PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS FORMALLY UNVEILED YET ANOTHER CONSTRUCTION PROJECT NEAR THE NATION’S CAPITAL.

 

TRUMP IS PLANNING TO HAVE AN ARCH BUILT THAT WILL STAND ON ONE END OF THE ARLINGTON MEMORIAL BRIDGE, WHICH CROSSES THE POTOMAC RIVER AND CONNECTS VIRGINIA AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

 

SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President:

“It's gonna be really beautiful. I think it's gonna be fantastic.”

 

HE SHOWED OFF SEVERAL MINIATURE MODELS OF THE PROPOSED ARCH AT A WHITE HOUSE DINNER PARTY ON WEDNESDAY.

 

THE ARCH WILL FEATURE LADY LIBERTY ON TOP — IN THREE SIZES, ALTHOUGH TRUMP ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE LARGEST WAS HIS FAVORITE.

 

THE PROPOSED ARCH BEARS A STRIKING RESEMBLANCE TO THE ARC DE TRIOMPHE IN PARIS, THE FAMOUS MONUMENT HONORING THOSE WHO FOUGHT FOR FRANCE DURING THE FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY AND NAPOLEONIC WARS.

 

THE PROJECT COMES AFTER TRUMP ALSO ANNOUNCED PLANS TO BUILD A BALLROOM ON WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS THAT’S ESTIMATED TO COST $250 MILLION.