties to Epstein. Amongst these pressured to step down are quite a few figures within the artwork world.
