US presidents haven’t usually sought to impress their own architectural tastes – much less their names while in office – on national monuments.
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From ancient Rome to Napoleon’s Paris, the triumphal arch has long memorialised imperial dreams. Is Donald Trump on track to realise his own in Washington?
US President Donald Trump spent much of 2025 doing up the White House with gold bling. He’s the latest in a long line of leaders to use buildings for power.
In his second term, President Donald Trump asserted new control over the press − as Hungary’s strongman leader Viktor Orbán had urged him to do.
On March 12, 1933, President Roosevelt addressed the nation from the Oval Office during a time of great crisis. That ‘fireside chat’ proved broadcasting’s power as nothing before or since.
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Professor of Communication and Journalism, University of Maine
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Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in History, University of Waikato
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Associate Professor of Communication and Media Studies, Pace University
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Professor and Chair of History of Art, Vanderbilt University