Another No-Bid Contract, This Time For Gold-Plated Horses

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Source: crooksandliars.com





There's no excuse like a semiquincentennial to spend millions on gold-plated everything.


By Karoli Kuns — May 29, 2026

Another no-bid contract has been issued, this time to gild statues in Washington, D.C. surrounding the Lincoln Monument in 24-karat gold. The statues are equestrian statues known as Arts of War and Arts of Peace. An Arts of War statue is pictured above.

These statues are bronze, so that a good cleaning and polishing would have been enough to bring out their features, and freshen their looks while leaving a lovely patina on them.

But President Grifter wanted them covered in the same quality of gold used to cover Wyoming's state capitol dome seven years ago. Because why not? It's only taxpayer money, after all.



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"Arts of War" statueCredit: Getty Images

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The Trump Administration Is Spending Million to Coat Horse Statues in Gold

The Interior Department quickly gave nearly 0 million in contracts in a rush to beautify D.C.
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[TexasBushwhacker]

1. Their natural patina will be destroyed /nt

[Rhiannon12866]

2. That's what he does, ruins everything, The People's House grounds, the East Wing, the Reflecting Pool

The list goes on, and on...

[littlemissmartypants]

3. He's a sandbox bully. But he's not going to live forever.

Let him FAFO. Our turn is coming.

[QueerDuck]

4. What's next? Applying gold leaf to the Lincoln Memorial statue? 🤢🤮

[COL Mustard]

20. It'll be worse than that.

I can only imagine he wants his statue there, replacing Abe.

[PatSeg]

23. Oh dear god, don't give him any ideas!

You just know that is something he would do.

[ShazzieB]

5. Small adjustment to wording needed.

"The Interior Department quickly gave nearly $100 million in contracts in a rush to Trumpify D.C."

There, that sounds more accurate.

[OGBuzz]

6. Just some guy obsessed with power and gold.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8BxMIj1cOlg

[Botany]

7. Get a court order and stop this nonsense. Those statues are just fine as is.

BTW Trump does not own those statues and has zero say about what can be done to them.

[Bengus81]

8. When your gutting Medicaid by $9B+ per year starting in Jan 2027

you can do loads of senseless SHIT like this. Hell....just gold leaf the entire WH and have it fucking over with.

[travelingthrulife]

15. We need to keep talking to people about the Medicaid cuts coming 2027

or people will believe the Democrats did it. That's the whole point of doing it after the midterms.

People in medical and dental clinics know nothing about it.

[MLWR]

9. He sure is an expert at "waste, fraud and abuse."

No other POTUS in history was so hellbent on wasting taxpayer dollars on frivolous, unnecessary, superficial BS.

[GiqueCee]

10. Waste and fraud...

... thy name is so unspeakably revolting that it actually has its own stomach-turning odor. Let flatulence be forever named for its champion of Depends: TRUMP

As is always the case, I strongly suspect that the appropriate protocols and procedures for initiating and funding such an asinine undertaking have been totally ignored in favor of servile obeisance to an edict from His Royal Excrescence.

[Bayard]

11. Aww, jeez

Keep your filthy little hands off our stuff!

[broiles]

12. Certainly more important than feeding a bunch of hungry kids!

[ChicagoTeamster]

13. So much for government efficiency

[jeffreyi]

14. From another thread...

Temu bukkake
Hat tip to Rick Wilson

[twodogsbarking]

16. Lincoln Memorial. Washington Monument.

[Vinca]

17. That fucking moron. Patina adds to value and coating it with gold plate devalues it dramatically.

[chouchou]

18. That whole reality reminds me of "German Nazi Hillbilly"

[Figarosmom]

19. What a shame

[Hieronymus Phact]

21. This is just Art Vandalism

no different than "Tagging" an overpass with spay paint..

[PhilG]

22. Is that $5 Million Total or Each ?

Knowing what a good businessman and negotiator Donald is, it's probably each. But Holy Crap! We've got people living under bridges. Families going hungry. Gas & diesel prices through the roof. Prices on groceries higher & higher not to mention "shrinkage". Add in a war he started and he has time to cover perfectly fine bronze statues in gold?


JFC !