Donald Trump has fired all six members of an independent federal agency responsible for reviewing his controversial White House ballroom and planned “Arc de Trump” in Washington DC.
The Commission of Fine Arts was established in 1910, and is tasked with “giving expert advice to the President, the Congress and the federal and District of Columbia governments on matters of design and aesthetics”, according to its website.
Its purview includes reviewing designs proposed for memorials and new or renovated government buildings, and the commission is intended to be staffed by experts in art, architecture and urban design. There is no indication about whom Trump plans to appoint to the commission.
He didn’t call it that, the media did. But yes, he is.
So what will he call it? The Heroes of January 6th? Jeffrey’s Birthday Arc? Big Beautiful Arc? Whatever it will be called, I’m sure it’ll be made out of plaster but the invoices will say marble.