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In reply to the discussion: Trump wants to build a 250-foot-tall arch, dwarfing the Lincoln Memorial [View all]Marcuse
(8,834 posts)41. A compromise project.

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Trump wants to build a 250-foot-tall arch, dwarfing the Lincoln Memorial [View all]
demmiblue
14 hrs ago
OP
Just buy him an inflatable one. He likes inflatable things he can hump.
twodogsbarking
14 hrs ago
#1
It gives me shivers... it's quite Nazi-like in its scope and appearance... I hate it.
QueerDuck
14 hrs ago
#2
Not a core duty of his office. So he won't win in court when the National Parks Service denies his Nazi project.
ancianita
14 hrs ago
#5
He should instead build an ark, like Noah's, and sail off into the sunset
IronLionZion
13 hrs ago
#9
Ye Gods. I rarely if ever, wish bad stuff on people, but I'm ready to make an exception.
Fla Dem
13 hrs ago
#10
He should build a 1,000-ft pyramid for himself and a smaller 500-ft pyramid for the sex worker
dalton99a
13 hrs ago
#13
It is hard/impossible to believe the asshole would call it simply the Independence Arch.
cyndensco
13 hrs ago
#14
The Gateway Arch in Saint Louis was built to commemorate the 150th anniversary
FakeNoose
13 hrs ago
#15
I love the Gateway Arch. My dad got to go up in it b4 it was officially opened because...
electric_blue68
10 hrs ago
#24
Thst was one of the things I didn't get to see when I visited. I did see most of what I wanted to, luckily!
electric_blue68
10 hrs ago
#25
Hitler planned to rebuild Berlin with gargantuan structures to commemorate his rule.
flashman13
12 hrs ago
#17
Including a Triumphal Arch he sketched himself as long ago as 1925
muriel_volestrangler
9 hrs ago
#33
No. If someone could explain 100 meters to Trump, he would want his to be 120 meters.
flashman13
8 hrs ago
#34
Let them eat a chicken nugget, a piece of broccoli some other fuckin' thing.
twodogsbarking
12 hrs ago
#19
It will have a drive-up window and serve Senile Meals with lots of ketchup.
twodogsbarking
12 hrs ago
#20
The structure would tower over nearby memorials -- changing DC's skyline and blocking views of the Lincoln Memorial
LetMyPeopleVote
6 hrs ago
#37
Artist behind Trump's proposed arch blasts project: 'Build it in another part of town'
LetMyPeopleVote
4 hrs ago
#39