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# Donald Trump Tombstone Appears, and Swiftly Disappears, in Central Park
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/donald-trump-tombstone-appears-and-swiftly-disappears-in-central-park/
- Published: 2016-03-28T20:48:07.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:29:37.000Z
- Description: Donald Trump is dead. Or at least, that's what one presumably left-leaning prankster wanted Central Park visitors to think over the weekend.
- Author: Claire Voon
- Tags: In Brief, Central Park, Donald Trump, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:17 (2016, 2017, part 1)

![The Trump tombstone in Central Park (photo via @sachinrb/Instagram)](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2016/03/trump.jpg)

The Trump tombstone in Central Park (photo via @sachinrb/Instagram)

Donald Trump is dead. Or at least, that’s what one presumably left-leaning prankster wanted Central Park visitors to think over the weekend. As Gothamist first [reported](http://gothamist.com/2016/03/27/photo%5Fyou%5Fcan%5Fvisit%5Fdonald%5Ftrumps%5Ft.php?ref=hyperallergic.com), an anonymous artist planted a large tombstone in a field near the Sheep Meadow — a stone’s throw from the Trump International Hotel and Tower — carved with the real estate mogul’s name, birth year, and the italicized epitaph, “MADE AMERICA HATE AGAIN.” A closer look, however, reveals that its maker purposely left out a date of death, perhaps implying that the Republican presidential nomination hopeful’s campaign is on its way to the grave.

Park officials clearly weren’t amused, as someone from the department [swiftly](http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2016/03/28/trump-tombstone.html?ref=hyperallergic.com) removed the large stone last night. The person who erected it in the first place has not come forward to claim responsibility, but whoever he or she is likely sunk a lot of money into it, as the custom-made headstone resembles the standard granite ones that fill New York City’s crowded cemeteries and cost at least a few hundred dollars apiece. The erstwhile Trump gravestone is also actually quite beautifully made, despite its agenda, featuring ornate carvings of a cross surrounded by floral patterns.

Trump has yet to respond, likely because he is occupied with [bragging](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/714198237675003904?ref=hyperallergic.com) about recent political wins, [name-calling](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/714214633016573953?ref=hyperallergic.com) Ted Cruz, and boasting about how he alone will [eradicate](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/714189569793646597?ref=hyperallergic.com) warfare.