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11-Nov-2026

‘The Foot Soldier’

Another installation on the National Mall created by The Secret Handshake, an anonymous art collective responsible for previous satirical monuments targeting Trump, this time for avoiding military service because of bone spurs on his feet.

“We honor the service and sacrifice of our Commander in Chief, Donald J. Trump. He’s a soldier in spirit, who marched to the front lines of dodging the draft, armed with a perfect diagnosis of bone spurs,” reads a plaque at the base of the statue. “We salute a leader who knows you can’t spell sacrifice without ‘I,’ and a warrior who reminds us that sometimes when you’re called to stand up, it’s best to just sit down and rest your feet.”

The statue was accompanied by a person dressed in a 6-foot-tall "big toe" mascot costume named "TOEY," complete with a bone spur wound on its side.

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Allan Jay12-Nov-2026 18:30
Beautiful statue! VVB
Nestor Derkach12-Nov-2026 16:39
This is really a great find love the statue with shoe off showing the big toe.
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Raymond12-Nov-2026 15:32
Beautiful to see people's sense of humor ... so true as well, he evaded going to Vietnam 3 times in the 70s I think, because of his bone spurs! And today, he's the Commander in Chief of ALL the US Armed Forces and the finger on thousands of nuclear bombs ... Go figure! Nice shot, great catch BTW
Jola Dziubinska12-Nov-2026 15:26
Great reminding especially on 11.11. V.
joseantonio12-Nov-2026 14:24
what a lovely image so nicely captured.V.