Proponent of Trump’s Arch Dramatically Turns on Tacky Plans

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The architectural critic who encouraged Donald Trump to build https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-unveils-massive-arch-that-will-dwarf-lincoln-memorial/" rel="" target="_self" title="https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-unveils-massive-arch-that-will-dwarf-lincoln-memorial/">a huge triumphal arch in Washington, D.C., has abandoned the idea.

The Commission of Fine Arts is filled with Trump appointees and is due to meet on Thursday https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-monstrous-arc-de-trump-triggers-terrifying-flight-fears/" rel="" target="_self" title="https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-monstrous-arc-de-trump-triggers-terrifying-flight-fears/">to discuss the president’s plans to build a 250-foot-tall arch in the capital, already nicknamed the Arc de Trump.

Catesby Leigh was the first to explore the idea of a modest “celebratory” structure, but since the idea reached Trump, https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-plots-to-supersize-plans-for-already-monstrous-arc-de-trump/" rel="" target="_self" title="https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-plots-to-supersize-plans-for-already-monstrous-arc-de-trump/">its size has grown fourfold, amid feeble gropes for historical significance and one-sided competitiveness with France’s Arc de Triomphe.

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