Trump's empty and expensive plan to build 250 statues of 'American Heroes'

President Donald Trump has issued a flurry of executive orders since taking office.

One of them would prioritize the construction of 250 statues of historical figures and a garden in which to put them.

While this plan is less controversial than many of his other orders, it still represents an unnecessary and costly project.

Building a national park with hundreds of statues is not a small undertaking.

"Given that bronze and stone replicas of fallible human beings seem incapable of serving any unifying purpose for people forced to pay taxes to erect them, it's time to get government out of the monument business," J.D. Tuccille wrote in Reason in 2020 . "From now on, let private groups celebrate their fandom on their own dime, and on their own property.".