President Donald Trump is reportedly eyeing plans for a 250-foot Independence Arch overlooking Potomac River in commemoration of America’s 250th birthday.
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TheWhiteHouseishittingbackagainstthosewhoareworriedthatPresidentDonaldTrump’sreportedplansforanewtriumphalarchinspiredbytheArcdeTriompheinParisaretoolargeandwouldobfuscatetheWashingtonskyline.
TheWashingtonPostreportedSaturdaythatTrumpisconsideringinstallinga250-footIndependenceArchtocommemorateAmerica’s250thbirthdayoverlookingthePotomacRiverbetweenArlingtonNationalCemeteryandtheLincolnMemorial.ThePoststoryquotedanexpertwhoclaimedthatthearchwouldobstructtheviewofnearbymonuments.
“The‘experts’whothinkit’s‘toobig’areusedtolivingwiththingsbeingsmall,”WhiteHousecommunicationsdirectorStevenCheungsaidinasocialmediapostSundaynight.
PHOTOS:THEMAKINGOFTRUMP’SWHITEHOUSEBALLROOM,ALOOKATTHECONSTRUCTIONPROGRESS
TheWhiteHousedidnotconfirmtheexactdimensionsofthearchthatTrumpisconsidering,butsaidthatitwouldbecomeakeylandmar
