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Trump’s final arch blueprints quietly torpedo his ‘top grade’ sales pitch: report

President Donald Trump's biggest justification for his towering arch near Arlington National Cemetery is missing from the final blueprints, a new report says. Final plans posted by the National Capital Planning Commission make no reference to drones, snipers or ammunition storage that Trump promised would turn the 250-foot structure into a "top grade"…

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