Donald Trump reportedly wants the arch he is planning to build in Washington DC to dwarf the Lincoln Memorial.
The US president envision the planned arch to be a height of 250ft, or significantly taller than the 100ft-tall Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Post reported on Saturday. It would also be significantly taller than Paris’s 164ft-tall Arc de Triomphe – but less than half the height than the Gateway Arch in St Louis, Missouri, the world’s tallest arch.
The Post reported that Trump has his eye on a plot of land near Memorial Bridge over the Potomac River, citing two people who are familiar with the plans and spoke to the outlet on the condition of anonymity.
The latest proposed addition to the Washington skyline comes as Trump is already constructing a new East Wing to the White House containing a ballroom. At 89,000 sq ft, the new ballroom is supposed to be larger than the White House’s 55,000-sq-ft footprint, at the same 70ft height.
As a voter and a taxpayer, I’m waiting on some important concessions before I can support this. Were Trump, for example, hoisted in front of the arch by a crane and dropped from the top into an inflatable kiddie pool filled with cottage cheese, this could become an important and beautiful landmark for D.C.
You know what? I can get behind a tyrannical triumphal arch in DC. If a president ever turns tyrant, we can hang them from it, Mussolini-style.
If?
Whoosh.
Ain’t nothing wrong with a traditional gas station forecourt.
And the stories you could tell your grandkids.
“I was there, I got a little cottage cheese on me.”
It’s not the best idea, since it’s completely indistinguishable from the contents of his head.
I think it’d be better without the kiddie pool
But then where would you put the cottage cheese?
Damn good point
Cottage cheese is nasty. Skip that too.
But that’s the whole point. You won’t be the one covered in cottage cheese.
I would not even wish cottage cheese on my worst enemy. It is a ln abomination of dairy product.
I’m all for it, except without the kiddie pool.