He added that the complex will be like none “anywhere in the World.”
“Out of the 59 top cities and Capitals, Washington, D.C., IS THE ONLY ONE IN THE WORLD THAT DOES NOT HAVE A TRIUMPHAL ARCH, but it will now and, by far, the greatest of them all!” his post concludes.
the 59 top cities and Capitals
I live in a “top city” (I’m assuming he means by population?) and we sure as shit don’t have a triumphal arch.
no, i think it’s dumber than that… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_post-Roman_triumphal_arches
if you count the number of unique cities in that list it’s 58.
actually maybe my theory is wrong… washington d.c. is actually in that list and does have an arch…
washington DC is already listed in that lol
Controversy
Criticism of the location
Critics such as the National Coalition to Save Our Mall opposed the location of the memorial. A major criticism of the location was that it would interrupt what had been an unbroken view between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial. The memorial was also criticized for taking up open space that had been historically used for major demonstrations and protests.262728
Critics were particularly bothered by the expedited approval process, which is considerably lengthy most of the time.29 The United States Congress, worried that World War II veterans were dying before an appropriate memorial could be built, passed legislation exempting the World War II Memorial from further site and design review. Congress also dismissed pending legal challenges to the memorial.30
Criticism of the design and style
There were also aesthetic objections to the design. A critic from the Boston Herald described the monument as "vainglorious, demanding of attention and full of trite imagery."31 The Philadelphia Inquirer argued that "this pompous style was also favored by Hitler and Mussolini."32 The Washington Post described it as “overbearing”, “bombastic”, and a “hodgepodge of cliche and Soviet-style pomposity” with “the emotional impact of a slab of granite”.33
The monument was dismissed by one prominent architecture critic as “knee-jerk historicism”.34
The design unveiled by President Bill Clinton included 50 columns honoring the 48 states of the Union during World War II and two of the eight non-state jurisdictions at the time of the war: the territories of Alaska and Hawaii that subsequently were admitted into the Union. On June 2, 1997, the Puerto Rico Legislative Assembly approved a Concurrent Resolution35 requesting the addition of a column honoring the territory of Puerto Rico’s participation in the war effort. Its author, Sen. Kenneth McClintock, began a lobbying campaign. Eventually, the number of columns was raised to 56, honoring the 48 states, the District of Columbia, and the seven U.S. territories at the time: Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the Philippines,36 and the United States Virgin Islands.37
This sucks so bad bro
Missing out bro.
I’m guessing it’s some AI related hallucination.
like ok bro, list them.
I’ve sold Triumphal Arches to Brockway, Ogdenville and North Haverbrook. And by gum, it put them on the map.
This is the only time Trump acknowledges US territories.
He’s saying these things because the White House has argued in court that lots of regulations can be skipped if the construction project is for “national security”.
Maybe he’ll also say the arch will have a basement that will be a commando headquarters.
The “Bin Laden’s cave fortress” image, but every room is a McDonald’s and all the toilets are gold plated
Learning from Poland, I see
I’ve said it before but he’s like if you cross a five year old with a broadway producer. The five year old wants snipers and drones while the producer wants the arch all blinged up.
everyone is 12, except for the president, who is 5
New tagline
MODS!!! Tag this line!!! Post haste!!!
I still love the idea of Broadway producer Trump. You think he’d do Cats? I can see him doing Cats. Or maybe Pirates of Panzance, but thats just because I have the mental image of him trying to do the ‘modern major general’ song.
You think he’d do Cats?
Yes, but it will be exactly like the movie version, specifically the rumored unreleased cut where all characters have visible buttholes
If his father had died early in his life, and left him free to fly his freak flag a lot higher, I’d imagine him exactly as a tubby version of Gary Beach’s character from the 2005 version of The Producers. “Quick darling, back in the closet!”
A real missed timeline where we could have had a real life Springtime For Hitler 😑
Nathan Lane is a treasure. Thats all I have to add to this conversation, but I wanted it to be said.
It should be a double triumphal arch and it should be golden. Two golden arches. For America.
Usually you have to actually win a war first, but go off king.
He could declare war on the sea, shoot a few missiles into the ocean and then declare victory?
Cnut Trump
lol he probably can’t dislodge the fear of a popular uprising from his brain because one of his orbiters is feeling that fear and it seeds his brain with the idea and it manifests like this
Triumph the insult comic arch.
we already have a fascist arch and it’s called omarchy
So a literal panopticon is what he wants
why not add the eye of Sauron while you’re at it
the final assault on DC will be cool ig
It will be like none anywhere in the world. How? By making it more like other places around the world. It makes sense somehow to someone I guess.
Also, putting snipers and drones on your triumphal arc is such an American thing to do.
