In August 2025, a claim (archived) circulated online that a large banner of U.S. President Donald Trump had been placed on the Department of Labor building in Washington, D.C.
Political commentator Brian Tyler Cohen posted (archived) a picture on Facebook of the alleged new banner captioned, "BREAKING: Trump is now putting up giant banners of his face on government buildings."
Claims about the new banners, some alleging that Trump was behind them, circulated on X (archived), Instagram (archived), Threads (archived) and Bluesky (archived). Snopes readers also wrote in asking whether the banners were real.
The banners were indeed real and part of Labor Day celebrations (archived) at the department, according to Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer. The new decorations on the Frances Perkins Building in Washington also included a large American flag and a banner honoring former President Theodore Roosevelt who, among other labor reforms, established the predecessor to the current department. Therefore, we rate this claim true.
Snopes reached out to the Department of Labor to ask who commissioned the banners and await a reply.
In a video (archived) posted on Aug. 25, 2025, the department said it was proud to celebrate Trump and Roosevelt as "two transformational leaders who put the American worker first."
During his first presidential term, Trump signed an executive order, titled "Buy American and Hire American," that sought to increase employment rates for workers in America through immigration control and enforcement.
In July 2025, around six months into Trump's second term, the Department of Labor shared statistics showing "native-born workers" accounted for 100% of job gains, meaning new positions filled, from January to June of the year.
For further reading, we also looked into a claim that a banner of Trump was hung near one of former President Abraham Lincoln on the Department of Agriculture's building earlier in 2025.