In addition to his White House ballroom and his two-year renovation of the Kennedy Center, along with all those gold White House decorations, President Donald Trump has plans to remake the architecture of Washington. On Friday, he took the wraps off another new project: The new arch.
It’s a 250-foot arch, to mark the nation’s 250th anniversary, per the New York Times. It will rise across from the Lincoln Memorial.
The drawings have been presented to the Commission on Fine Arts and will be considered soon.
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“The president has proposed the arch, which would rise on a Washington roundabout near the border with Virginia, across the river from the Lincoln Memorial, as a way to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary and cement his legacy as president,” the Times said.
“The renderings show the arch bearing two eagles and a golden, winged angel on top, somewhat resembling the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. The words “One Nation Under God” appear above the arch on one side, and “Liberty and Justice for All” on the other, the only text visible in the design. The drawings of the arch were credited to Harrison Design, an architecture firm with an office in Washington.”
A group of Vietnam War veterans, meanwhile, has sued to block the construction of the arch.
On social media, meanwhile, users had a lot of mockery in store for the design of the “Arc de Trump”:
What in The Third Reich bullchit is this?
— Alex Cole (@acnewsitics) April 10, 2026
God helps us all.
One more thing to be torn down when the administration gets ousted.
Officials Release Design for 250-Foot Arch in Washington, as Trump Seeks Another Imprint https://t.co/DQgk6eWSkn via @NYTimes
— Mike Henderson (@mhenderson33) April 10, 2026
Military veterans have sued to stop the arch, saying it would alter key views of Arlington National Cemetery nearby.
Trump has said he wants the arch to be the biggest in the world. It would tower over the Arc de Triomphe in Paris (164 feet).https://t.co/7M09MuPxZu
— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) April 10, 2026
This motherfucker needs to go now! Officials Release Design for 250-Foot Arch in Washington, as Trump Seeks Another Imprint https://t.co/WY0xcU7CDt via @NYTimes
— Larry Lynam (@scopedbylarry) April 10, 2026
Photo courtesy of an X screenshot.
