US president Donald Trump holds a model of a triumphal arch he plans to build in Washington. Photograph: Doug Mills/The New York Times
In 2017, during his first term, US president Donald Trump watched French troops encircle the Arc de Triomphe and march through the streets of Paris for the nation’s annual Bastille Day celebrations.
He returned home wanting his own military parade. In June, when troops and tanks traversed Washington, he got his wish. Now he may get his own triumphal arch, in the style of the Arc de Triomphe, along that same route.
Here’s what we know so far about Mr Trump’s proposal to build a triumphal arch in Washington, across the river from the Lincoln Memorial.
What will the arch look like?
Trump publicly unveiled his plans for the arch last week, during a dinner for the wealthy donors who a
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