Trump and others are paying for this, chipping in over $100 million.
The tax payer is merely stuck with $15 million, far less than what we’ve paid for other Presidential projects, I don’t see an issue with it.
This has cost the US taxpayer 123 million: https://www.obama.org/visit/ No complaints by our MSM, not really. But I’m sure we’re about to hear them about Trump and his arch.
In fact, $123 million US tax dollars spent gets you this: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/02/arts/design/obama-presidential-center-library-chicago.html “A Lovely Park and a Forbidding Tower” I’m not sure what that deformed cube is supposed to mean or symbolize? Does anyone know?
That said, I also think the style in Trumps arch will bother people.
Many folks today do not like things which look bold and strong, national, classic and Empire like.
It has to be “bla,” in grey, made out of recycled plastic bottles, and make some social or environmental statement.
What does an arch say? https://www.classicist.org/articles/classical-comments-the-triumphal-arch-as-a-design-resource/
How much to maintain it over time?
A sign that the American "Empire" is in decline.
Are you sure about the private/public payment balance ?
Seems that the new WH ballroom was pitched to be as all privately financed, was it not ?