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Arlington National Cemetery Doesn’t Need a 250-Foot Reminder of Donald Trump.

The Man Who Survived Vietnam Is Fighting Trump’s Monument to Himself.

Simasiku Mazunga

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Press enter or click to view image in full size “Veterans Over Vanity” protest rally at Memorial Circle near Arlington National Cemetery.. — This photograph was taken by photojournalist Oliver Contreras .

There are many ways to leave a mark on history.

You can lead a country through a crisis.

You can defend democracy.

You can do something so extraordinary that people remember you long after you’ve left office.

Or you can decide that Washington, D.C., is missing a 250-foot arch and that the only person capable of solving this national emergency is you.

Donald Trump has chosen the arch.

And somewhere in America, a Vietnam War veteran is looking at this proposal and thinking: We went through all that, and now we have to fight an arch?

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