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In reply to the discussion: Trump wants to build a 250-foot-tall arch, dwarfing the Lincoln Memorial [View all]flashman13
(2,189 posts)34. No. If someone could explain 100 meters to Trump, he would want his to be 120 meters.
Or 150 or 200. You know how carried away he gets when he starts making up numbers.
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Trump wants to build a 250-foot-tall arch, dwarfing the Lincoln Memorial [View all]
demmiblue
Saturday
OP
It gives me shivers... it's quite Nazi-like in its scope and appearance... I hate it.
QueerDuck
Saturday
#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
Saturday
#5
Ye Gods. I rarely if ever, wish bad stuff on people, but I'm ready to make an exception.
Fla Dem
Saturday
#10
He should build a 1,000-ft pyramid for himself and a smaller 500-ft pyramid for the sex worker
dalton99a
Saturday
#13
It is hard/impossible to believe the asshole would call it simply the Independence Arch.
cyndensco
Saturday
#14
The Gateway Arch in Saint Louis was built to commemorate the 150th anniversary
FakeNoose
Saturday
#15
I love the Gateway Arch. My dad got to go up in it b4 it was officially opened because...
electric_blue68
Saturday
#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
Saturday
#25
Hitler planned to rebuild Berlin with gargantuan structures to commemorate his rule.
flashman13
Saturday
#17
Including a Triumphal Arch he sketched himself as long ago as 1925
muriel_volestrangler
Saturday
#33
No. If someone could explain 100 meters to Trump, he would want his to be 120 meters.
flashman13
Saturday
#34
Let them eat a chicken nugget, a piece of broccoli some other fuckin' thing.
twodogsbarking
Saturday
#19
It will have a drive-up window and serve Senile Meals with lots of ketchup.
twodogsbarking
Saturday
#20
The structure would tower over nearby memorials -- changing DC's skyline and blocking views of the Lincoln Memorial
LetMyPeopleVote
Saturday
#37
Artist behind Trump's proposed arch blasts project: 'Build it in another part of town'
LetMyPeopleVote
Saturday
#39