- Trump turned the Rose Garden’s lawn into a white-stone patio and filled it with bronze statues of founding figures — including Washington, Hamilton, Franklin and a seated Thomas Jefferson — plus a 14-foot piece called “Freedom’s Charge.”
- The Jefferson statue was a gift from sculptor George Lundeen; Trump even left him a friendly voicemail thanking him for the piece.
- The installations are part of a broader push by Trump to add statues and renovate grounds (including a proposed National Garden of American Heroes) on White House and nearby federal land.
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