'Stalin would be proud': Trump's new plans for massive DC arch met with anger

President Donald Trump unveiled his team's new plan for a 250-foot triumphal arch in Washington, D.C., to be constructed in honor of America's 250th anniversary later this year, on Friday.

Many people on social media, however, reacted to the arch with anger.

Some accused Trump of making the project more a monument to himself than to the country, comparing him to foreign dictators. Anger has swelled over many of Trump's other controversial projects in D.C., including transforming the Kennedy Center and replacing the White House East Wing with a massive, gaudy ballroom.

Others pointed out that building this monument at a moment when America is in geopolitical and economic distress doesn't send a great message, while still others accused the arch of desecrating the hallowed ground of nearby Arlington Cemetery.

"While Americans worry about skyrocketing costs and another endless war, President Trump is focused on a taxpayer-funded vanity project that would choke traffic, block our skyline, and tower over sacred ground where those who served our nation are buried, including my own parents and sister," wrote Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA). "This isn’t about America’s 250th or honoring our veterans. It’s about Donald Trump’s ego — and we're going to stop it."

"Hey but don’t worry about your rising grocery prices," wrote former MS NOW host and Zeteo News chief Mehdi Hasan.

"What a megalomaniac Trump truly is," wrote tennis icon Martina Navratilova.

"Stalin would be proud," wrote political commentator Norm Ornstein.