US President unveils 'Arc de Trump' plan as part of wide-ranging White House renovations
President Donald Trump unveiled a bizarre plan to create an 'Arc de Trump' as part of his White House renovations.
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Trump announced that the massive 'triumphant arch' to replicate the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
The announcement was made to a room full of donors at the White House during a fundraiser for the new 90,000-square-foot ballroom at the presidential mansion.
Trump has proposed that the colossal arch will be built opposite the Lincoln Memorial.
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He even provided a miniature model presentation of the arch to the donors.
"That's Arlington Memorial Bridge," Trump said.
"And at the end of it, you have a circle that was built 150 years ago. You have two columns on one side, two columns on the other, yet in the middle, just a circle."
"And everyone in the past had said something was supposed to be built there. But a thing called the Civil War interfered. That's a good reason."
President Trump also revealed that a contentious statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee had been proposed for the location over a century ago.
"In 1902, they were going to put a statue of Robert E. Lee up - would have been okay with me," he explained.