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Zorro

(18,722 posts)
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 01:55 PM 4 hrs ago

Trump officials unveil designs for president's controversial 250-foot arch

Source: Washington Post


The Trump administration on Friday unveiled new renderings for President Donald Trump's planned 250-foot triumphal arch, his most significant effort to remake Washington's skyline, as officials begin the process of seeking formal approval for the controversial project.

The renderings prepared by Harrison Design feature a golden inscription reading "One Nation Under God" on the arch, which is topped with a winged Lady Liberty statue and flanked at its base by statues of four golden lions. The project is slated for Memorial Circle, a traffic roundabout near Arlington National Cemetery, which city planners have eyed for more than a century as the site of a potential monument.

The project is intended to commemorate the United States' 250th anniversary. Built to Trump's specifications, it would transform a small plot of land between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery into a dominant new monument. Architects and historic preservationists have warned that the planned arch, which would be more than twice the size of the roughly 100-foot Lincoln Memorial and tower over the nearby cemetery, would distort the intent of the existing memorials and obstruct pedestrians' views.

The renderings were filed Friday by the Interior Department with the Commission of Fine Arts, a panel of advisers on the city's architectural matters that Trump has stocked with allies. The commission is set to review the White House's proposal at a meeting Thursday.



Read more: https://wapo.st/4eeTIsY



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Trump officials unveil designs for president's controversial 250-foot arch (Original Post) Zorro 4 hrs ago OP
What triumph? His bank account? underpants 4 hrs ago #1
Are there bedrooms inside those towers,... magicarpet 4 hrs ago #2
No Whip-poor-will 4 hrs ago #3
Hideous. Especially at that scale. highplainsdem 4 hrs ago #4
More fascist plans for making Donnie emperor... Thomas Hurt 4 hrs ago #5
Is there any way actual regular citizen can stop this? efhmc 4 hrs ago #6
Do everything you can to make sure Republicans in Congress recognize this arch would add weight to the anchor pulling .. pat_k 1 hr ago #18
A seriously gaudy, ugly piece of shit. The kind of monstrosity only a tin pot dictator could love. flashman13 4 hrs ago #7
His priorities really suck. City Lights 4 hrs ago #8
This so called triumphal arch is just an all out bad and wrong decision. Biophilic 4 hrs ago #9
Oh look, The Statue of Liberty has angel wings. And is there a second one on the other side? CrispyQ 4 hrs ago #10
The second object on top is apparently one of a pair of eagles muriel_volestrangler 1 hr ago #22
I think I'm going to lose my lunch. greatauntoftriplets 4 hrs ago #11
... Solly Mack 3 hrs ago #12
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs agreed to pay for it.Wait for it. twodogsbarking 3 hrs ago #13
Triumphal Arch? VMA131Marine 2 hrs ago #14
The Arc de Triomphe, Bayard 2 hrs ago #15
Arc de Pedo Jimi du Ranty 2 hrs ago #16
What a waste. If built, it's just one more thing to demolish when he's gone. pat_k 1 hr ago #17
... while millions are being cut from Medicaid. lpbk2713 1 hr ago #19
An imitation. Tacky even if it was downscaled to 20'. Talitha 1 hr ago #20
WTF jeffreyi 1 hr ago #21
The scene in GLADIATOR when Commodus reenters Rome. ProudMNDemocrat 1 hr ago #23
Commode US Kid Berwyn 26 min ago #24
What, The Wizard 23 min ago #25

magicarpet

(18,629 posts)
2. Are there bedrooms inside those towers,...
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 02:03 PM
4 hrs ago

.... where the Orange Pedo Shitler can diddle little girls as he teaches them how to become compliant and useful women ?

pat_k

(13,451 posts)
18. Do everything you can to make sure Republicans in Congress recognize this arch would add weight to the anchor pulling ..
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 05:09 PM
1 hr ago

...them down.

I believe the courts currently have this stopped. No arch without Congressional approval.

flashman13

(2,441 posts)
7. A seriously gaudy, ugly piece of shit. The kind of monstrosity only a tin pot dictator could love.
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 02:13 PM
4 hrs ago

The only things missing are the swastikas.

Biophilic

(6,571 posts)
9. This so called triumphal arch is just an all out bad and wrong decision.
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 02:20 PM
4 hrs ago

The fact that it will trivialize everything around it including Arlington Cemetery and the Lincoln Memorial makes it 100% wrong. The fact that it’s fascistic and ugly as hell is secondary.

CrispyQ

(40,990 posts)
10. Oh look, The Statue of Liberty has angel wings. And is there a second one on the other side?
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 02:28 PM
4 hrs ago

I'm surprised he doesn't dress her like a Victoria's Secret angel.

muriel_volestrangler

(106,281 posts)
22. The second object on top is apparently one of a pair of eagles
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 05:41 PM
1 hr ago

Their outstretched wings look a bit better than the hunched ones previously proposed, which had a bit of a vulture look to them.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-victory-arch-dc-renderings-b2955536.html

Eagles make sense for an American monument; but why lions? They are, ironically, the symbol of Iran, and also the British monarchy - you know, the thing the USA was founded to get away from (the name "Independence Arch" has been used, but maybe they want that to be ironic. For that matter, what's the "triumph" for the "triumphal arch"? It feels like Caligula throwing himself a Roman triumph for capturing seashells from Neptune).

And since when was "Lady Liberty" winged?

VMA131Marine

(5,280 posts)
14. Triumphal Arch?
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 03:57 PM
2 hrs ago

Doesn’t that mean “Arc de Triomphe” in French 🇫🇷?

I mean seriously, does Trump ever have any original ideas?

The original; look how similar Trump’s Arch is.

Bayard

(29,828 posts)
15. The Arc de Triomphe,
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 04:14 PM
2 hrs ago

"Symbolizes French patriotism, serving as a reminder of their military victories and those who fought and died for France." It didn't stand for any one person, and it did not have Napleon's name on it. Although, his hearse passed under it.......

trump's version is the most selfish, and dull-witted, thing on Earth when Americans can't buy food, gasoline, pay for utilities, rent, or healthcare.

pat_k

(13,451 posts)
17. What a waste. If built, it's just one more thing to demolish when he's gone.
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 05:06 PM
1 hr ago

If the Republicans in Congress rubber stamps this monstrosity, they just add weight to the trump anchor pulling them down.

lpbk2713

(43,280 posts)
19. ... while millions are being cut from Medicaid.
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 05:15 PM
1 hr ago


Another self aggrandizement project.

He throws the people's money around like it was Monopoly money.

Talitha

(8,047 posts)
20. An imitation. Tacky even if it was downscaled to 20'.
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 05:15 PM
1 hr ago

I'd rather have a memorial to the ICE victims.

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,931 posts)
23. The scene in GLADIATOR when Commodus reenters Rome.
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 05:50 PM
1 hr ago

Last edited Fri Apr 10, 2026, 06:31 PM - Edit history (1)

Senator Gracchus: "He enters Rome like a conquering hero! What has he conquered?"

Donnie wants a triumphant arch to welcome him as if he were a conquering hero. NOT!!!

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Kid Berwyn

(24,540 posts)
24. Commode US
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 06:29 PM
26 min ago

When the monumental day comes, the traitor should be buried at the bottom of a cess pit. An enormous urinary walkway would encircle above from which visitors from across the nation and around the world can urinate wannabe emperor chucklenuts.

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