President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday promoting the importance of “beautiful” federal buildings ― specifically, ones featuring classical instead of modern architecture. “President George Washington and Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson consciously modeled the most important buildings in Washington, D.C., on the classical architecture of ancient Athens and Rome,” the order states. “In Washington, D.C., Federal architecture has become a discordant mixture of classical and modernist designs,” the order reads. https://t.co/ORCXxWFJhx — Trinity (@TrinityResists) December 22, 2020Trump’s executive order banning modern designs for all federal buildings is not about his love of french neoclassicism is much as it’s a parting gift to his friends in the concrete industry if you know what mean. @realDonaldTrump — NoelCaslerComedy (@CaslerNoel) December 21, 2020Trump's executive order on architecture is very funny because his and a lot of reactionaries' ideas of "beautiful architecture" is Caesar's Palace and the Cheesecake Factory — findom earle (@coherentstates) December 21, 2020Really?

Source: Huffington Post December 23, 2020 00:22 UTC