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Donald Trump’s ‘Asinine’ Triumphal Arch Sparks Public Fury

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President Donald Trump’s proposed giant arch has drawn more than 100,000 public comments describing the vanity project as “garish,” “grotesque,” “tacky,” and “authoritarian”. A new National Park Service assessment has laid bare the scale of the project—and the torrent of opposition it faces as the 80-year-old president tries to remake Washington in his own image. Some of the sharpest objections concerned the impact on nearby Arlington National Cemetery, the sacred burial ground for fallen soldiers from across American history. Read more at The Daily Beast.

First report: National Park Service report backs Trump's arch, despite its adverse effects to sightlines between DC's iconic landmarks — inquirer.com, 17d