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Benjamin Jasnow

Benjamin Jasnow is an assistant professor of classics and humanities at William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri.

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President Donald Trump holds up a model of his proposed triumph arch at the White House on Oct. 15, 2025. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump’s triumphal arch is a monument fit for an emperor

Benjamin Jasnow