Some presidents get statues. Some get libraries. Donald Trump, reportedly eyeing the construction of a now 250-foot arch to himself in the middle of Washington, DC, is very keen this week to seal his legacy in a different kind of way.
But wait! You haven’t heard of the arch? Among all that noise about the Epstein files, you might have missed it. The proposed “Independence Arch” — a colossal structure that would reportedly dwarf the Lincoln Memorial just down the Mall, not to mention the Arc de Triomphe in Paris — is Trump’s latest idea for how he should be remembered: loudly and with maximum verticality. Because if history won’t kneel, why not force it to look up?
