President Donald Trump\u00a0said Sunday that the\u00a0massive arch\u00a0he wants to build between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery would become a \u201ctop grade military complex\u201d able to host drones and snipers while storing ammunition.<\/p>\n
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It is one more example of how Trump is insisting that his initiatives to beautify the White House and the city are also serving a defensive purpose. Trump has been calling the new\u00a0White House ballroom\u00a0a \u201cmilitary complex\u201d and arguing it is necessary for national security purposes.<\/p>\n
The Pentagon said it had no information beyond the president\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s announcement also comes as the arch, like his other projects, faces legal challenges. Though the arch has\u00a0received early approval\u00a0from the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, whose members were all tapped by Trump, a group of three veterans and an architectural historian sued, saying the project needs to be approved by Congress.<\/p>\n
The Republican president said in a social media post that he had agreed, at the \u201cstrong request\u201d of the military, to convert the planned 250-foot-tall (76-meter) memorial arch \u201cinto a top grade Military Complex\/Triumphal Arch, to house, store, and have the rapid ability to use large numbers of drones, plus Snipers, on both the roof and plaza areas, and additionally have and hold large quantities of sniper ammunition in storage.\u201d<\/p>\n
The arch is proposed for a circle adjacent to the Memorial Bridge, which is a heavy traffic area as one of a handful of connecting bridges between the nation\u2019s capital and northern Virginia.<\/p>\n
The project is one of several projects that the Republican president is pursuing to leave\u00a0his lasting imprint on Washington. Among the others are the white House ballroom, renaming and renovating the\u00a0Kennedy Center,\u00a0refurbishing the Lincoln Memorial\u00a0Reflecting Pool\u00a0and rebuilding a golf course in\u00a0East Potomac Park\u00a0that could significantly reduce the public\u2019s access to running and biking paths.<\/p>\n
The groundbreaking for the arch was to have happened sometime this month. The project has not yet received final approval from the National Capital Area Planning Commission, which greenlit the site and preliminary plans at its July meeting. The commission is expected to take up the matter again this fall.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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