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Trump Arch in D.C. to be tremendously large and golden

Rob Beschizza
Jun 16, 2026
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The arch would be tremendously large and golden

When President Trump first showed reporters a model of the proposed United States Triumphal Arch, CBS News’s Ed O’Keefe asked who it was for. “Me,” said Trump. “It’s going to be beautiful.”

The arch, formally in honor of the United States’ 250th anniversary, would rise 250 feet—one foot per year of independe…

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