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BumRushDaShow

(165,420 posts)
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 05:17 PM 3 hrs ago

Trump Says Construction of His 'Triumphal Arch' Will Begin 'Sometime in the Next Two Months'

Source: MEDIAite

Dec 31st, 2025, 2:01 pm


President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he expects construction of the “Triumphal Arch” he wants to build in Washington, D.C. to begin “sometime in the next two months.”

The arch is one of several building projects Trump has pushed for as the country enters into its 250th year, proposed to be constructed at the culmination of a bridge that leads from the Lincoln Memorial to Arlington National Cemetery. The design of models Trump has shown reporters echoes that of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France and would be designed to honor America’s military veterans.

The president’s other efforts to remake Washington, D.C. have been divisive, from the demolition of the White House’s East Wing for a ballroom to the addition of his name to the Kennedy Center, cheered by his supporters and drawing condemnation — and lawsuits — from critics.

Politico’s West Wing Playbook author Sophia Cai reported on Trump’s latest comments about the arch project Wednesday.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump/trump-says-construction-of-his-triumphal-arch-will-begin-sometime-in-the-next-two-months/






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NEW: President Trump tells me construction of the Triumphal Arch is expected to begin “sometime in the next two months.”
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Trump says construction of the ‘Triumphal Arch’ to begin in ‘2 months’
The monument would be a centerpiece of the White House’s plans for America’s 250th birthday.
11:56 AM · Dec 31, 2025
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Trump Says Construction of His 'Triumphal Arch' Will Begin 'Sometime in the Next Two Months' (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 3 hrs ago OP
I hope he is in jail when we tear it down so he knows we did. Nictuku 3 hrs ago #1
It's no coincidence that "triumphal" contains the letters T-R-U-M-P. QueerDuck 3 hrs ago #2
The Philippines had Marcos...We've got Snoozalini peppertree 49 min ago #40
Omg BlueWaveNeverEnd 3 hrs ago #3
What a complete idiot. Burning our tax dollars for his glorification (at least that's what he thinks)... wcmagumba 3 hrs ago #4
And he vetos Traildogbob 3 hrs ago #16
One more damn thing we'll have to tear down.... Maeve 3 hrs ago #5
The thought of a monument to this draft dodger in front o Arlington Cemetery burns very deeply. Biophilic 3 hrs ago #6
I am thankful my husband's father (Silver Star recipient) is buried in Luxembourg. colorado_ufo 53 min ago #38
He is a vandal Blues Heron 3 hrs ago #7
That photo calls to mind the Stonehenge scene in This Is Spinal Tap. Ocelot II 3 hrs ago #8
Wouldn't it be beautiful flvegan 2 hrs ago #25
Yup. The final product is a little knee-high arch Ocelot II 2 hrs ago #27
More fun than fighting inflation... Fil1957 3 hrs ago #9
Has any group or individual filed for an injunction against this monstrosity ? sinkingfeeling 3 hrs ago #10
Needs to be done! NotHardly 2 hrs ago #20
Oh how he loves his fancy presidential Lego set. tanyev 3 hrs ago #11
He's dedicating it to all the Suckers and Losers? Diamond_Dog 3 hrs ago #12
Sick fuck. n/t Evolve Dammit 3 hrs ago #13
This is about Donald's Rosebud C_U_L8R 3 hrs ago #14
The master of Participation Triphies purr-rat beauty 3 hrs ago #15
Fuck this. (nt) Paladin 3 hrs ago #17
No one is interested MLWR 3 hrs ago #18
Aren't the Golden Arches already trademarked? Jimi du Ranty 3 hrs ago #19
Over-Bloated (malignant) Narcissist! Go away, NOW! electric_blue68 2 hrs ago #21
That ass MuseRider 2 hrs ago #22
This man must die b4 he destroys slightlv 2 hrs ago #23
Some intrepid reporters need kacekwl 2 hrs ago #24
Go for it Dumbpoleon Boneheadfart. It's just another thing we can tear down... Ol Janx Spirit 2 hrs ago #26
ALL these things we HATE going up, will bluestarone 2 hrs ago #28
We need thousands of Americans to show up and stop that unneeded piece of crap. Botany 2 hrs ago #29
Oh good, that means it will be years before it is started. louis-t 1 hr ago #30
The first thing I thought of --- Stonehenge VMA131Marine 1 hr ago #31
He'll probably paint it gold and open a McDonald's Tanuki 1 hr ago #32
When do we build the 'Death Star'? pfitz59 1 hr ago #33
He will go down in history as the worst president in our country's history when he's gone and everything he kimbutgar 1 hr ago #34
"The time for honoring yourself will soon be at an end." the nelm 1 hr ago #35
The password is "sabotage". Efilroft Sul 1 hr ago #36
No Democratic candidate will get my vote, unless... SpankMe 1 hr ago #37
I think you might be underestimating mahina 42 min ago #41
I predict they are going to need a lot of security to guard it. nt BootinUp 51 min ago #39
This gives added credence to rumors Needy Amin was planning on having the National African-American Museum demolished peppertree 41 min ago #42
Drawings I saw were pretty neat. usonian 17 min ago #43
Trump saw the arch in Paris and considered it good. Aussie105 49 sec ago #44

QueerDuck

(946 posts)
2. It's no coincidence that "triumphal" contains the letters T-R-U-M-P.
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 05:19 PM
3 hrs ago

It's an odd word to use for a such an occasion or milestone. It seems out of place.

wcmagumba

(5,567 posts)
4. What a complete idiot. Burning our tax dollars for his glorification (at least that's what he thinks)...
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 05:19 PM
3 hrs ago

Traildogbob

(12,497 posts)
16. And he vetos
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 05:33 PM
3 hrs ago

A bill for clean water in Booberts state because he wants to cut waste of tax dollars.
Watching a WWII DOC on Smithsonian Channel. Seems Mussolini was part of a massive Arch on the boarder of Egypt. Hitlers BFF General Rommel tried to dedicate it to himself by adding letters on it to honor himself, jealous of Egypts top military in charge of their own military. He hated not being head Natzeeee.
Follow the Natzeeee’s, not just the money.

