{"id":2470,"date":"2026-06-29T11:36:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T11:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2470"},"modified":"2026-06-29T11:36:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T11:36:57","slug":"peeling-plywood-turns-trumps-temu-triumphal-arch-into-laughing-stock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2470","title":{"rendered":"Peeling Plywood Turns Trump\u2019s \u2018Temu\u2019 Triumphal Arch Into Laughing Stock"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Donald Trump\u2019s planned Triumphal Arch might be intended as a monument for the ages, but a tacky mock-up of the proposed structure didn\u2019t survive the weekend. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2469\">Humiliating Chaos Behind Trump\u2019s Green Slime Disaster Revealed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump, 80, has sparked backlash for charging ahead with plans to erect the 250-foot arch near Arlington National Cemetery, despite pushback from veterans\u2019 groups, his own planning commission, and the public at large. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The structure forms part of a broader MAGA makeover across the nation\u2019s capital that critics say is designed to remodel the city in Trump\u2019s own image.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The president installed a mock-up of the arch, loosely modeled on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France, at his Great American State Fair\u2014a 16-day national expo to mark the 250th anniversary of the nation\u2019s founding. It has not held up well.<\/p>\n<p>The mock-up itself appears to have been constructed from plywood, with its architectural features added by stapling printed vinyl sheets to its surface.<\/p>\n<p>Swampy D.C. weather over the weekend has now warped the wood, with the heat, humidity, and rain causing the sheeting to stretch, wrinkle, and even peel back from the model. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOMG! Trump\u2019s arch thing at his state fair is barely hanging on!\u201d one person wrote on X on Monday, sharing a video of the miniature.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Everyone is talking about Trump\u2019s mock up arch at the Great American State Fair, so I filmed it from top to bottom and front to back for everyone who can\u2019t see it in person. pic.twitter.com\/P02h0C97zj<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 amanda moore \ud83d\udc22 (@noturtlesoup17) June 28, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cWhat does $100k taxpayer money for Trump\u2019s mock up arch for the Great American State Fair get you?\u201d another user added, suggesting the cost did \u201cnot include the duct tape and superglue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you want a triumphal arch for the 250th celebration, but you order it on Temu\u2026,\u201d a third person said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLooks like a set from a community-theater production of a play set in either Paris or ancient Rome,\u201d a fourth chipped in.<\/p>\n<p>Not everyone was happy with the waves of ridicule the snafu has prompted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a freaking mock up you moron and it\u2019s been out in the weather,\u201d one pro-MAGA account posted under a video of the model arch. \u201cYou libs are the most miserable people on the planet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2467\">MAGA Melts Down at ICE Barbie\u2019s Successor After TV Grilling<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Troubles with the miniature cap a fair that has stumbled from before it even started. The 16-day event, scheduled to run through July 10, shed most of its concert lineup before the gates opened.<\/p>\n<p>Poison frontman Bret Michaels and Milli Vanilli were among the acts that backed out, citing the festival\u2019s political slant.<\/p>\n<p>The fair\u2019s opening on Thursday fared little better. A power cut stilled the event\u2019s Freedom 250 ferris wheel and left vendors\u2019 ice creams to melt, with crowds remaining sparse under a punishing sun.<\/p>\n<p>Vanilla Ice, one of the few acts remaining to headline the fair, then had his Friday set scrapped two hours before he was due on stage because of forecast storms. <\/p>\n<p>The proposed arch the model imitates has proven no less divisive. Trump unveiled the plan in October at a dinner for billionaires bankrolling his White House ballroom, currently under construction at the site where the building\u2019s historic East Wing once stood.<\/p>\n<p>Asked who the monument was for, the president reportedly had a one-word reply: \u201cMe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The finished version would dwarf the Lincoln Memorial and be set on the doorstep of Arlington National Cemetery.<\/p>\n<p>It is currently the target of a lawsuit by veterans\u2019 groups, who say the plans are an insult to the memory of more than 400,000 service members buried in the cemetery. <\/p>\n<p>Estimates have pegged the cost at $100 million. The National Capital Planning Commission took in close to 2,000 public comments on the proposals, \u201cnearly all of them negative,\u201d according to ABC News.<\/p>\n<p>The arch is the latest of Trump\u2019s capital building schemes to draw ridicule, with his $16 million overhaul of the Lincoln Memorial\u2019s Reflecting Pool now fenced off after an algal bloom turned its intended \u201cAmerican Flag Blue\u201d a sickening shade of green. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2465\">Bloodthirsty MAGA Senator Confronted With Humiliating Poll<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Daily Beast has contacted the White House for comment on this story. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump\u2019s planned Triumphal Arch might be intended as a monument for the ages, but a tacky mock-up of the proposed structure didn\u2019t survive the weekend. Read more Humiliating Chaos Behind Trump\u2019s Green Slime Disaster Revealed Trump, 80, has sparked backlash for charging ahead with plans to erect the 250-foot arch near Arlington National Cemetery, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Peeling Plywood Turns Trump\u2019s \u2018Temu\u2019 Triumphal Arch Into Laughing Stock - Nationwide Inter State Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2470\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Peeling Plywood Turns Trump\u2019s \u2018Temu\u2019 Triumphal Arch Into Laughing Stock - Nationwide Inter State Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Donald Trump\u2019s planned Triumphal Arch might be intended as a monument for the ages, but a tacky mock-up of the proposed structure didn\u2019t survive the weekend. 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