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Now Trump wants to build a triumphal arch in DC., like Roman emperors would (Original Post) Gaugamela Oct 2025 OP
Megalomania is really setting in here. Disaffected Oct 2025 #1
yes. he's a joke. MAGA can't see that? BlueWaveNeverEnd Oct 2025 #3
I don't particularly care as long as it's not dedicated to him newdeal2 Oct 2025 #2
Who's paying for this? Mossfern Oct 2025 #4
Like the one Hitler wanted. flvegan Oct 2025 #5
Why not a giant golden statue like his NK buddies sakabatou Oct 2025 #6
Go for it, Caligula/Nero! no_hypocrisy Oct 2025 #7
Got a better idea. usonian Oct 2025 #8
I suppose an Albert Speer design wasn't available? Efilroft Sul Oct 2025 #9
I think building an enormous "mushroom penis monument" BigmanPigman Oct 2025 #10
They say that history doesn't repeat itself, but sometimes it rhymes. LudwigPastorius Oct 2025 #11
Trumps tomb... JCMach1 Oct 2025 #12
Do togas come with ties? Long ones? Ping Tung Oct 2025 #13

Disaffected

(6,480 posts)
1. Megalomania is really setting in here.
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 06:13 PM
Oct 2025

I wonder how big the statue or bust of him on top would be?

newdeal2

(5,505 posts)
2. I don't particularly care as long as it's not dedicated to him
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 06:14 PM
Oct 2025

Seems like a huge waste of money for something no one will visit unless they’re driving to Arlington.

flvegan

(66,386 posts)
5. Like the one Hitler wanted.
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 06:16 PM
Oct 2025

I was reading about the Schwerbelastungskörper the other day when this first came up, assuming it's real.

BigmanPigman

(55,330 posts)
10. I think building an enormous "mushroom penis monument"
Sat Oct 11, 2025, 11:18 PM
Oct 2025

would bring many tourists to DC. Stormy could do the grand ribbon cutting/unveiling.

LudwigPastorius

(14,846 posts)
11. They say that history doesn't repeat itself, but sometimes it rhymes.
Sun Oct 12, 2025, 12:29 AM
Oct 2025

Turns out, sometimes it repeats itself.


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