参议员杰克·里德与州长加文·纽瑟姆办公室质疑其1500万美元成本 法律挑战不断升级
2026年4月14日 美国东部时间上午9:22 / 福克斯新闻频道
作者：阿什利·J·迪梅拉 福克斯新闻
民主党正加大力度反对唐纳德·特朗普总统计划修建的纪念圆环拱门项目，一边进行激烈抨击，一边发起法律诉讼试图在法庭上阻止该项目。
“民主党反对任何彰显我们国家伟大的事物，因为他们是‘美国至上’的失败者，”白宫发言人戴维斯·英格尔周一在给福克斯新闻数字频道的一份声明中说道，“纪念圆环的凯旋拱门将不仅成为华盛顿特区，更是全世界最具标志性的地标之一。”
民主党议员正加大对唐纳德·特朗普总统提议建造的250英尺高拱门的反对力度，在该设计于周五公布后，质疑其成本与象征意义，同时针对总统权限的法律挑战仍在持续发酵。
“当你因特朗普的战争而担忧医疗保健和汽油价格时，他却忙着设计一座250英尺高的拱门，他称之为‘特朗普拱门’——一切都是为了他自己，”罗德岛州参议员杰克·里德在X平台上发帖称。
白宫回击批评者：特朗普的巨型拱门“尺寸过大”
众议员哈夫曼抨击特朗普的凯旋拱门，称其为“基督教民族主义纪念碑”。（哈里森设计 供图 白宫美术委员会）
“你的税收可能会上涨。但别担心——其中至少1500万美元将用于特朗普的拱门项目，”加利福尼亚州州长加文·纽瑟姆的新闻办公室在X平台上发帖称。
与此同时，加州长期问题缠身的高铁项目2008年获批时初始预算为330亿美元，而今年预计成本已飙升至1260亿美元。美国交通部于2025年夏季取消了该项目的数十亿美元联邦拨款，理由是该项目没有可行的完工路径。
“刻着‘以上帝之下的一个民族’的金色铭文？这句话出自冷战宣传，而非我们的开国元勋，”加州众议员贾里德·哈夫曼在X平台上写道，“我们国家建立在摆脱宗教暴政的自由之上。他们制定第一修正案就是为了让宗教远离政府。”
他补充道：“特朗普将其用金色印在他的虚荣拱门上，这能告诉你这个项目的全部本质：一座用纳税人的钱修建的基督教民族主义纪念碑。”
联邦法官质疑特朗普在白宫宴会厅项目上的权限
哈夫曼与其他民主党议员上月提交了一份法庭意见书，对该项目提出质疑，认为总统无权在未经国会批准的情况下在联邦土地上建造纪念碑。
福克斯新闻数字频道已联系哈夫曼的办公室置评。
“如果允许该拱门在未获得适当国会授权和审查的情况下修建，可能会导致纪念碑不受限制地泛滥、公共空间遭到侵蚀，并严重限制后代纪念自身损失与成就的能力，”这份法庭之友意见书写道。
特朗普承诺将让美国首都“安全且美丽”（亚历克斯·布兰登/美联社照片）
特朗普称在诉讼中阻止白宫宴会厅建设“为时已晚”
特朗普总统一直在落实去年签署的题为“让哥伦比亚特区安全且美丽”的行政令。
“我会保护我们珍视的首都，我们将让它真正再次伟大！在那些帐篷、脏乱、污秽和犯罪出现之前，它是世界上最美丽的首都。很快它就会重回那个样子，”特朗普在8月份的Truth Social帖子中写道。
已公布的设计方案显示，拱门顶部有一座金色的自由女神像风格雕像，两侧各有一只秃鹰作为纪念碑的冠顶。雕塑下方、拱门顶部横跨着用金色书写的“以上帝之下的一个民族”。拱门背面有一个匹配的徽章，上面写着“人人享有自由与正义”。
该拱门计划建于林肯纪念堂附近，位于纪念桥和纪念大道之间的环岛处，靠近阿灵顿公墓地铁站。
“它将提升阿灵顿国家公墓的游客体验，为退伍军人、阵亡将士家属以及所有美国民众服务，作为对250年历史中众多美国英雄所做出的崇高牺牲的视觉提醒，让我们能够享受今日的自由，”英格尔在给福克斯新闻数字频道的后续评论中继续说道。
工人在华盛顿特区肯尼迪中心的外立面安装印有唐纳德·特朗普名字的标识（阿尔·德拉戈/盖蒂图片社）
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针对该提议拱门的法律威胁和激烈言辞，呼应了民主党对近期与特朗普相关的文化和建筑举措的更广泛反弹。
去年12月，民主党人因将唐纳德·J·特朗普与约翰·F·肯尼迪纪念表演艺术中心更名一事爆发强烈不满。
俄亥俄州民主党众议员乔伊斯·比蒂与其他原告提起诉讼，要求撤销“特朗普-肯尼迪中心”的更名，并阻止计划中的两年闭馆施工。
这座耗资4亿美元的白宫宴会厅正陷入一场法律纠纷，美国国家历史保护信托基金去年12月提起诉讼，称特朗普拆除陈旧的东翼时越权行事。
一家上诉法院周六裁定，翻新工程可继续进行至本周五，为总统争取时间向最高法院寻求复审。
阿什利·J·迪梅拉是福克斯新闻数字频道的生活方式记者。
Dems unload on Trump’s latest DC update with ‘Christian Nationalist’ broadside, legal push
Sen Jack Reed and Gov Gavin Newsom’s office question the $15M cost as legal challenges mount
April 14, 2026 9:22am EDT / Fox News
By Ashley J. DiMella Fox News
Democrats are ramping up their battle against President Donald Trump’s planned installation of the Memorial Circle arch, pairing heated attacks with a legal push to stop the project in court.
