Triumpal trumpery

Oh good, yet more vulgar ostentation, because we haven’t had enough of that yet. The mix of evil and ludicrous gets more nauseating every week.

Trump wants to build a triumphal arch across from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC, the latest in his efforts to make over the capital city in his style.

The so-called Arc de Trump would commemorate the country’s 250th anniversary next year and is reportedly being privately funded by Trump’s supporters.

Can we not? There’s enough of that already thanks to Trump’s previous riots in the gilt shop, we don’t need more.

His other second-term developments include a gilded makeover for the White House, paving over the Rose Garden and constructing a $250m ballroom

What I’m saying. It’s already way too much.

He unveiled a “Presidential Walk of Fame” along the West Wing colonnade in September, displaying gold-framed portraits of himself and the 44 other presidents along the white exterior wall.

In place of former President Joe Biden’s headshot, Trump instead hung a photo of an autopen signing his name. The move appeared to refer to Trump’s claim that Biden’s use of the autopen signalled his decline at the end of his presidency, although it is common for US presidents to use such a tool.

Critics, including a guest essayist for the New York Times, have called his Oval Office remodel a “Gilded Rococo Nightmare”.

Trump himself is a gilded rococo nightmare.

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