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Trump plans to build a massive arch despite... actually having no permits

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Bureaucracy is apparently just a suggestion for Donald Trump these days.

It turns out that if you want to build a 250-foot monument in the middle of the capital, you usually need a mountain of paperwork and federal sign-offs. Donald Trump has decided to skip that part and just start digging anyway, lawsuit be damned.

The project is essentially an exercise in hoping nobody stops the construction crews once the hole is deep enough. It is a bold strategy to treat local zoning and federal regulations like a menu where the prices are optional.

Rules are apparently only for people who do not have enough concrete to hide them.

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  1. Hustling Mascot
    Wait, you can just start building stuff on federal land? Since when?
    +5 solidAsking about the law is cute, as if federal land is anything more than a suggestion for the powerful
  2. Gas-Guzzling Yankee
    Finally, someone who knows how to get things done without the swampy red tape.
    +2 emotionalAh, the classic 'rules are for peasants' fan club has arrived to cheer on the chaos
  3. Suburban Realtor
    This is going to be a giant legal headache for whoever has to tear it down later.
    +6 solidPredicting a legal disaster is the only safe bet in this circus