“Democrats are opposed to anything that celebrates the greatness of our Country because they are America last losers,” said White House spokesperson Davis Ingle in a statement to Fox News Digital on Monday. “The Triumphal Arch in Memorial Circle is going to be one of the most iconic landmarks not only in Washington, D.C., but throughout the world.”
Democratic lawmakers are ramping up opposition to President Donald Trump’s proposed 250-foot arch, questioning its cost and symbolism after the design’s unveiling Friday, as legal challenges to presidential authority continue to play out.
“While you worry about healthcare and the price of gas [because] of Trump’s war, he’s busy designing a 250-foot arch he’s calling the ‘Arc d’Trump’ #allabouthim,” Rhode Island Sen. Jack Reed posted on X.
WHITE HOUSE FIRES BACK AT CRITICS CALLING TRUMP’S MASSIVE ARCH ‘TOO BIG’
Rep. Huffman slams Trump’s triumphal arch, calling it a “Christian Nationalist monument.”(Harrison Design via the White House Commission of Fine Arts)
“Your taxes might be going up. But don’t worry — at least $15 million of it is going toward Trump’s arch project,” posted California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s press office on X.
Meanwhile, California’s long-troubled high-speed rail project was approved in 2008 at an initial $33 billion price tag before ballooning to $126 billion in expected costs this year. The Department of Transportation canceled billions of dollars in federal grants for the project in the summer of 2025, citing it did not have a viable path forward for completion.
“A gold inscription reading ‘One Nation Under God’? That phrase came from Cold War propaganda, not our Founders,” California Rep. Jared Huffman wrote on X. “They built this country on freedom FROM religious tyranny. They wrote the First Amendment to keep religion out of the government.”
He added, “Trump stamping it in gold on his vanity arch tells you everything about what this project is: a Christian Nationalist monument, paid for with your tax dollars.”
FEDERAL JUDGE QUESTIONS TRUMP AUTHORITY ON WHITE HOUSE BALLROOM PROJECT
Huffman, along with other Democrat lawmakers, filed a court brief challenging the project last month, arguing that the president cannot erect the monument on federal land without congressional approval.
Fox News Digital reached out to Huffman’s office for comment.
“Permitting that Arch to be built without appropriate congressional authorization and review could lead to the unchecked proliferation of monuments, the erosion of public space, and serious constraints on future generations’ ability to memorialize their own losses and achievements,” the amicus brief reads.
President Trump has promised Americans he will make the nation’s capital “safe and beautiful.”(Alex Brandon/AP Photo)
TRUMP SAYS IT ‘IS TOO LATE’ TO STOP THE WHITE HOUSE BALLROOM CONSTRUCTION AMID LAWSUIT
President Trump has been on a mission to fulfill last year’s executive order titled, “Making the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful.”
“I will take care of our cherished Capital, and we will make it, truly, GREAT AGAIN! Before the tents, squalor, filth, and crime, it was the most beautiful Capital in the world. It will soon be that again,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post in August.
The released designs show a golden, winged Lady Liberty-style figure atop the arch flanked by two bald eagles crowning the monument. Underneath the sculptures across the top of the arch, “One Nation Under God” is written in gold. The back of the arch has a matching emblem, saying “Liberty and Justice for All.”
The arch is proposed to sit near the Lincoln Memorial at a roundabout between Memorial Bridge and Memorial Avenue near the Arlington Cemetery Metro Stop.
“It will enhance the visitor experience at Arlington National Cemetery for veterans, the families of the fallen, and all Americans alike, serving as a visual reminder of the noble sacrifices borne by so many American heroes throughout our 250 year history so we can enjoy our freedoms today,” Ingle continued in his comment to Fox News Digital.
Workers affix signage adding President Donald Trump’s name on the facade of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.(Al Drago/Getty Images)
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The legal threats and fiery rhetoric aimed at the proposed arch echo a broader wave of Democratic backlash to recent Trump-linked cultural and construction moves.
In December, Democrats erupted in outrage over the renaming of the Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts.
Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, along with other plaintiffs, filed a lawsuit to reverse the rebranding of “The Trump-Kennedy Center” and prevent the planned two-year closure.
The $400 million White House ballroom is navigating a legal battle after the National Trust for Historic Preservation sued in December claiming Trump exceeded his authority when he demolished the dated East Wing.
An appeals court ruled on Saturday that the renovation can continue until Friday, giving the president time to seek a Supreme Court review.
Ashley J. DiMella is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.
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