With that giant list of names, it’s gonna be more like the field of terra cotta warriors.
More realistically, I think Trump is imagining this to be one of the many headaches he’s trying to manufacture to hand off to Biden in an attempt to ruin his first term. This is small potatoes compared to stuff like the Open Skies treaty, naturally. But Biden will have to cancel it as an obvious boondoggle, and then it’s one more thing the Trumpist media can bleat about. “We had this awesome celebration of American heroism planned, and the radical anti-American socialist traitors 86’d it!” The usual avalanche of dummies will eat it up.
No credit due to me. It’s from Reddit and the link to what I hope is the original (you never know with Reddit) is at the period in my sentence, but I also found it hilarious.
You know, the funny thing is, done right, this could actually be a cool thing. If you’ve been to Denver, you know about the bear statues. Come up with a basic plinth and dimensions (say the statues are ~6 tall with the plinth adding 2 feet). Then, as they’re built (each by different artist with donated funding please - MAYBE a government matching program), place them in locations all over DC and the surrounding area. Like on street corners or on sidewalks. Maybe a few in existing parks. Make it a walking tour thing. THAT could be cool.
There’s just something so simple and succinct about it that it’s genius. I’ve forwarded it on via email and several friends have already responded with the kind of enthusiasm that I think will ensure it’s forwarded further quite a lot!
I think its just part of Trump trying to put together a legacy. Its the same thing as the wall and the Space Force. Some big honking thing that will be impossible to ignore and will have a plaque somewhere saying that Donald J Trump built this, look upon his works ye mighty and despair.
Boyertown, PA, has bear statues all over the place as part of something called Bear Fever. It’s a public art project and they’ve been adding about 2 a year.
There was something like that in San Antonio a few years ago called “Cow Parade.” It was decorated cows made of fiberglass. These are miniatures. The originals were life-size.