President Donald Trump ordered on Friday the removal of the blue tent that has stood for decades as a peace vigil across from the White House in Lafayette Park.

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“Take it down today, right now,” Trump said during a meeting in the Oval Office, adding that he had previously been unaware of the tent.

Brian Glenn, a reporter with conservative outlet Real America’s Voice, had asked Trump about the blue tent and called it “an eyesore.”

Philipos Melaku-Bello comforts a woman as he sits on his regular spot at the 44-year-old White House Peace Vigil outside of the White House, after President Donald Trump ordered its removal, in Washington, D.C., Sept. 5, 2025. Photo by Leah Millis/Reuters

The structure has been in place since 1981, when activist

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