TheguardianSep 1, 2026 ~1 min source read

What should we do with Trump’s monstrous architectural legacy? | Jan-Werner Müller

Questions over Trump's ballroom and other structures might not feel urgent. The solicitor general, John Sauer, is on record claiming that 65% of the project is completed (of course, he might have exaggerated – such things are known to have happened in Trump administrations).

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Questions over Trump's ballroom and other structures might not feel urgent.

The solicitor general, John Sauer, is on record claiming that 65% of the project is completed (of course, he might have exaggerated – such things are known to have happened in Trump administrations).

All of which raises the question: what to do with a monstrous architectural legacy in post-Trump America?

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When his reign ends, Trumpism must be repudiated On Monday, a majority on the supreme court found a technical way to overrule a lower court's imperative to stop work, while not taking a stance on whether...
The built environment, and especially the civic landscape of a capital, is never just an afterthought.
Buildings and monuments make values visible, as the philosopher Susan Neiman once put it.

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Some might dismiss the question as a bit of a luxury problem.

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