Guardian<\/em>. Trump then revealed that Haley\u2019s \u201cprimary thing\u201d will be overseeing the design and construction of a monument modeled on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. The structure, he said, would rise near Arlington Bridge, opposite the Lincoln Memorial, and would \u201cblow away\u201d Napoleon\u2019s original.<\/p>\n\n\tHaley, according to the president, was moved to near-rapture on first seeing a scale model. \u201cHis eyes were teeming,\u201d Trump said. (The Guardian<\/em> noted that Trump likely meant \u201cbeaming.\u201d The project, the president added, would overshadow all other domestic priorities.<\/p>\n\n\tThat assertion may raise eyebrows among Americans facing sharply higher costs due to the administration\u2019s tariffs on consumer goods or those bracing for steep increases in insurance premiums, which numbers around 20 million. Trump appeared confident that such an arch, which dates back to ancient Rome and has been adopted by monarchs and governments in the centuries since as instruments of propaganda to project power, would deliver something \u201cso special\u201d that other matters could wait.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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