Doug Burgum, the interior secretary, announced plans to start work on the site of the 250-foot-tall triumphal arch. Final approval of the project is still pending.
Trump to Break Ground on Arch Before Getting Approval
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/us/politics/trump-triumphal-arch-plans-approval.html
11 Comments
some_designer_dude@lemmy.world · 53 pts · 5d
Well yeah. His whole brand is “fuck consent”.
q181c@sopuli.xyz · 20 pts · 5d
It seems to me the only answer to a lawless tyrant is a bit of lawlessness on the part of the oppressed.
FaceDeer@fedia.io · 14 pts · 5d
As someone who utterly loathes Trump, I'm hoping he manages to get this eyesore built.
America needs permanent, prominent reminders of what they did.
FrChazzz@lemmus.org · 15 pts · 4d
Maybe better if it only gets partway built and then left unfinished.
Carl@anarchist.nexus · 5 pts · 4d
That would honestly be a better representation, but it won’t happen. Once it is in progress and things have started going up, lawmakers will quietly keep the project funded so they don’t have to deal with the construction eyesore indefinitely. Dems will just see it as “we want to get it done before his term is over, so our guy doesn’t need to deal with finishing it when they’re in office next.”
RagingRobot@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3d
Same with the ballroom it absolutely needs to stay unfinished well past the next presidential election
Hermit_Lailoken@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 4d
A golden turd would be an apt representation.
Rhaedas@fedia.io · 11 pts · 5d
When have they waited on final approval before? Oh, you mean Trump hasn't picked which things to make gold vs. not.
davidgro@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 5d
He ruins arch, btw.
bring-april-plenty@kbin.earth · 4 pts · 4d
let's hope he gets some malware from the aur
kmartburrito@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 4d
I'd love the next president to just bulldoze all his shit. Everything. Hotel, maralardo. Everything.