{"id":160,"date":"2026-05-21T21:10:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T21:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=160"},"modified":"2026-05-21T21:10:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T21:10:58","slug":"trumps-towering-arch-clears-another-federal-hurdle-despite-public-pushback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=160","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s towering arch clears another federal hurdle, despite public pushback"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Commission of Fine Arts voted Thursday to give final approval to President Trump&#8217;s towering arch between Arlington National Cemetery and the National Mall, despite overwhelming public pushback and numerous unanswered questions.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=148\">Smokers in China are being chided by anti-smoking women<\/a><\/p> <p>That approval clears just one of the potential hurdles in the path to building a 250-foot structure in a traffic circle on the Virginia side of the Potomac River. Still, it moved faster than many expected.<\/p> <p>The commissioners \u2014 all appointed by Trump at the start of his term \u2014 had granted preliminary approval to the design at their April meeting. They had also asked for more information and suggested several revisions, only to greenlight a very similar version on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The White House ballroom, reflecting pool resurfacing, Kennedy Center renovations and a triumphal arch are among the many changes Trump wants to make in D.C.\" class=\"wp-image-155\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/3f194e2992071e3394e75425d1ddf2a2-768x432.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/3f194e2992071e3394e75425d1ddf2a2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/3f194e2992071e3394e75425d1ddf2a2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/3f194e2992071e3394e75425d1ddf2a2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n <div>\n<h3>National <\/h3>\n<h3>The many ways Trump wants to change D.C., from buildings to statues to parks<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n<\/div>\n<!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n<\/div>\n<!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5830027-100\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" -->\n<p>&#8220;This continued desire to move things at a pace where the public doesn&#8217;t have an opportunity to participate seems to be the MO of this administration and also the MO of this particular review board,&#8221; Rebecca Miller, executive director of the D.C. Preservation League, told NPR after the vote.<\/p> <p>Monuments built on federal land in Washington generally require congressional approval. But speaking at the White House Thursday, Trump said he does not require Congressional approval for the arch.<\/p> <p>&#8220;We&#8217;re doing it,&#8221; he told reporters. &#8220;The land is owned by the secretary \u2014 by the Interior Department. We don&#8217;t need anything from Congress.&#8221;<\/p> <p>At the commission meeting, over the course of some two hours in a warm, crowded room in D.C.&#8217;s National Building Museum, commissioners sat at a long table lined with miniature models and listened as those involved with and opposed to the project made their respective pitches.<\/p> <div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Memorial Circle, the proposed plot of land near Memorial Bridge where the Independence Arch could be built is seen in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026.\" class=\"wp-image-156\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/efcc144cf7c11f805b8ead0b0ab14f45-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/efcc144cf7c11f805b8ead0b0ab14f45-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/efcc144cf7c11f805b8ead0b0ab14f45-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/efcc144cf7c11f805b8ead0b0ab14f45.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n <div>\n<h3>Politics <\/h3>\n<h3>Vietnam Veterans sue to block proposed &#8216;Independence Arch&#8217; near Arlington National Cemetery<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n<\/div>\n<!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n<\/div>\n<!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5830027-101\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" -->\n<p>Members of the public filled the several rows of seats, and Commission Secretary Thomas Luebke said some 600 others had written in ahead of time, with &#8220;99.5% of them \u2026 in opposition&#8221; to the arch. He read from one of only three letters in favor, and one of the many more against it.<\/p> <p>Despite passionate objections from those in the room \u2014 including from representatives of historic preservation groups and longtime D.C. residents \u2014 there was little discussion among the commissioners.<\/p> <p>Several asked questions and provided feedback to the team presenting the administration&#8217;s plan, including about the expected visitor capacity and soil conditions. One of their concerns was the lack of information about sculptures and artwork planned for the arch&#8217;s walls, both inside and on its exterior panels.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re looking at a well-designed arch, and it&#8217;s missing one of its key visual components,&#8221; said Vice Chair James McCrery II, the architect who previously led Trump&#8217;s ballroom project.<\/p> <div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt shows a rendering of the planned triumphal arch to be added near Washington, D.C.'s National Mall as the Secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bessent, looks on at a meeting on Wednesday.\" class=\"wp-image-157\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/51752d69c17a3c943c8fe0673ead7bc9-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/51752d69c17a3c943c8fe0673ead7bc9-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/51752d69c17a3c943c8fe0673ead7bc9-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/51752d69c17a3c943c8fe0673ead7bc9.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n <div>\n<h3>Architecture <\/h3>\n<h3>Commission of Fine Arts votes to move ahead with Trump&#8217;s proposed victory arch<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n<\/div>\n<!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n<\/div>\n<!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5830027-102\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" -->\n<p>Ultimately, however, commission Chair Rodney Mims Cook Jr. proposed granting final approval \u2014 as opposed to concept-level \u2014 for the design, and the other members agreed. He said commissioners look forward to seeing more details of the arch&#8217;s sculptures and artworks, though it&#8217;s not clear what degree of input the panel may have after giving the final go-ahead.<\/p> <p>&#8220;Typically, a final approval comes with all of the aspects that they&#8217;re looking to do, so I think that&#8217;s what was confusing,&#8221; said Miller.<\/p> <p>As they wrapped up that agenda item, the commissioners acknowledged the public&#8217;s concerns but said many of them are beyond the scope of their review.