Washington D.C is set to get a new monument. On Friday, the Trump administration revealed more of its plans to build a 250-foot triumphal arch.
The proposed monument—dubbed the “Arc de Trump” in reference to the Parisian Arc de Triomphe it seeks to emulate—would place Donald Trump alongside iconic U.S. presidents such as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Thomas Jefferson, granting him a permanent memorial in Washington, D.C.
The plans were presented for the first time in October last year. At that time, Trump told donors, while showing a proposal for the Arc de Trump, “Every time somebody rides over that beautiful bridge to the Lincoln Memorial, they literally say something is supposed to be here. We have versions of it… This is a mock-up.”
One of the mockups featured marble eagles, with a gold statue of Lady Liberty in the center. It would be even larger than the Lincoln Memorial.
“This would be small, medium, and large… I happen to think the large by far looks the best,” Trump said, according to Time.
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