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riversedge

(82,266 posts) Mon Jun 22, 2026, 04:17 PM Monday

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

A scale model of Trump “triumphal” arch made of plywood has been erected on the National Mall and my gosh it’s ugly.
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A scale model of Trump â€œtriumphalâ€ arch made of plywood has been erected on the National Mall and my gosh itâ€™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

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A scale model of Trump "triumphal" arch made of plywood has been erected on the National Mall and my gosh it's ugly. [View all] riversedge Monday OP

It's got that Soviet architectural modernism feel to it Torchlight Monday #1

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

That was my first thought, too. BigmanPigman Monday #9

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

Sure does. This one needs the same treatment Deuxcents Monday #5

If that was the size it was gonna be ITAL Monday #4

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

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

Brings to mind the Stonehenge scene in Spinal Tap harumph Monday #8