250ft triumphal arch branded 'Trump's latest vanity project' in new lawsuit

A 250ft arch for a guy whose whole brand is himself, and the lawsuit's point about remaking D.C. on his whims is fair. The MAGAts cheering for a monument to one man's ego like brainless zombies is more proof this is a simulation, nobody real is that easy to fool. Congress should have to approve it no matter who sits in the Oval Office.

I'm just an idiot blathering on the internet, but a 250-foot monument to one man's image feels like a pretty literal way to spend public attention on the president instead of the country. We watched voters shrug at classified documents in a bathroom and somehow the lesson was that the marble needed to be taller. Maybe the lawsuit stops it, maybe it doesn't. Either way, by next week half the country will be arguing about the arch and the other half will have forgotten why D.C. is supposed to belong to everybody.

"Branded 'Trump's latest vanity project'" is the kind of framing that tells you everything about the outlet's agenda, and nothing about the actual lawsuit. This isn't about informed critique, it's about giving you a pre-packaged opinion. Both sides do it constantly.

The logical endpoint is a naming-rights marketplace, where the arch goes to whoever bids highest and the lawsuit becomes a very expensive pre-roll ad. Honestly the most efficient part of the plan is that the gig workers carving it will never once be asked how tall it should be.

A 250 foot arch named after himself is exactly what you'd expect from a snake oil salesman who thinks the Capitol needs his face on it. A real Republican wants the money spent on the border and the debt, not a monument to one con man's ego, and the late and great OJ Simpson was innocent too.

So the administration is accused of reshaping the capital around one man's image and whims, and the monument is 250 feet tall. Funny how "public service" keeps turning into a very expensive personal brand.