From WSJopinion: George Washington and Thomas Jefferson would surely applaud President Trump’s proposed executive order to build new federal buildings in the classical style, writes MyronMagnet
Wonder Land: With Donald Trump’s acquittal in the Senate, the Star Wars-esque trilogy of Democratic attacks against his presidency has ended.
But could a sequel trilogy be in the offing? Image: Reuters/Carlos Barria‘Making Federal Buildings Beautiful Again,” a new executive order planned by the Trump administration, would thrill lifelong amateur architects George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. These Founders—who designed Mount Vernon, Monticello and the Virginia State Capitol—wanted the new nation’s public buildings to embody its ideals of self-governance, rooted in Greek democracy and Roman republicanism.
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