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It used to be that one read of governments tearing down statues to appease woke leftists. \u00a0Today, the news is that a group called The Secret Handshake erected a 12-foot-tall \u201cparticipation trophy\u201d statue for President Donald Trump.<\/p>

Read more What will become of Benjamin Netanyahu?<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cWe hereby award President Donald J. Trump this participation trophy for his enthusiastic involvement in the Iran war,\u201d reads the plaque at the base of the statue. \u201cWhile some concern themselves with military strategy, diplomacy, or measurable outcomes, President Trump demonstrated the courage to participate regardless of the final score.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the recipient of this prestigious award, President Trump joins the ranks of children everywhere who received recognition for simply showing up,\u201d the plaque continues.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

My guess is that the people who set this thing up are registered Democrats \u2014 logically, because most conservatives would not bother themselves to oppose Trump this flamboyantly, even on an issue that\u2019s at least a little bit controversial among his base. \u00a0(Republicans supported the war 67-21 in March, according to the Chicago Council of Global Affairs.) \u00a0Practically, D.C.\u2019s residents in 2024 voted for Kamala Harris at a rate of something like 104 percent.\u00a0 Okay, fine, it was 92.5 percent, so it\u2019s technically possible that D.C.\u2019s one Trump voter climbed down from his tent on the roof of the Heritage Foundation to set up the statue.<\/p>\n

The Iran participation trophy is one of a slew of pop-up statues lately to blight the District, as the linked Time article shows.\u00a0 I wonder how much these things weigh, and what it takes to set them up and break them down, and who\u2019s paying for all that.<\/p>

Read more Rhode Island Chooses Tax Hike Death Spiral<\/a><\/p>\n

What strikes me most is the ephemeral character of these huge objects.\u00a0 Statuary should evoke a sense of permanence \u2014 a big, heavy object, skillfully manipulated to resemble a great personage or event, laid deep in the land\u2019s foundation to commemorate something important for future generations.\u00a0 That\u2019s part of why it was a shock to the national system when radicals ran around defacing them and tearing them down.<\/p>\n

But now, in the capital, we\u2019re subjected to the opposite: pop-up statues, quickly and relatively cheaply made, unremarkable in their craftsmanship, \u201ccommemorating\u201d a flash-in-the-pan media event for the next five minutes or so, until they\u2019re wheeled off to their next five-minute destination or destroyed.\u00a0 The Iran War is kind of like this, too, with its fits and starts.\u00a0 Statues, wars, elections, news cycles \u2014 everything is quick and up and gone, to tee us up for the next hit.<\/p>\n

\u201cArt as protest\u201d is not new, and it\u2019s fine as far as it goes.\u00a0 But I think Americans going about their day-to-days will benefit from devoting themselves to more permanent things, like their marriages and their families (\u201cif you can keep it\u201d).\u00a0 Fine, not yet, because the midterms are right around the corner. \u00a0But we\u2019ll get to it right after.<\/p>

Read more England v. Argentina: More than a soccer match<\/a><\/p>\n

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