Trump: «We will construct an arch of triumph in Washington. It will surpass that of Paris” | EUROtoday

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Despite accusations of failing to deal with the rising price of dwelling disaster, with medical health insurance premiums about to rise dramatically for greater than 20 million Americans, Donald Trump has revealed that one of many priorities of his home coverage agenda is the development of an Arch of Triumph in Washington DC.

The announcement at a celebration on the White House

Speaking at a White House Christmas social gathering, the president praised Vince Haley, his former speechwriter and longtime Newt Gingrich aide, who now heads the White House Domestic Policy Council. “Vince is incredible about politics and we have a project that will be incredible,” he stated. “I entrusted Vince with the Arc de Triomphe,” Trump continued.

“We are building an arch, like the Arc de Triomphe,” added the president, mixing English and French. “We’re building it next to the Arlington Bridge, Arlington Cemetery, across from the Lincoln Memorial… and it’s something really special. It will be like the one in Paris,” Trump assured, referring to the Arc de Triomphe, constructed between 1806 and 1836 on the Champs-Élysées, in honor of those that died combating for France in the course of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars.

Trump: «My bow will outclass that of Paris»

“But to tell the truth,” Trump specified, the brand new arch that Haley should construct will likely be higher than the one commissioned by Napoleon Bonaparte. »It outclasses him. It outclasses it in each means,” he assured. But the logic of this coverage initiative, in addition to the brand new ballroom within the White House, could also be very obscure for Americans struggling to make ends meet.