Hours after a US judge paused construction on Donald Trump’s proposed 250-foot (76.2-meter) arch in Washington, the White House on Friday shared new depictions portraying the project as a tribute to the nation’s military heritage, the latest attempt to rebrand it amid mounting opposition.

Trump has increasingly turned his attention to a series of major projects in Washington, both before and after his Republican Party suffered massive losses in Tuesday’s midterm elections that cost the party control of Congress.

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[–] 4 points 3 days ago (1 child)

The Iraqi one on Airport road is pretty cool, not quite an arch, but giant like scimitars crossed. To commemorate the deaths of over a million people in a war that achieved nothing.

Even that was more deserved than our president getting a triumphal arch. For beating the two most unpopular woman candidates the dems could force on us. What a victory!

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

    I have seen that arch. Pictures of it anyway. And, from an architectural and design standpoint, it is pretty cool. I’m not particularly into Middle Eastern art styles myself, but it is a pretty cool… Memorial Gateway? It’s not quite an arch, but Kinda. It’s definitely very representative of the culture in Iraq, though.

    And what a fucking waste that war was. And the one that followed. And the one that followed that one. If nothing else, it should be commemorated… For the lives lost.

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