Trump's Statue Can't Get Dressed

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A draft calls eligible people into military service. A deferment postpones that requirement.

Donald Trump received 5 during the Vietnam era: 4 while attending college and 1 after graduation in 1968 for a diagnosis of bone spurs in his heels.

On November 9, 2026, the anonymous art collective The Secret Handshake put a gold-painted statue of Trump on Washington's National Mall, near the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden. Called The Foot Soldier, it shows him sitting with 1 shoe off, holding his bare right foot.

USA TODAY reports the group said it would remain through November 11, Veterans Day.

The accompanying Toey is a 6-foot toe mascot in a costume. Apparently, a regular-sized toe wasn't getting enough attention.

Our visual joke: Lil'meme braces both blue shoes against the base and tries to shoehorn the statue's foot back into its shoe. Even the footwear wants a deferment.

This is an imagined gag, not something that happened at the installation.

The useful distinction: the deferments are the record; the statue and its sarcastic plaque are political commentary, not medical evidence. Gold paint does not turn a punchline into a document.

Sources: USA TODAY; Firstpost.

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