And where will the arch have Trump's name? How will he get the publicity?

Imagine people traveling there are in a sombre mood. Imagine their surprise when the see this garish arch with the sun reflecting off its gilt eagles and so on.

It will be the best arch ever,no one will have ever seen an arch like this. You know damn well where the grifter can stick his arch.

Trump is intent on ruining every American symbol. And he's planning on ramming this through before July 4, when the ball room will be open for business?

An arch dedicated to suckers and losers...

The French Arc is made of Château-Landon limestone and was painstakingly hand-carved over 30 years.

Trump's will be ready for America's 280th b'day but he won't be around to see it.

Let them erect this gilded edifice, and let it stand as the physical embodiment - for future generations - of the consequences that flowed from the choices made by American voters back in November 2024, consequences affecting not only the United States itself but the wider world as well!

Fascist monument to memorialize an American fascist.

www.washingtonpost.com/style/2026/04/10/trump-arch-criticism/

America fought to defeat fascism. This ‘triumphal arch’ reeks of it.

Detailed renderings of President Donald Trump’s proposed victory arch near Arlington National Cemetery reveal a confused and offensive symbolism.

Donald Trump’s giant victory arch appears to have an official name. Since October, when the president showed preliminary designs for a gigantic arch proposed for a traffic circle near Arlington National Cemetery, the monument has been referred to variously as a triumphal arch, the Independence Arch and the Arc de Trump. The last of these isn’t entirely a joke. When asked whom the arch would honor, Trump said: “Me.”

But renderings of the arch, submitted to the Commission of Fine Arts in advance of its discussion of the project Thursday, refer to it as the Triumphal Arch. And it will be as big as feared — 250 feet high — larger than arches of antiquity, taller even than ghastly monuments to authoritarian triumphalism, including the victory arch in Pyongyang, North Korea.

I hope the plans include a statue of the great man himself.

To be twined with North Korea's,

Triumph Arch ?

2 hours ago, JonnyF said:

I hope the plans include a statue of the great man himself.

He deserves it, but I dont like the design as it is, too derivative of the European militaristic authoritarian mode. But hey, we're all art critics, even brutalism can be nice if done right. Im sure the same folks that hate on the peoples arch love Baraks library.

They can use the last pieces of gold left in fort knox to cover it.

It comes down to what you think is important. Construction of idols or building a safe, free and contented citizensry.

First: Who paid Harrison Design? Not Trump—he doesn’t pay, period—so it must be the American taxpayer. It sure didn’t come out of the trillion dollar military budget. Are you happy about that?

250 feet tall for 250 years of whatever-the-hell America is. From the Golf of Trump to the Great Trump Lakes.

There would not be a Union if not for Lincoln. And yet this egomaniac thinks he worth double Lincoln. White arch instead of black like his soul.

Neither inscription is true. One Nation Under God. Oh yeah? “Liberty and Justice for All”. Just give me a minute to vomit.

Gold-painted Lady Liberty. When are all Americans going to be liberated, not only the fatcats. The rich who can pay for Trump’s inauguration, dinner at the White House, party at Mar-a-Lago, the ball room and very likely this montrosity, too.

Trumpie installed a new slate of all seven members to sit on the U.S. Commission on Fine Arts in January 2026. That must be when he cooked up this gravestone to add to Arlington.  They get to decide?!?

The East Wing of the White House was demolished by ACECO, providing “award-winning demolition and excavation services”. Who contracted ACECO? How much did the demolition cost? No agency was consulted.

Trump missed the grift. Small pieces of the 1802 East Wing could have been sold for twenty bucks. Nah, make it an even 50.

Just the way the Federal Appeals Court ruled the White House demolition was kosher. on April 2.

The entire White House is 55,000 square feet. Trump’s ball room might be 90,000 square feet. Clark Construction and their subcontractors will get $400 million “in private donations” we’re told.

The outraged National Trust for Historic Preservation on the other hand is a nonprofit, private foundation.

“Federal law exists to ensure that right. Before new construction takes place at the White House, the government is required to complete a series of legally mandated reviews — reviews designed to ensure transparency, accountability, and meaningful public participation:

• The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) holds review authority over new construction on federal properties in the capital region, including the White House.

• The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) provides advisory review before new construction takes place at the White House.

