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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNow Trump wants to build a triumphal arch in DC., like Roman emperors would
do to honor themselves.

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-plotting-even-bigger-architectural-projecta-triumphal-archfor-dc/
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Now Trump wants to build a triumphal arch in DC., like Roman emperors would (Original Post)
Gaugamela
Oct 2025
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Disaffected
(6,480 posts)1. Megalomania is really setting in here.
I wonder how big the statue or bust of him on top would be?
BlueWaveNeverEnd
(14,554 posts)3. yes. he's a joke. MAGA can't see that?
newdeal2
(5,505 posts)2. I don't particularly care as long as it's not dedicated to him
Seems like a huge waste of money for something no one will visit unless theyre driving to Arlington.
Mossfern
(4,734 posts)4. Who's paying for this?
Considering that food stamps are at risk ...
flvegan
(66,386 posts)5. Like the one Hitler wanted.
I was reading about the Schwerbelastungskörper the other day when this first came up, assuming it's real.
sakabatou
(46,202 posts)6. Why not a giant golden statue like his NK buddies
no_hypocrisy
(55,102 posts)7. Go for it, Caligula/Nero!
usonian
(25,933 posts)8. Got a better idea.

Efilroft Sul
(4,432 posts)9. I suppose an Albert Speer design wasn't available?
BigmanPigman
(55,330 posts)10. I think building an enormous "mushroom penis monument"
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.
Turns out, sometimes it repeats itself.

JCMach1
(29,228 posts)12. Trumps tomb...
He saw Napoleon's in Paris and wants to copy
Ping Tung
(4,370 posts)13. Do togas come with ties? Long ones?