<\/p> <p>&#8220;I would \u2026 respectfully suggest that you bring those objections to proper venues,&#8221; McCrery said. &#8220;This is the United States Commission of Fine Arts, and we&#8217;re here to work with designs that are presented to us \u2026 to make them better, to make them more appropriate, to make them more beautiful.&#8221;<\/p> <p>Lead architect Nicolas Charbonneau walked through the changes his team had made to the proposal since the last meeting, like removing the four gold lion sculptures at the base of the arch and changing pedestrian access from an underground tunnel to surface-level walkways.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=144\">British beavers back from extinction to fight floods<\/a><\/p> <p>But they did not adopt the commission&#8217;s suggestion to nix the 84-foot gilded statues of a winged Lady Liberty and a pair of eagles on top, which Charbonneau said &#8220;the president considered \u2026 but elected not to pursue.&#8221;<\/p> <p>Charbonneau said in his presentation that the gold statues on top fit with the &#8220;character&#8221; of the monument, which he described as &#8220;not primarily one that is dedicated to the dead, but the living, to this great country, and its perseverance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But while Trump has pitched the arch as a commemoration of the nation&#8217;s 250th anniversary, critics say the celebratory tone is inappropriate for a monument just steps from the entrance to Arlington National Cemetery.<\/p>\n<p>A group of Vietnam War veterans and an architectural historian sued the administration earlier this year to block the arch, in part because they say it is disrespectful to those buried nearby at the nation&#8217;s largest military ceremony.<\/p> <p>And many of the concerned citizens who spoke at the meeting \u2014 some of whom have loved ones buried at the cemetery \u2014 voiced similar concerns. Even one of the commissioners, Mary Anne Carter, praised the architects for removing some of the arch&#8217;s adornments and urged them to &#8220;keep in mind how simple [the Arlington] gravestones are.&#8221;<\/p> <div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Artist renderings and diagrams for President Trump's proposed triumphal arch released by the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts on April 10, 2026.\" class=\"wp-image-158\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/63c941bfc806951f1ff3e88cd22eb581-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/63c941bfc806951f1ff3e88cd22eb581-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/63c941bfc806951f1ff3e88cd22eb581-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/63c941bfc806951f1ff3e88cd22eb581.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n <div>\n<h3>Culture <\/h3>\n<h3>Trump touts newly released plans for D.C. triumphal arch<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n<\/div>\n<!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n<\/div>\n<!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5830027-103\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" -->\n<p>Many of the speakers criticized the arch&#8217;s scale and location. They argued it would block views of the Lincoln Memorial, which is roughly half its height.<\/p> <p>Several critics of the arch pointed out that the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington House \u2014 the Virginia monument to Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee \u2014 deliberately face each other as a symbol of the nation&#8217;s Civil War-era fracturing and reconciliation. They said the arch would obstruct not only the sightline but the lesson it represents.<\/p> <p>McCrery, the vice chair, pointed to photographic renderings to argue that the arch actually needs to be its proposed size \u2014 bigger than Paris&#8217; Arc de Triomphe \u2014 in order for its opening not to obstruct views of the National Mall.<\/p> <p>The commission, tasked with reviewing designs for proposed memorials, coins, medals and government buildings, describes its authority as &#8220;giving expert advice to the President, the Congress and the federal and District of Columbia governments on matters of design and aesthetics.&#8221;<\/p> <div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3>National <\/h3>\n<h3>A historian discusses Trump&#8217;s plan to build an arch to commemorate 250 years<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n<\/div>\n<!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n<\/div>\n<!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5830027-104\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" -->\n<p>But it&#8217;s not the only body that has to sign off on the arch&#8217;s construction. The National Capital Planning Commission, which focuses more on urban development and land use \u2014 and is also packed with Trump appointees \u2014 is slated to discuss the structure at its next monthly meeting on June 4.<\/p> <p>Neither of these commissions actually issues permits for construction, which would fall to local authorities. And, because the project would be built on federal land managed by the National Park Service, it would need that agency&#8217;s approval, too. The park service has not responded to NPR&#8217;s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s also the issue of congressional approval.<\/p> <p>The administration has argued in court filings reported by the  that Congress authorized the arch when it approved the design for 166-foot-tall columns at the same location in 1925, which were never built. NPR has reached out to the White House for comment but did not hear back in time for publication.<\/p> <div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"President Trump speaks.\" class=\"wp-image-159\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6820e006b1941d206559181719dd1679.jpg\" width=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6820e006b1941d206559181719dd1679.jpg 720w, https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/6820e006b1941d206559181719dd1679-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n <div>\n<h3>Politics <\/h3>\n<h3>Trump&#8217;s Truth Social lays bare narrow obsessions of an extremely online president<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKETBLOCK\" -->\n<\/div>\n<!-- END CLASS=\"BUCKET IMG\" -->\n<\/div>\n<!-- END ID=\"RESNX-S1-5830027-105\" CLASS=\"BUCKETWRAP INTERNALLINK INSETTWOCOLUMN INSET2COL \" -->\n<p>&#8220;Using a 100-year-old loophole to avoid seeking Congressional approval is specious at best,&#8221; Susan Douglas, a local activist opposed to the arch, said at the meeting.<\/p> <p>The veterans suing the administration argue that Trump does indeed need congressional authorization, and a handful of top Democrats submitted an amicus brief in agreement. They also  from the Congressional Research Service, which came to the same conclusion.<br\/><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=142\">Republicans stall votes on partisan ICE funding amid party infighting<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Commission of Fine Arts gave the arch design its final approval, even though it&#8217;s missing some visual components. 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