President Donald Trump unveiled plans Friday for the construction of a large arch in Washington, D.C. to commemorate the United States’ 250th anniversary, but on Saturday, the architect behind the project revealed that his recommendations went ignored by the White House, and went on to blast the project over its location and size.

“I don’t think an arch that large belongs there,” said Catesby Leigh, an art critic who pitched the idea of constructing an arch to mark the United States’ 250th anniversary to the White House last year, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.

Dubbed the “Independence Arch,” the White House plans for the structure to stand 250 feet tall and be built across the Potomac River from the Lincoln Memorial. Its size and location, however, has “alarmed some architectural experts,” the Post reported, as it may obstruct pedestrian views of the Arlington National Cemetery and the Lincoln Memorial.

“I would be very concerned about the scale,” said Calder Loth, a former senior architectural historian for the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, speaking with the Post. “It would make Arlington House just look like a dollhouse – or you couldn’t see it all, with the arch blocking the view.”

Leigh’s first pitch to the White House was for a temporary 60-foot-tall arch to commemorate the United States’ 250th anniversary, but Trump instead decided to go bigger, and to construct a permanent fixture. Speaking with the Post, Leigh said that if Trump insists on a permanent, 250-foot-tall arch, it should instead be constructed elsewhere.

“If you’re going to build an arch that big, you should build it in another part of town and one possible site that comes to mind is Barney Circle,” Leigh said. “There’s nothing around it competing with it.”

A Donald Trump snub suggests Kristi Noem might have finally pushed him too far.

An Atlantic columnist argued Saturday that the fact that the embattled secretary of the Department of Homeland Security was still in a job after disastrous events involving immigration operations in Minnesota was a testament to the president's respect for those who show his loyalty.

When high-profile government initiatives fail catastrophically — such as federal immigration agents killing two individuals during enforcement operations in Minnesota — Cabinet officials typically face removal, wrote Mark Leibovich. For much of the week following last Saturday's killing of Alex Pretti by ICE agents, speculation mounted that Noem would be dismissed from the Trump administration.

But Trump has publicly backed her vehemently, denying that she will be fired and repeating praise for the job she's done.

A snub on Thursday, however, suggested she may actually be performing a "slow walk down the Cabinet plank," Leibovich wrote.

Public approval of Trump's immigration policies has declined substantially and — as the visible face of aggressive Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations — Noem appeared vulnerable to becoming a sacrificial casualty. Trump's first term established a pattern of rapid Cabinet turnover, with departures including National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, Press Secretary Sean Spicer, Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, Chief Strategist Steve Bannon, and Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price.

However, Noem retained her position by week's end, though she remained publicly under scrutiny. This reflects a shift in Trump's management approach, surrounding himself with those fiercely loyal to him — and rewarding them for it.

However, Noem slipped, Leibovich wrote. "According to an account in Axios, Noem has said, 'Everything I’ve done, I’ve done at the direction of the president and Stephen [Miller]."

And that comment, translated by many as throwing Trump and his deputy chief of staff under the bus, appeared to turn the tide.

"On Thursday, Trump convened a Cabinet meeting that featured the cringey exercise of top officials taking turns slathering praise upon the boss," wrote Leibovich.

"This, at the very least, offered Noem the chance to show proof of life, as well as to grovel her way back into the president’s good graces. It also, in theory, allowed Trump the opportunity to toss some much-needed affirmation her way.

But it was not to be. Trump never called on Noem to speak. Like in Minnesota, it can get cold in Washington."

Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell “presented” an Epstein victim to President Donald Trump while at a party in New York City at an unknown date in an attempt to “effectively pimp her out,” according to a newly released document reported on by The Daily Beast.

The accusation comes from an FBI interview with a woman claiming to be a victim of Epstein, released Friday as part of the Justice Department’s publication of around 3.5 million pages of Epstein files. Although the DOJ is legally required to release the files with redactions limited to protecting victims, the interview transcript appears to contain redactions that go beyond that mandate, “prompting claims of another attempted cover-up,” the Beast reported.

In the interview, the woman – whose name has been redacted – recalls being brought to a party in New York by Maxwell, who today is serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking. At the party, Maxwell “presented” the victim to Trump, and was later invited to tour Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, led by Trump, Epstein and Maxwell.

While being given a tour of the resort, the victim recalled remarks by Maxwell that appeared to signal to Trump that she “was available.”

“Maxwell said things like, ‘Oh I think he likes you. Aren’t you lucky. This is great,’” the FBI report reads. “[Victim] was around 22 years old. [Victim] was given suggestions on things to wear. Maxwell said things like, “Oh, he’ll like that. He doesn’t like that.’ It was set up very much like how Maxwell introduced [victims] to Epstein.”