President Donald Trump’s plans for a massive monument in honor of himself in Washington come with an equally monumental price tag. That’s according to a news report from Axios.
Citing White House sources, Axios says the so-called “Arc de Trump,” which would be built across the Potomac from the Lincoln Memorial and at a much larger scale, will cost a staggering $100 million.
The source told the news outlet, “It’s what he’s talking about,” adding, “There’s a small arch. A middle arch. A large arch and he likes the large one, of course, as long as it’s big and gold and white.”
It’s unclear how the arch will be paid for or whether Trump will go through lawful channels for the building permits, but he has said he wants it completed by next summer to coincide with the country’s 250th anniversary celebrations.
His “big, beautiful ballroom,” which he tore down the East Wing of the White House to build, is being paid for by private donors. Axios also reported the president has raised $1.9 billion for his campaign war chest, so it’s possible he’ll dip into those funds to pay the hefty price tag for the arch.
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But the arch, modeled after the famous Arc de Triomphe in Paris and the Soldiers and Sailors’ Memorial Arch in Brooklyn, is the largest project to date.
“This ridiculous ARCH provides even more testimony of the parallelisms of Drumpf’s IDOL. ADOLPH’s Planned Arch,” this MSN reader pointed out.
Drumpf, by the way, is the original German family surname of the Trump family, and is being used by opponents either as a protest or parody.
Hitler did plan to build a huge arch, according to multiple news outlets, but it was never constructed.