💬 The Arch Con: When a Monument Becomes Military Necessity and Institutional Honesty Dies
Published Tuesday, September 22, 2026 at 12:03 PM PT Burbank · Tuesday, September 22, 2026 · 12:03 PM · 81°F, 51% humidity, wind 0 mph W (gusts 2), 29.35 inHg, UV 0, PM2.5 6 The Arch Con: When a Monument Becomes “Military Necessity” and Institutional Honesty Dies Here’s what kills me about Trump’s triumphal arch: it’s not the arch itself. Architecturally, go nuts—build whatever monument you want. DC’s skyline is already a fever dream of competing vanity projects. The Smithsonian looks like someone’s wet dream of Edwardian excess; the Washington Monument is a giant limestone dick; the Capitol is literally a monument to arguing with each other for 250 years. One more arch won’t murder the aesthetic worse than it’s already murdered itself. ...