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Jimmy Kimmel denounced the expanded plaques unveiled this week in Donald Trump's Presidential Walk of Fame, saying the bronze inscriptions are real and mocking their partisan insults after the installation drew controversy for its autopen jab at Joe Biden.The walk, opened in September and shown to visitors including Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, replaces Biden's portrait with an autopen image and includes marble plaques that call Biden "Sleepy Joe," repeat false claims about the 2020 election and attack other predecessors while celebrating Trump's record with two favorable plaques.Photographers documented the display, the White House confirmed that Trump personally approved several inscriptions, press secretary Karoline Leavitt defended them, and critics from Gavin Newsom to the National Trust say the partisan installation and wider White House alterations — including paving the Rose Garden, refashioning the South Lawn and a contested plan for a new $400 million ballroom — face ongoing legal and public fights overseen by U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon.
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