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Botany

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9. Pure 100% codswallop

Reply to Melon (Reply #8)

Wed Jun 3, 2026, 10:04 AM

22 hrs ago

Last edited Wed Jun 3, 2026, 10:53 AM - Edit history (1)

The statues need a good cleaning but not some tacky ass gold crap, the BRONZE can be worked with,
and the concrete piers do need replaced because age, acid rain, and road salt has done a job on them. However Trump has the zero taste and should have zero to do with their maintenance. BTW I am real
life expert in this stuff and I forget more about this than you would know in a thousand years however

Correction: the piers the statues are on are marble. Just power wash them, repair any cracks,
and clean the bronze.

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So are these some of the bronze statues on Lincoln Memorial Circle that Trump wants to cover in gold? [View all] Botany Monday OP

Yes to all. Nt spooky3 Monday #1

I love how bronze looks as it ages! 70sEraVet Monday #2

Look @ the Oval Office and that piece of exquisite marble around the fireplace. Botany Monday #4

He has a fascination with piss colored objects. Emile Monday #3

Bronze is supposed to weather - it gives it its richness GenThePerservering Monday #5

They were originally covered in gold. This seems like Melon Monday #6

Oh please Botany Tuesday #7

Call out things that matter. Focusing on Melon Tuesday #8

Pure 100% codswallop Botany 22 hrs ago #9

They are gold clad. It just worn off in patches and now oxidized. Melon 12 hrs ago #14

The four golden horsemen of the Apocalypse.🙄 LetMyPeopleVote 22 hrs ago #10

MaddowBlog-Team Trump's latest no-bid contract: $5 million to coat horse statues in gold LetMyPeopleVote 22 hrs ago #11

Just power wash them and make any needed repairs . Botany 21 hrs ago #13

Statue of Liberty is next, will be gold plated, holding a Bible upside down with Jersey Devil 21 hrs ago #12