President Donald Trump wants a massive arch in Washington, D.C., and it now looks like he might get it: Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Thursday said excavation work would begin within the next two weeks.

But critics say he’s wasting time and money on the vanity project ― and it comes as the nation faces both an affordability crisis and an unpopular war that’s dragged on for more than six months with no end in sight.

Burgum wrote on X that the massive arch will be built at Memorial Circle on Columbia Island between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery.

He called the site “a barren traffic circle” but ― using very Trumpian language ― said the arch would be “one of the Great Pieces of American Architecture” and that, when compared to other arches, this would be “the most spectacular and beautiful arch of them all!”

Trump has spent much of his time in the Oval Office obsessing over decor and architecture.

“If you looked at a chart of his mind share — this I will say about getting into his mind: Seventy percent of it would be on his renovations,” New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman told “The Ezra Klein Show” earlier this summer.

He’s added gold embellishments all over the White House, paved over the Rose Garden to turn it into a “club” resembling the patio at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, and knocked down the East Wing to make way for a massive ballroom.

Trump has attempted to rebrand the Kennedy Center with his own name as part of a makeover, which is currently facing legal challenges, and ordered the botched renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool earlier this year.

Most of his critics didn’t love any of those projects.

And they certainly don’t love this latest one:

While hardworking Americans are struggling to pay for food, housing, and healthcare and American service members are putting their lives on the line—this guy is over here building an arch to himself in front of Arlington National Cemetery. Disgraceful. https://t.co/tko9nvypIV

I hate this administration so much, my skin is crawling looking at this. https://t.co/RTIoIODJgc

Building yet another golden eyesore, this time right by the DCA landing approach, in one of the most complex airspaces in the entire country.Trump puts his vanity projects over your safety. https://t.co/WvllBVMSOt

Trump and Burgum are disregarding risks and rushing this towering monument to Trump’s vanity because they believe Republicans will get crushed in November.They believe, correctly, that the project will be endangered by a new Democratic majority that actually stands up to them. https://t.co/hQSVPeUhYc

Can anyone stop this monstrosity???? https://t.co/OaenAh14fW

A monument to a draft dodger on the outskirts of Arlington Cemetery. https://t.co/vYzJY5tPjw

Vulgar, and yet unrestrained by taste. https://t.co/Vk0yjgFwrK

This looks like a McDonald's Happy Meal version of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. https://t.co/yWfblM4k7g

No one wants this. No one needs this. https://t.co/78TtCJdGXP

Nobody asked for this shit….all we want is affordable healthcare, groceries, gas and rent https://t.co/jR4ePzylYU

Americans: we want lower inflation and an end to wars of choice.The Trump administration: https://t.co/sVhP7PhYil

We will nationally televise knocking this down. Along with the ballroom. And tearing his name off of everything. https://t.co/VZMkif5jLM

Millions can't afford food and gas while these rich fucks use our money to build vanity projects for their small hands god king. https://t.co/lCe4nr4FMX

What the fuck are we doing here?!Americans wanted healthcare and lower prices, not Trump’s ugly and expensive vanity projects. https://t.co/2CJHyUupI3

This had better draw sit-ins.  Desecrating the entry way to Arlington National Cemetery with a monument to a draft dodger insurrectionist would be one of the most abominable things the federal government has ever done. https://t.co/IxKUTizBmB

The next Democratic President must demolish this monstrosity on day one https://t.co/JVGwDGD14o

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