Giant banner of Donald Trump hung at Justice Department headquarters

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Giant banner of Donald Trump hung at Justice Department headquarters

By Hannah Rabinowitz
1 hr 50 min ago
PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2026, 2:56 PM ET


Members of the National Guard walk past a banner of President Donald Trump, hanging on the Department of Justice building in Washington, DC, on Thursday. (Allison Robbert/AP.)

A large banner of Donald Trump was hung outside of the Justice Department headquarters in Washington, DC, on Thursday, emphasizing the White House's control over the nation's top law enforcement branch that once pursued criminal prosecutions against the president.

The image of Trump in shades of blue is a remarkable addition to the storied Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building, which is occupied by a department that traditionally has made painstaking efforts to separate itself from politics.

Since Trump retook office last year, the Justice Department has faced repeated accusations of targeting the president's perceived enemies on his behalf. Those prosecutions include that of former FBI Director James Comey, New York Attorney General and Letitia James, as well as investigations into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and several Democratic representatives who recorded a video urging service members to disobey any illegal orders.

Similar banners of Trump's face have been draped across other federal departments including the Department of Labor and the Department of Agriculture, each with their own text: "American workers first" and "growing America," respectively. ... The new sign at the Justice Department reads "make America safe again," the slogan of the Trump administration's violent crime crackdown.

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Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/19/politics/trump-banner-justice-department-building

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Hat tip, Joe.My.God.

https://www.joemygod.com/2026/02/massive-glorious-leader-banner-hung-on-doj-hq/

You immediately noticed, of course, that the Trump banner is positioned above the American flag. Details.

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‪Vince Mpls
‪@vincempls.bsky.social‬

March 27, 1936: Portraits of the Führer are raised on official buildings across Berlin. This one at the Potsdamer Railway Station reads "Freedom - Peace"

— Vince Mpls (@vincempls.bsky.social) 2026-02-19T19:21:57.411Z

Biden would’ve been instantly impeached in a bipartisan vote if he put his face on the freakin’ Department of Justice building

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-02-19T18:28:22.023Z

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March 27, 1936: Portraits of the Fhrer are raised on official buildings across Berlin. This one at the Potsdamer Railway Station reads "Freedom - Peace"

black and white photo taken at night of the grand facade of the railway station with a huge picture of hitler covering the central portion. construction equipment can be seen. A few people are milling about.
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‪Aaron Rupar‬
‪@atrupar.com‬
· 4h
Biden would've been instantly impeached in a bipartisan vote if he put his face on the freakin' Department of Justice building

Picture via a CNN reporter of a banner with Trump's face going up on outside of DOJ building
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2:21 PM · Feb 19, 2026
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[twodogsbarking]

1. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss

[Justice matters.]

44. I knew he is the ... reincarnation...

1945 to inbreed day six months later to June 14, 1946, the day $atan came out to breath again...

[Norrrm]

2. Now he's the 'hunter' ---- back shooter.

[Kid Berwyn]

3. Mango Mussolini

Tangerine Traitor

[tonekat]

4. Needs a flaming arrow in his nose! N/T

[2naSalit]

7. First thing...

I thought of!

[sop]

5. Only unhinged autocrats hang banners of themselves on public buildings.

[bucolic_frolic]

6. Lipstick on a pig and vice versa /nt

[GiqueCee]

8. looks like...

... an enlargement of his mugshot. The whole concept of giant ego-banners is straight out of chapter one of Dictatoring For Idiots.
I can't wait to read his obituary. Then we can go after the rest of 'em.

[Goonch]

9. ;-{).....

[SamKnause]

10. Vomit inducing.

[Kali]

11. and is that his famous mug shot?

kinda perfect, if you are into the irony of it all

[Wednesdays]

12. Indeed, it is.

He somehow thinks that's a good look for him.

[Initech]

13. Fuck this piece of shit! I do not want to live in North Korea!

[mtngirl47]

21. Shithole country indeed.

[Initech]

35. Yup.

Trump and Fox have done more to destroy the United States than Osama Bin Laden could ever dream of.

