Trump's latest no-bid contract: $5 million to coat four horse statues in gold

[Miles Archer]

Trump’s latest no-bid contract: $5 million to coat horse statues in gold

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/team-trumps-latest-no-bid-contract-5-million-to-coat-horse-statues-in-gold

Trump and his team haven’t exactly been subtle about their gold fixation. Since the president returned to power, Americans have seen an emphasis on everything from “Gold Cards” to a “Golden Dome” to a “Golden Fleet” of U.S. battleships. (And don’t get me started on the many gold trinkets Trump plastered on the walls of the Oval Office.)

So perhaps it’s not too surprising that the Republican’s administration is also adding gold coats to the White House’s aggressive renovation agenda for the nation’s capital. NOTUS reported:

Four massive bronze horses positioned along the roads surrounding the Lincoln Memorial still shine in the sun from their first restoration in the 1970s. But their gold-toned coating is faded and patchy, and their heavy stone bases are cracked and dirty.

The Trump administration wants them glittering with a fresh coat of gold in time for America’s 250th anniversary on July 4. So in mid-April, the National Park Service handed a $5 million contract to a gilding studio in Maryland to repair the statues and cover them with a thick layer of 23.75-karat gold leaf.

According to National Park Service documents reviewed by NOTUS, this was one of the administration’s many no-bid contracts.

[Irish_Dem]

1. Washington DC is going to look like a French whore house.

[jls4561]

3. I always thought that Fat Donnie misunderstood when he saw the initials "WH". He has certainly made it into one,

both with the decor and his policy of dispensing favors for remuneration.

[tanyev]

2. The Four Horsemen of the Doncalypse.

😒

[underpants]

4. The 4th is only 36 days away.

They are just doing this now?
Hell UFC has been planning since this stupid human cockfighting thing came up.