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A Trump banner — echoing similar displays that drew propaganda concerns on D.C. federal buildings last year — went up on the Justice Department yesterday.

A reader captured video of the unfurling and sent it to us:

Construction works on a lift unfurl a banner of Donald Trump between two columns on the exterior of the DOJ building on Pennsylvania Avenue

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A large blue banner with a portrait of Donald Trump hangs between stone columns on a building, with an American flag in front and a blue lift platform positioned at the top.

President Trump's "Make America Safe Again" banner goes up at DOJ yesterday. Photo: Heather Diehl/Getty Images

<p><strong>A Trump banner</strong> — echoing similar displays that drew <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="propaganda concerns" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2025/09/17/trump-face-banners-federal-buildings-taxpayer-money" data-vars-content-id="6ed1213b-0ee4-47a5-bac8-63cb53fef237" data-vars-headline="👀 Banners are back " data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2025/09/17/trump-face-banners-federal-buildings-taxpayer-money" target="_self">propaganda concerns</a> on D.C. federal buildings last year — went up on the Justice Department yesterday.</p><ul><li>A reader captured video of the unfurling and sent it to us:</li></ul><figure><img alt="Construction works on a lift unfurl a banner of Donald Trump between two columns on the exterior of the DOJ building on Pennsylvania Avenue" height="716" id="779e4a85-d682-4d2c-98d8-9b01b500e32a" src="https://images.axios.com/MigA-SSEV7JXJEL6itHaW9svbFM=/2026/02/19/1771538116034.gif" width="404"/><figcaption>Courtesy: Axios D.C. reader</figcaption></figure>

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