• Congress must expressly authorize the erection of any building on federal land in the District of Columbia before it can proceed.

• Projects must also comply with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

These are not bureaucratic formalities. They are safeguards — hard-won protections that give the American public a voice in decisions that shape our shared national heritage.”

DC architect Neil Flanagan weighed in. In three days in October 2025, the East Wing was gone.

The National Capital  Planning Commission has 12 members, including three presidential appointees, chairs of the House and Senate and the DoW, among others.

Who’s building this arch? Who’s supplying all the gold paint?

North Korea’s Triumphal Arch is only 197-feet tall. Patuxai in Vientiane took 11 years to build is 527 feet—double—take that Donnie!

What a travesty! What disrespect!

20 hours ago, Yagoda said:

He deserves it, but I dont like the design as it is, too derivative of the European militaristic authoritarian mode. But hey, we're all art critics, even brutalism can be nice if done right. Im sure the same folks that hate on the peoples arch love Baraks library.

Its always ok when Barack does it.

Look at his record on deportations for example.

But thats OK because, well you know...

1 minute ago, JonnyF said:

Its always ok when Barack does it.

Look at his record on deportations for example.

But thats OK because, well you know...

Exactly. Barack murders US citizen? Heroic. Trump tells Iran he will destroy their civilization? War crime before it even happens LOL

On 4/11/2026 at 8:17 AM, Jim Waldron said:

Let them erect this gilded edifice, and let it stand as the physical embodiment - for future generations - of the consequences that flowed from the choices made by American voters back in November 2024, consequences affecting not only the United States itself but the wider world as well!

Edifices can always get torn down. Look at these Woke protestors.

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12 hours ago, Yagoda said:

Exactly. Barack murders US citizen? Heroic. Trump tells Iran he will destroy their civilization? War crime before it even happens LOL

If you can’t tell the difference there’s little reason to pay attention to what you say.On topic donald trumps attempt to build a monument to himself well most likely be held up in court till he’s gone…..

Contact McDonalds (his favorite 'cusine') and have them put up some golden arches. And maybe do a little mod job on Ronald McD to make him Trump-ish. Or maybe this

(hope this shows not just link...)

https://static01.nyt.com/images/2021/02/28/nyregion/28CPAC-SCENE1SUB2/merlin_184381398_f54840e3-9169-4d29-9902-07eabe8dc11d-superJumbo.jpg

Trump's megalomania has gone into the deep-end of the pool of psychosis. The dude actually posted himself as Jesus on Truth Social.

This guy is literally mad.

13 hours ago, Yagoda said:

Exactly. Barack murders US citizen? Heroic. Trump tells Iran he will destroy their civilization? War crime before it even happens LOL

Except of course, that the strongest criticism of Obama's killing of that US citizen came from progressives. I don't recall any right-wingers protesting that. In other words, your criticism got it exactly wrong.

And given the mass destruction of Iranian civilian infrastructure, such as health clinics. I don't think that there's any need to invoke Trump's threat to provide grounds for alleging war crimes.

14 hours ago, Yagoda said:

Exactly. Barack murders US citizen? Heroic. Trump tells Iran he will destroy their civilization? War crime before it even happens LOL

Technically yes ...but would you want this "US" citizen ,,,

as a neighbour playing with your kids ?

4 hours ago, connda said:

Trump's megalomania has gone into the deep-end of the pool of psychosis. The dude actually posted himself as Jesus on Truth Social.

This guy is literally mad.

He didn't endear himself with former allies, like Majories Taylor Greene. She called him the Antichrist.

In happier times when they were all friends.

8 hours ago, Alan Zweibel said:

Except of course, that the strongest criticism of Obama's killing of that US citizen came from progressives. I don't recall any right-wingers protesting that. In other words, your criticism got it exactly wrong.

And given the mass destruction of Iranian civilian infrastructure, such as health clinics. I don't think that there's any need to invoke Trump's threat to provide grounds for alleging war crimes.

Rand Paul. You lose again

9 hours ago, Tug said:

If you can’t tell the difference there’s little reason to pay attention to what you say.On topic donald trumps attempt to build a monument to himself well most likely be held up in court till he’s gone…..

Got it. Monument to himself, 55555555. That has NEVER been done before