A scale model of Trump "triumphal" arch made of plywood has been erected on the National Mall and my gosh it's ugly.

[riversedge]

A scale model of Trump “triumphal” arch made of plywood has been erected on the National Mall and my gosh it’s ugly.
www.popville.com/2026/06/is-t...

A scale model of Trump “triumphal” arch made of plywood has been erected on the National Mall and my gosh it’s ugly. www.popville.com/2026/06/is-t...

— Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News (@froomkin.bsky.social) 2026-06-22T19:56:02.515Z

[Torchlight]

1. It's got that Soviet architectural modernism feel to it

I guess Mr. trump is trying to impress his boss.

[underpants]

2. To scale? No this is what you wrote down.

[BigmanPigman]

9. That was my first thought, too.

[Whiskeytide]

3. It kinda looks like the stuff we pulled down in 1945. n/t

[Deuxcents]

5. Sure does. This one needs the same treatment

[ITAL]

4. If that was the size it was gonna be

I doubt it would be causing half as much fuss. My problem isn't the planned arch per se, but the sheer size of the damn thing. As always Trump goes overboard and ruins things by being gaudy.

I know Salt Lake City is planning a historical type arch, which isn't gonna be nearly as big -- and I think it's gonna be kinda neat. The sculptures on it are gonna be done by the same guy who did the main centerpiece of the National WWI Memorial that opened in DC a couple of years back, and that was really impressive when my wife and I were in DC back in '24.

[Bristlecone]

6. Book burnings and jackboot marches to be held every Tues.

[allegorical oracle]

7. The gold stuff at the top look out of proportion -- too large. Looks dum. nt

[harumph]

8. Brings to mind the Stonehenge scene in Spinal Tap