Uzbekistan Donates Gazebos for Trump’s 250-Statue Park as $32 Billion Ties Deepen
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Updated · The New York Times · Aug 21
Uzbekistan Donates Gazebos for Trump’s 250-Statue Park as $32 Billion Ties Deepen
1 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 21
Summary
West Potomac Park has received large boxed gazebos from Tashkent that the Interior Department said President Shavkat Mirziyoyev donated to Trump on behalf of the United States.
The traditional Uzbek aywans are due to open to visitors later this fall at the site Trump has designated for a National Garden of American Heroes.
Trump’s broader plan for the park includes 250 life-size statues, reflecting pools, dining facilities and an amphitheater, but administration officials say both that project and a nearby golf redevelopment remain early-stage.
A Justice Department filing this week called the garden only a presidential “vision” and “preliminary concept,” meaning normal federal design reviews still lie ahead.
The gift lands as Washington and Tashkent accelerate trade talks: Uzbekistan has offered tariff cuts on U.S. goods, and the two sides previously touted $32 billion in commercial deals.