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The White House has fired all six members of the Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal agency charged with advising the president, Congress and the city of Washington, DC, on “matters of design and aesthetics,” according to a source familiar with the matter.

The firings come as Donald Trump has sought to impose his style on the nation’s capital through a slate of construction projects, including a planned triumphal arch, new White House ballroom, and paving over the Rose Garden.

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[–] redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com 79 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Oh wow that eagle looks so 4th Reich

[–] foodandart@lemmy.zip 17 points 5 months ago

Doesn't it just!

[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 36 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Obviously the lumbering rapist Retard-In-Chief knows better than a bunch of architects. On a separate note, which triumphant grift is the arch meant to commemorate?

[–] fonix232@fedia.io 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The two columns represent his two failed casinos, the arch connecting them represents how he got off scot-free and with quite some money.

[–] VieuxQueb@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 months ago

And the Reich style eagle represents who inspired him.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 months ago

I heard he wanted to construct two joined triumphal arches? Made of gold? To commemorate his good friend Ronald (not Reagan).

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago
[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Do you really think these pissants know what a triumph actually is or the purpose of a triumphal arch? They probably just see the Greco-Roman inspired stuff around Washington DC and want to mimic it not getting that the various architects of DC were Romaboos making a point, except the Washington monument that's straight Egyptaboo which is fitting cause the Romans were also Egyptaboos.

[–] Noite_Etion@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Trump steaks.

[–] Smeagol666@crazypeople.online 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Be careful with the "ableist" speech friend, I've been banned from a couple of "sub-lemmies".

[–] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

While I would agree the R-word should generally be avoided in almost all contexts, I will never agree Trump is one of them. You could just replace the dictionary definition with an image of the fat useless fuck and be done with it.

Or put it another way: Any community that'd ban me for calling Trump a 'retard' is a community I wouldn't want to be a member of in the first place. I stand to lose nothing of value.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 months ago

We should pull a south park. This word now refers exclusively to Donald Trump.

[–] Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If they actually build this gaudy piece of shit I hope someone blows it up the day after it’s unveiled.

[–] 13igTyme@piefed.social 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I hear blowing up monuments is half the fun of toppling dictators.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 3 points 5 months ago

Yeah, but in the previous war that country put statues of the losing side into their gov buildings (on purpose).

[–] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 19 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

If I may be so bold as to offer a suggestion. I mean, what do those fine arts people know about taste and quality?

There’s a tasteful design that’s just wasting away, as yet unbuilt. A design fit for a king and a world capital! It features a large hall, a modest 320m (1000ft) high. And of course a beautifully subtle triumphal arch, 100m (330ft) high, fit for the splendor of the most glorious nation on earth.

Truly making ~~Germany~~ America Great Again!

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 13 points 5 months ago

Giant statue incoming ...

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

He is going to stiff the workers building it and not pay them. Cash up front boys.

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago

Not so "independent" after all, are they?

[–] Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Exactly why I'm not going back to the US for the holidays. Living abroad and being brown the odds of me being detained are too high. My mom told me to stay out until that orange asshole is gone

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Well thats a good sign. The fired commisioners were probably arguing for structural supports on the building, or something dumb like that right. On the bright side it'll be right wingers that get crushed when the building collapses, so I'm going to side with trump this one time.