Arc de Triomphe in the United States: Donald Trump continues to make bewildering interventions in full

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The plans have just been unveiled. Donald Trump’s new project is a gigantic triumphal arch, the tallest in the world, reminiscent of the Parisian monument. A few months ago, the President of the United States stated, “It will be like the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. But to be honest, it will crush it,” Donald Trump said in December 2025.

Since the start of the conflict in the Middle East, Donald Trump has been occupying the media space almost daily with sometimes seen as out of touch interventions in a context of war. “What do you think of the American pilot’s rescue in Iran?”, he asked. The President of the United States also makes astonishing announcements aboard Air Force One about the renovations of the White House. “It will be the most beautiful ballroom of its kind in the world,” Donald Trump highlighted his project to build a ballroom at the White House.

While Vice President J.D. Vance is negotiating in Pakistan, he watches an MMA fight. The goal: to talk less about the war’s turmoil. In the streets of Washington, the encountered Americans do not seem fooled. “We have breaking news seven times an hour with ridiculous things he does. While we struggle with gas, food prices, children, our lives, and he just creates chaos,” a woman laments.

The President is currently at an all-time low in popularity polls, worrying his own camp a few months before the midterm elections. Some Americans continue to support him. “I am a Trump admirer. You can’t like everyone’s personality, but he does what is needed for this country,” one woman believes. The latest extravagance: a live delivery of fast-food to the White House, in front of the cameras normally invited to discuss the war in Iran.