The builder in chief: Trump’s neoclassical architectural campaign
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TL;DR
- Great leaders have historically understood architecture's role in civic life.
- Augustus transformed Rome from brick to marble.
- Louis XIV expanded a hunting lodge into the palace of Versailles.
- Napoleon commissioned the Arc de Triomphe to symbolize French glory.
- Thomas Jefferson advocated for classical models in federal city planning.
- Herod's expansion of the Temple in Jerusalem was highly praised for its beauty.