The midterm elections swamped Trump and his followers but failed to dampen the president’s ambition to stamp his identity on the nation’s capital.  When...

The midterm elections swamped Trump and his followers but failed to dampen the president’s ambition to stamp his identity on the nation’s capital.  When not glorifying his golden ballroom, he’s everywhere pushing, no project more overpowering than his drive to build a Triumphal Arch at the D.C.’s Memorial Circle. The massive 250-foot-tall Arch would obscure views between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery.  When proposing the structure last year, Trump was asked what the Arch was for. He responded, “Me.” Yet despite Trump’s determination, there’s been a pause.  After an appointed board approved the Arch, a federal judge temporarily blocked Trump’s vanity project. Without the judicial stay, construction would have started the next day, Nov. 6. In...

The midterm elections swamped Trump and his followers but failed to dampen the president’s ambition to stamp his identity on the nation’s capital.  When not glorifying his golden ballroom, he’s everywhere pushing, no project more overpowering than his drive to build a Triumphal Arch at the D.C.’s Memorial Circle. The massive 250-foot-tall Arch would obscure views between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery.  When proposing the structure last year, Trump was asked what the Arch was for. He responded, “Me.” Yet despite Trump’s determination, there’s been a pause.  After an appointed board approved the Arch, a federal judge temporarily blocked Trump’s vanity project. Without the judicial stay, construction would have started the next day, Nov. 6. In...