Biophilic

(6,395 posts)
6. The thought of a monument to this draft dodger in front o Arlington Cemetery burns very deeply.
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 05:23 PM
3 hrs ago

It must not happen!!! If it gets built it needs to be torn down. It is against all decency. I can’t imagine how even the republicans aren’t totally disgusted. It is just plain wrong.

colorado_ufo

(6,199 posts)
38. I am thankful my husband's father (Silver Star recipient) is buried in Luxembourg.
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 07:54 PM
53 min ago

So far, he can't touch this.

flvegan

(65,719 posts)
25. Wouldn't it be beautiful
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 06:06 PM
2 hrs ago

if that's what happened? They built it exactly to that specified size.

Ocelot II

(128,933 posts)
27. Yup. The final product is a little knee-high arch
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 06:38 PM
2 hrs ago

because the typically incompetent Trump-appointed architects couldn't read the illegible measurements Trump wrote with a Sharpie on the back of an old copy of a fake Time magazine with his fake Man of the Year picture and mixed up millimeters and meters.

purr-rat beauty

(957 posts)
15. The master of Participation Triphies
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 05:32 PM
3 hrs ago

Has anything he has "earned" actually represent his greatness or is it all bribes, extortion, blackmail, artificial appreciation, and money laundering schemes?

He needs to fucking go the way of the dodo

Jimi du Ranty

(37 posts)
19. Aren't the Golden Arches already trademarked?
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 05:44 PM
3 hrs ago

Drive through, get a side of flies and see the clown.

MuseRider

(35,106 posts)
22. That ass
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 05:55 PM
2 hrs ago

everyone knows it is all about him. This crap about it being about our upcoming birthday is him hiding the fact that he wants us all to celebrate him and his "love of our country."

How much more of this obvious self loving must we put up with? What a sick-o. The worst I have ever seen actually. He needs cuffs and a bed and a lot of meds to calm that over active self love.

slightlv

(7,434 posts)
23. This man must die b4 he destroys
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 06:04 PM
2 hrs ago

The whole world, ala Hitler. No longer will the name Hitler be uttered to designate the worst of all possible worsts... it will be be known as trump by now. Worse than Hitler, baser than the name Mudd...the man will be forever known as evil incarnate... the Antichrist of Christian fools who follow him.

Come on Ragnarok!

kacekwl

(8,862 posts)
24. Some intrepid reporters need
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 06:05 PM
2 hrs ago

to uncover who the construction companies who will be involved in this and broadcast this everywhere. They need to be shut down before they begin by whatever means necessary.

Ol Janx Spirit

(639 posts)
26. Go for it Dumbpoleon Boneheadfart. It's just another thing we can tear down...
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 06:19 PM
2 hrs ago

...with great fanfare and burning of effigies.

Botany

(76,321 posts)
29. We need thousands of Americans to show up and stop that unneeded piece of crap.
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 06:43 PM
2 hrs ago

Trump does not get carte Blanc to do whatever he wants to the National Mall.

kimbutgar

(26,751 posts)
34. He will go down in history as the worst president in our country's history when he's gone and everything he
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 07:30 PM
1 hr ago

Built Should be torn down. And the family name should be synonymous with traitor ( replacing Benedict Arnold) and lying evil grifter in chief.

SpankMe

(3,658 posts)
37. No Democratic candidate will get my vote, unless...
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 07:42 PM
1 hr ago

...they pledge to:

Fully restore USAID.
Tear down the ballroom.
Tear down the arch.
Remove Trump's name from the Kennedy Center.
Get rid of the wall of presidents and the plaques.

I have a much longer list. But, if Trump can do all this by just doing it, then a Democratic president can undo it by just doing it. I will be enraged if a Democratic president says they "can't" undo anything that Trump did for "reasons". Trump did it by fiat, it can be undone by fiat. In fact, it would be much quicker to demolish than to build.

Except for the civil war, 2025 has been the worst year in American history.

mahina

(20,389 posts)
41. I think you might be underestimating
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 08:04 PM
42 min ago

The scale of the problem.

For my part, I’m not interested in excluding any viable candidate for not meeting my personal criteria. There’s no shortage of issues to be enraged at while being enraged sucks up all the energy. Unless that suits you.

peppertree

(23,121 posts)
42. This gives added credence to rumors Needy Amin was planning on having the National African-American Museum demolished
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 08:05 PM
41 min ago

Which Snoozalini, of course, refers to as the "Obama museum."

Aussie105

(7,594 posts)
44. Trump saw the arch in Paris and considered it good.
Wed Dec 31, 2025, 08:46 PM
50 sec ago

Any construction company involved in the building would need to demand payment up front, and design some strategic places of weakness in it to make later demolition easier.

Because they may be called in later to deconstruct it.

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