Published: 3:53pm, 17 Oct 2025Updated: 3:59pm, 17 Oct 2025
US President Donald Trump has unveiled proposals for a new arch in Washington DC to be built across the Potomac River from the Lincoln Memorial as he continues to burnish his legacy as a master builder.
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The ceremonial project, which some have dubbed the “Arc de Trump” because it resembles the famed Arc de Triomphe in Paris, would rise at the foot of the bridge that connects Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia to the National Mall.
“It’s going to be really beautiful. I think it’s going to be fantastic,” Trump said at a White House dinner late Wednesday for donors to his separate privately funded White House ballroom project.
The arch would mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, to be marked in 2026.
Trump showed off models of the planned arch including miniature statues of liberty on top, along with an artist’s rendering of the design.
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“Whichever one would look good. I happen to (like) the large one,” Trump said. “Why are you shocked?”