Claim: A large banner of U.S. President Donald Trump was placed on the Department of Labor building in Washington, D.C., in August 2025. Rating: About this rating TrueIn 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. Claims about the new banners, some alleging that Trump was behind them, circulated on X (archived), Instagram (archived), Threads (archived) and Bluesky (archived). The banners were indeed real and part of Labor Day celebrations (archived) at the department, according to Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer. Snopes reached out to the Department of Labor to ask who commissioned the banners and await a reply.