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@Nonilex@masto.ai · Jan 31, 2026
Loth also invoked the vantage point from #ArlingtonNationalCemetery, where visitors often look across the river toward the Lincoln Memorial & the capital beyond — a view he said the proposed #arch would reshape. 
“How does it impact the panorama of Washington?” Loth said, invoking a question that he said should guide designers of #monuments. “What is supposed to be doing the speaking?” #Trump #arch #narcissism #vanity #sociopath
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@Nonilex@masto.ai · Jan 31, 2026
Oh for crying out loud! He does know the Arc de Triomphe was built to honor those who fought & died for France during the French Revolutionary & Napoleonic Wars right? Wait, of course he doesn’t. In fact all the Archs of Triumph are monuments. What’s this a monument for, oh yeah, himself. He truly does fancy himself a Roman emperor doesn’t he? Ugh. #Trump wants to build a 250-foot-tall #arch, dwarfing the Lincoln Memorial #narcissism #vanity #sociopath https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/31/trump-arch-memorial-circle/
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@Nonilex@masto.ai · Jan 31, 2026
Local historians & architectural experts have said that a large #arch could change the relationship between several historic sites, including Memorial Bridge itself, which was intended as a bridge between North & South in the wake of the Civil War, & memorials for Lincoln & Confederate general Robert E. Lee.
 “It’s a very somber corridor,” said John Haigh, the chair of Benedictine College’s architecture program…. #Trump #narcissism #vanity #sociopath
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