White House unveils 'Arc de Trump' plans as US president's 250ft monument to tower over Washington DC
The Interior Department submitted plans for the huge white Triumphul Arch to be built in the US capital.
The White House has revealed new renderings for a 250ft (76m) arch dubbed 'Arc de Trump' which the US president wants to have built in Washington DC.
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The Interior Department submitted plans for the huge white Triumphul Arch to be built in the US capital.
Under the plans, it will be located near Arlington National Cemetery and stand at a towering height of 250ft.
This would make it the tallest triumphal arch on the globe.
Taking to social media on Friday, Donald Trump wrote that the arch would be "the GREATEST and MOST BEAUTIFUL Triumphal Arch, anywhere in the World".
The plans have been filed with the Commission of Fine Arts, a panel consisting of Trump allies that is set to review the proposal next week.
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He first revealed his plans for the arch in October - announcing that the massive “triumphant arch” would 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.
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."
It is just one of several projects Trump is planning as part of his controversial Washington DC makeover plans.
Earlier this month, the US president hit back after a judge ordered a pause to the construction of his $400m White House ballroom.
US District Judge Richard Leon granted a temporary halt to construction following legal action brought by the conservationist group National Trust for Historic Preservation.
The ballroom, which also houses a “massive military complex”, sits on the site where the East Wing of the White House used to be and was founded by the US president as well as a slew of private donors.