President Donald Trump has announced that his proposed 250-foot triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery would also serve as a military facility capable of storing and deploying drones and positioning snipers.
In a Sept. 20 Truth Social post, Trump said the change was made at the “strong request” of the U.S. military for national security purposes.
Trump said the arch would double as a “top grade military complex” and would have the “rapid ability to use large numbers of drones, plus snipers, on both the roof and plaza areas.”
“There will be no facility like this anywhere in the World,” Trump said on Truth Social. “Out of the 59 top cities and Capitals, Washington, D.C., IS THE ONLY ONE IN THE WORLD THAT DOES NOT HAVE A TRIUMPHAL ARCH, but it will now and, by far, the greatest of them all!”…