[Norrrm]

33. North Korea?

Kiss Kiss

[Norrrm]

34. North Korea 2

Golden Groveler

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xTmRY5L7wT0
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https://crooksandliars.com/2017/06/donald-trump-hosts-propaganda-cabinet

Towards the end, Reince Priebus became one of the major suck-ups in the room saying, "On behalf of the entire senior staff around you, Mr. President, we thank you for the opportunity and blessing you've given us to serve your agenda and the american people and we're continuing to work very hard every day to accomplish those goals."

[FakeNoose]

14. How "Hitler" of him

Der Führer was always doing stuff like that - defacing nice buildings with huge ugly banners.

[BaronChocula]

15. Someone needs to project

"America's Most wanted" onto the banner.

[Bayard]

16. That's certainly yack worthy

He just LOVES looking at himself, and pissing on everything else with his name. Massive and destructive ego.

[sakabatou]

17. Here's hoping the banner is ripped or burned down

[oasis]

18. This is sickening to the highest degree!

[SunSeeker]

19. Sick fuck.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

20. Dictators on buildings.

[Orrex]

22. Some day those first three words will be gone

Holy fuck, why doesn't he just fucking die already?

[Dem4life1970]

23. It usually ends this way...

[angrychair]

24. Look, not trying to be funny

But when you zoom up on that picture the shading makes it look like he has certain style of mustache if you know what I mean.

[tonekat]

30. My goodness! You're Right!

A skilled drone pilot with an airbrush mounted on it could tease that out enough for greater public recognition.

[Marie Marie]

25. OTOH - let him be the face of that chaotic, unpopular mess of Justice Dept.

When everyone thinks of how the DOJ is not doing its job for the Epstein survivors, his face is a reminder of who is in those files and who is most responsible for the lack of transparency and justice. Somehow, this is the one building I don't mind having his ugly face plastered all over it. He owns this fiasco.

And every time he hangs one of those gigantic mug shots, he just looks smaller and smaller.

[orangecrush]

26. Fitting

That's what it is now.

[DBoon]

27. Do the eyes appear to follow you?

On each landing, opposite the lift-shaft, the poster with the enormous face gazed from the wall. It was one of those pictures which are so contrived that the eyes follow you about when you move. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the caption beneath it ran.

— George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part I, Chapter I

[chouchou]

28. Look at me Daddy!

Look at me Daddy! Look at me Daddy! Look at me Daddy! Look at me Daddy! Look at me Daddy! Look at me Daddy!

[MW67]

29. It's obvious

Party over Country every time , the symbolism show it, words and deeds display it

[mdbl]

31. Utterly disgusting.

[Talitha]

32. Too bad it's out of spit/piss range.

Would a paintball gun shoot that high?

(Ewww, can you imagine working across the street from it?)

[regnaD kciN]

36. Wow! That's got to be...

…the world’s largest “Wanted” poster.

[eppur_se_muova]

37. I was hoping to challenge your grammar, but I see it's correct ...

it really is "hung", not "hanged" in this case.

[Martin68]

38. Someday this will be taught in schools as the attempted fascist takeover of the United States.

[Marcuse]

39. At least back then they didn't posterize a contemporaneous fascist.

[pansypoo53219]

40. or sadaam hussein.

ayatollah dumbass.

[pfitz59]

41. Flaming arrows

Just saying.

[LudwigPastorius]

42. History is "rhyming".

[Figarosmom]

43. It's getting so any place you are in DC he's staring at you.

How creepy is that?

It's like an animal marking what's his.

[Lionel Mandrake]

45. This reminds me of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi.

I was on a tour bus in Libya. Almost every large building in most towns had a giant picture of Gaddafi. It was creepier than you could imagine unless you had been there.

[S/V Loner]

46. Someone needs to hang a WANTED sign under it. N/T

[MissouriDem47]

47. This Is A Great Sign

That the United States is now a 3rd world country.

[twodogsbarking]

48. Donald Trump hung at Justice Department headquarters

Oh, a banner of.

