Waving his flag all over the place: Trump adds ‘Arc de Trump’ to presidential renovations
by David Smith in Washington from on (#70T2Z)
In addition to a new ballroom, flagpoles, gilding the Oval Office and paving over the Rose Garden, the US president proposes an arch
More than two centuries have passed since France celebrated the emperor Napoleon's birthday by laying the foundation stone of the Arc de Triomphe. Now Donald Trump has imperial ambitions of his own.
On Wednesday, the US president unveiled plans for a grand arch in Washington that has already been dubbed the Arc de Trump".
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