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How Trump plans to build his arch

The president’s Ozymandias moment, briefly explained.

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Welcome to The Logoff: President Donald Trump’s hand-picked arts commission is clearing the way for his building spree.

What happened? On Thursday, the Commission of Fine Arts signed off on Trump’s plans for a massive 250-foot-tall triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, DC, which critics warn would dwarf its surroundings and “fundamentally [alter] a meticulously preserved skyline.”

Trump has said the........

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