[travelingthrulife]

49. Will be one on the Supreme Court by end of the weekend.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

50. "Hanging that banner should put to rest any doubt that Donald Trump has hijacked the independence of the Justice Dept."

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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray”
‪@ryanjreilly.com‬

“Hanging that banner should put to rest any doubt that Donald Trump has hijacked the independence of the Justice Department. He — not the American people — is the only client DOJ’s current leadership serves."
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/banner-president-donald-trump-displayed-doj-headquarters-washington-rcna259795

Large banner of Trump unfurled at Justice Department headquarters
The DOJ has traditionally operated with a degree of separation from the White House to prevent the department's powers from being abused for political purposes.
www.nbcnews.com
6:17 PM · Feb 19, 2026

“Hanging that banner should put to rest any doubt that Donald Trump has hijacked the independence of the Justice Department. He — not the American people — is the only client DOJ’s current leadership serves." www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

— Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” (@ryanjreilly.com) 2026-02-19T23:17:46.920Z

[LetMyPeopleVote]

51. MaddowBlog-The inadvertent truth exposed by the Justice Department's new Trump banner

The display doesn’t show a commanding figure; it shows a flailing politician pretending to convey strength.

We’re apparently supposed to see Trump's fascistic DOJ banner and hear the implicit questions: “Don’t I appear imposing? Isn’t it clear how powerful I am?”

The answer, however, is “no.”

The banner doesn’t signal strength — it reflects desperation.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-02-20T20:40:06.281Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/the-inadvertent-truth-exposed-by-the-justice-departments-creepy-new-trump-banner

With this in mind, MS NOW reported Thursday on the latest addition to the façade at Main Justice:

A large banner with Donald Trump’s face was hung on the front of the Justice Department headquarters in Washington, D.C., the president’s latest effort to imprint his personal brand on the nation’s capital.

Observers spotted the lengthy blue banner featuring Trump’s face sandwiched between two pillars on the building’s exterior on Thursday. The banner, which also includes the DOJ seal, states, ‘Make America Safe Again,’ and adorns the front entrance of a department that Democrats say has been weaponized by Trump.

In a written statement, Trump’s DOJ acknowledged the developments, saying: “We are proud at this Department of Justice to celebrate 250 years of our great country and our historic work to make America safe again at President Trump’s direction.”

Photo:

— Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” (@ryanjreilly.com) 2026-02-19T20:37:47.353Z

.....Indeed, the banner was helpful in removing a pretense that no one took seriously anyway. The DOJ’s official statement was explicit and unambiguous: The department works at “Trump’s direction” — as opposed to the direction of the attorney general, who’s supposed to lead federal law enforcement.

But I’m also reminded of a column written by the Times’ Jamelle Bouie in August:

The administration-produced imagery in Washington is, then, a projection of sorts — a representation of what the president wants reality to be, drawn from its idea of what authoritarianism looks like. The banners and the troops — not to mention the strangely sycophantic cabinet meetings and news conferences — are a secondhand reproduction of the strongman aesthetic of other strongman states. It is as if the administration is building a simulacrum of authoritarianism, albeit one meant to bring the real thing into being. No, the United States is not a totalitarian state led by a sovereign Donald Trump — a continental Trump Organization backed by the world’s largest nuclear arsenal — but his favored imagery reflects his desire to live in this fantasy.

Six months later, Bouie’s observation still resonates. The DOJ banner doesn’t signal Trump’s strength — it reflects his desperation.

A failing president wants to convey authority, so he and his team scramble to impose symbols like these on the public. They appear intended to convey questions Trump seems reluctant to ask out loud: “Don’t I appear imposing? Isn’t it clear how powerful I am? Shouldn’t my opponents feel an overwhelming sense of fear?”

The answer to the questions, however, is “no.” In fact, members of Team Trump have it backward: By trying too hard, their posturing delivers the opposite of the intended message.

The Justice Department’s banner, in other words, doesn’t show a commanding figure; it shows a flailing politician pretending to convey confidence and strength.

[Blue_Roses]

52. This is disgusting

This man is so f**ked up...
Always endless chaos