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Trump’s top arts commissioner details proposed triumphal arch in DC
Rodney Mims Cook Jr., Chairman of the US Commission of Fine Arts, details President Donald Trump’s vision for a 166-foot triumphant arch in Washington D.C. Cook clarifies the project’s scale, comparing it to Paris’s Arc de Triomphe, and discusses historical plans for multiple arches across the city. He shares personal involvement in previous similar projects and the construction timeline for such a monument.
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Democrats are offering rare praise to President Donald Trump as his push to revitalize Washington, D.C., ahead of the semiquincentennial brings neglected landmarks back to life through various restoration projects.
“Cannot believe it’s taken this long, but this truly makes me so incredibly happy to see,” wrote ActBlue communications strategist Carter Christensen on X in reaction to the Meridian Hill Park fountain flowing once again after years of neglect – one of a handful of social media messages celebrating the update.
Construction and landscaping projects across Washington, D.C., have accelerated in recent months as the nation prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday in July, and follow Trump’s larger effort to beautify the city and lower its crime trends.
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Democrats are commending Trump for recent Washington, D.C., restoration projects. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)
As city fountains turned back on earlier this week, Democrats offered praise to see the city snap back to life.
“Best thing this administration has done and it’s not even close,” vice president of liberal think tank, Searchlight Institute, Tré Easton said on X Tuesday.
The Meridian Hill Park fountain reopened at the end of April after repairs to cracks in the walls and a revamped landscape. The 13-basin cascading fountain, one of the longest in North America, had sat dry after the National Park…
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