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WASHINGTON -- A new National Park Service report backs President Donald Trump’s proposed arch, despite what it says are adverse effects to the sightline between a host of iconic landmarks in Washington, including the Washington Monument and Lincoln and Jefferson memorials.

The report released Friday says the 250-foot-tall (76-meter) memorial arch is likely to disrupt the historical significance of dozens of sites near its planned location adjacent to Memorial Bridge.

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[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

What a fugly dollar store ghetto ass looking arch. I imagine that it looking ridiculous and low rent is a purposeful troll on the American public. He should have some golden statues of naked kids on top of it.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 39 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I can see that donnie is focused on the important work for the American people. 🙄

What's the rush, donnie? If you are so wonderful, you wouldn't have to build these monuments to yourself, others would gladly do it after you're gone.

If that stupid thing gets built, we need to sell raffle tickets in the next administration to who gets to push the trigger on the demolition.

[–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 31 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Anything to distract from the fact Trump rapes children.

[–] 2hundredpancakes@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe next he'll demand to be buried under the fucking thing so that everyone will have to keep paying attention to him after he's gone. Gilded coffin and everything.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He's so delusional, too. He doesn't understand that any monument, if it were to be tied so directly to him would become a public urinal (or worse, lol).

Also, I expect lots of people will be spray-painting things on there like "pedo" and "rapist", etc.

[–] 2hundredpancakes@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah you can bet that thing will be vandalized to all get-out. DC folks hate that guy.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Cannot imagine why. Besides just being an all-around jerkoff and complete asshole, he's also threatening the city all the time with various bullshit and nonsense.

Most recently, he's threatening to demolish the Kennedy Center if he doesn't get to put his name on it. I mean: forget politics, who behaves like this? The guy is a selfish jerk doing nothing for the American people or for the city of DC.

"Narcissist" gets thrown around a lot these days, but in this case it's too accurate.

[–] Malica@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

I wanna have a giant party berlin wall style, everyone gets to keep a piece as a souvenir

[–] ShutUpWesley@piefed.zip 34 points 1 week ago

Breaking news! The agency effectively controlled by the President agrees with the president!

[–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

People who can be fired when Trump wags his finger happen to support what he wants them to support! What a surprise!

[–] unmagical@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 week ago

I can't wait till it's torn down.

[–] Steve@startrek.website 16 points 1 week ago

250ft omg wtf.

Well, at least it will make a dramatic setting for when he is hanged for treason.

[–] lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

The name of the structure (officially):

Pedophilia in Stone

[–] raman_klogius@ani.social 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Remember folks, concrete loves sugar! 😍

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I’m curious, please explain.

[–] FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Making a sidewalk is kinda like making a cake. Water, dry mix, shovel out into wooden forms. That chemical curing mixture just loooves sugar, to stay around as a liquid for longer

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Interesting. So it never cures properly.

[–] Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago

Adding sugar to wet cement basically fucks it.

[–] ShellMonkey@piefed.socdojo.com 11 points 1 week ago

Imagine that, if you pack a board full of sycophants they do as you like...

[–] 2hundredpancakes@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

... But the Park Service report says “the same characteristics that make Memorial Circle sensitive from a preservation perspective are also the characteristics that make it the historically appropriate location for the undertaking.”

Now, that sounds like a coherent statement, but actually parse the sentence and it's... bullshit. Huh.

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It sounds like something from an LLM.

LLMs can at least simulate intelligence, which is more than we can say about most of these jagoffs

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 8 points 1 week ago

Build it, and they will tear it down.

Over and over.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Now he only needs to win a war to claim a triumph arch. Maybe he should build it in Teheran. He actually won a war for them.