Trump's Proposed Arch Has 'Adverse Effects,' Administration Acknowledges The recent acknowledgment by the Trump administration that their proposed triumphal arch along the Potomac River will have "adverse effects" on the surrounding landscape is a telling admission of the project's hubris.
The plan, which has been met with public outcry and lawsuits from Vietnam War veterans, was initially approved in July by the National Capital Planning Commission.
The commission, led by Trump's appointees, had justification for the arch's location based on technicalities: that it cannot be relocated because doing so would constitute a "materially different undertaking.