Overview

• The president showed guests miniature models for a Paris-style triumphal arch in Washington that media have dubbed the "Arc de Trump."
• Reports place the proposed site on a traffic island aligned with the Lincoln Memorial across the Arlington Memorial Bridge.
• Trump indicated the monument would honor him personally, and some coverage ties the concept to the U.S. 250th Independence Day in 2026.
• The presentation came at a thank-you dinner for donors to a planned privately funded White House ballroom, with attendees from major tech firms and Lockheed Martin.
• No official plan, size, cost or financing breakdown for the arch has been released, and the ballroom still requires approvals from federal panels including the Capital Planning Commission; Trump says $22 million for the ballroom comes from a YouTube settlement.