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 Americas military veterans.
The presidents other efforts to remake Washington, D.C. have been divisive, from the demolition of the White Houses 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.
Politicos West Wing Playbook author Sophia Cai reported on Trumps latest comments about the arch project Wednesday.
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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 Houses plans for Americas 250th birthday.
11:56 AM · Dec 31, 2025
Nictuku
(4,542 posts)QueerDuck
(946 posts)It's an odd word to use for a such an occasion or milestone. It seems out of place.
peppertree
(23,121 posts)
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(12,744 posts)wcmagumba
(5,567 posts)Traildogbob
(12,497 posts)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 Natzeeees, not just the money.
Maeve
(43,332 posts)Biophilic
(6,395 posts)It must not happen!!! If it gets built it needs to be torn down. It is against all decency. I cant imagine how even the republicans arent totally disgusted. It is just plain wrong.
colorado_ufo
(6,199 posts)So far, he can't touch this.
Blues Heron
(8,291 posts)Ocelot II
(128,933 posts)flvegan
(65,719 posts)if that's what happened? They built it exactly to that specified size.
Ocelot II
(128,933 posts)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.
Fil1957
(520 posts)sinkingfeeling
(57,148 posts)NotHardly
(2,599 posts)tanyev
(48,621 posts)😒
Diamond_Dog
(39,719 posts)Evolve Dammit
(21,458 posts)C_U_L8R
(48,817 posts)As a tantrum-prone child, his blocks were taken away.

purr-rat beauty
(957 posts)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
Paladin
(32,241 posts)MLWR
(757 posts)except to say, we long for the day that we can tear it down.
Jimi du Ranty
(37 posts)Drive through, get a side of flies and see the clown.
electric_blue68
(25,726 posts)MuseRider
(35,106 posts)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)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)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)...with great fanfare and burning of effigies.
bluestarone
(21,101 posts)Give us so much PLEASURE when we tear them down!!
Botany
(76,321 posts)Trump does not get carte Blanc to do whatever he wants to the National Mall.
louis-t
(24,571 posts)"2 months". Right.
VMA131Marine
(5,159 posts)Tanuki
(16,276 posts)franchise there.
pfitz59
(12,296 posts)The Sith lords wanna know.
kimbutgar
(26,751 posts)Built Should be torn down. And the family name should be synonymous with traitor ( replacing Benedict Arnold) and lying evil grifter in chief.
the nelm
(241 posts)And can't come soon enough...
Efilroft Sul
(4,300 posts)SpankMe
(3,658 posts)...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)The scale of the problem.
For my part, Im not interested in excluding any viable candidate for not meeting my personal criteria. Theres no shortage of issues to be enraged at while being enraged sucks up all the energy. Unless that suits you.
BootinUp
(50,846 posts)peppertree
(23,121 posts)Which Snoozalini, of course, refers to as the "Obama museum."
usonian
(23,414 posts)
Aussie105
(7,594 posts)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.