{"id":2585818,"date":"2026-03-31T17:10:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T21:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/golden-toilet-display-mocks-trumps-white-house-remodeling\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T17:11:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T21:11:48","slug":"golden-toilet-display-mocks-trumps-white-house-remodeling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/golden-toilet-display-mocks-trumps-white-house-remodeling\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden toilet display mocks Trump&#8217;s White House remodeling"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgolden-toilet-display-mocks-trumps-white-house-remodeling%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2585818&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >giant golden toilet sculpture<\/a> has been set up at the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall to mock the Trump management\u2019s remodeling of the White House. Created by the group Secret Handshake, the display-titled \u201cA Throne Fit for a King\u201d-marks the second protest on the National Mall that month and includes a plaque describing the piece. The White House defended the remodel as making the White House and the nation\u2019s capital \u201cmore lovely,\u201d while acknowledging the president\u2019s ongoing efforts. Secret Handshake has a history of provocative displays, including statues involving Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, and the article situates this piece within <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-oversight-committee-sends-demand-to-ilhan-omars-husband-8\/\" title=\"House Oversight Committee Sends Demand to Ilhan Omar&#039;s Husband\">broader political controversy<\/a> and related coverage.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Golden toilet display at Lincoln Memorial mocks Trump&rsquo;s White House remodeling<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2548458\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>A giant golden toilet at the National Mall is on display to mock the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\">Trump administration&rsquo;s<\/a> remodeling of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\">White House<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The sculpture, set up at the Lincoln Memorial, is from the Secret Handshake and is the group&rsquo;s second display on the National Mall to protest the Trump administration this month. The statue includes a plaque calling it &ldquo;A Throne Fit for a King,&rdquo; as well as a description of the display, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/wtop.com\/dc\/2026\/03\/why-is-there-a-golden-toilet-on-the-national-mall\/\">according to<\/a> WTOP.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4511334\/trump-burgum-filthy-reflecting-pool\/\">Trump says he&#8217;s working to fix &#8216;absolutely filthy&#8217; Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4511303\/judge-trump-administration-npr-pbs-funding\/\">Judge blocks Trump administration&#8217;s &#8216;unenforceable&#8217; order to cut NPR and PBS funding<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4511070\/israel-occupy-southern-lebanon-ground-invasion\/\">Israel says it will occupy southern Lebanon after ground invasion<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Following a weekend marked by No Kings protests, Grant Heussner, 13, from Wheaton, Illinois, poses with a piece of protest art titled &ldquo;A throne fit for a king&rdquo; near the Lincoln Memorial on Monday, March 30, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;In a time of unprecedented division, escalating conflict, and economic turmoil, President Trump focused on what truly mattered: remodeling the Lincoln Bathroom in the White House,&rdquo; the description reads. &ldquo;This, his crowning achievement, is a bold reminder that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/debate-revealed-no-elected-president-really-runs-government\/\" title=\"Debate Revealed No Elected President Really Runs Government\">president isn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t just a businessman, he&rsquo;s taking care of business. It stands as a tribute to an unwavering visionary who looked down, saw a problem, and painted it gold.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A detail from a piece of protest art titled &ldquo;A throne fit for a king&rdquo; is seen near the Lincoln Memorial on Monday, March 30, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> is remodeling the White House during his second term in office, particularly the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/oval-office\/\">Oval Office<\/a> and Rose Garden. He is also working on a ballroom for the White House, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4509002\/white-house-ballroom-military-bunker\/\">which will include a military bunker<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The White House brushed off the criticism of Trump&rsquo;s remodeling when the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>asked about the display.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump is making the White House and our entire Nation&rsquo;s Capital more beautiful than ever before,&rdquo; a White House spokesperson said. &ldquo;The president will never stop working on behalf of the American people and fulfill the promises that he was overwhelmingly elected to do.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Secret Handshake is also behind <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3822054\/trump-epstein-friendship-statue-removed-from-national-mall-after-one-day\/\">a pair of statues<\/a> displayed on the National Mall depicting Trump with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the most recent display, which happened in mid-March. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/infrastructure\/4488162\/newest-trump-epstein-statue-in-dc-recreates-titanics-king-of-the-world-pose\/\">That statue recreated an iconic moment from the 1997 film <em>Titanic<\/em><\/a>, and depicted Trump and Epstein as the film&rsquo;s main characters, Jack and Rose.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4500462\/trump-kennedy-center-lawsuit-preservationists-legacy-in-peril\/\"><strong>TRUMP SUED OVER KENNEDY CENTER PLANS AS PRESERVATIONISTS WARN LEGACY &lsquo;IN PERIL&rsquo;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump said he and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum are working <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">on<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116325374279671384\">&nbsp;cleaning<\/a><\/span><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116325374279671384\">  up the &ldquo;absolutely filthy&rdquo; reflecting pool<\/a> between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial on Tuesday. He claimed this was &ldquo;supposed&rdquo; to be done by the Biden administration, but &ldquo;Sleepy Joe doesn&rsquo;t know what &lsquo;CLEAN&rsquo; or proper maintenance is.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> contacted the National Park Service for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Golden toilet mocks Trump remodel at Lincoln Memorial<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2585819,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26089599594800-e1774984999474.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[76910,72353,76911,3634,71977],"class_list":["post-2585818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-golden-toilet","tag-political-satire-2","tag-remodeling","tag-trump","tag-white-house-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26089599594800-e1774984999474.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2585818"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2585822,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585818\/revisions\/2585822"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2585819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2585818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2585818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2585818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}