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Trump reveals bonkers transformation to arch project: ‘Drones, plus snipers on the roof’
FILE PHOTO: A model of U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed triumphal arch, on the final day of The Great American State Fair on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 10, 2026. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper/File Photo
A Monument to Militarized Vanity
The Arch Becomes an Arsenal
Donald Trump says his proposed triumphal arch near Arlington Memorial Bridge will now double as a military complex stocked with drones, sniper positions, and ammunition. A project supposedly intended to honor Arlington Cemetery has thus been recast as an armed installation—while retaining the monumental grandeur…
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