Macron scoffs at Trump arch rivalry: ‘Monuments are bigger than ourselves’

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French President Emmanuel Macron brushed off the idea that President Donald Trump’s planned triumphal arch will rival the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.

In an interview with ABC News’s David Muir, Macron was asked about Trump’s planned arch for Washington, D.C., which Trump has claimed will blow the Paris monument away “in every way.”

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