Secret Trump Plot to Fast-Track His ‘Monstrosity’ Exposed

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President Donald Trump has found a dubious new way to try to fast-track his latest $100 million vanity project despite an array of legal and historic preservation problems.

The president is pushing to https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-desperate-scramble-to-build-vanity-project-arch-revealed/" rel="">break ground as soon as possible on a 250-foot-tall https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-desperate-scramble-to-build-vanity-project-arch-revealed/" rel="">“triumphal arch” topped with golden statues, even though it would https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-goons-scramble-to-find-legal-fix-for-colossal-triumphal-arch-vanity-project/" rel="" target="_self" title="https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-goons-scramble-to-find-legal-fix-for-colossal-triumphal-arch-vanity-project/">exceed building height limits in the nation’s capital and has not received congressional approval as https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF11937" rel="">required by federal law.

The proposed arch must also undergo a review process under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 to determine its impact on Washington, D.C.’s historic buildings.

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