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... His divided attention has become a Democratic point of attack and a concern for some Republicans who worry he's not spending enough time on issues that voters care most about ahead of November's midterm races.

The contrast was on full display Thursday, when, as Trump flew to Las Vegas to discuss tax cuts for Americans earning tips, his administration was pushing ahead with another of his splashy projects: Plans to build a 250-foot Triumphal Arch near the Lincoln Memorial replete with a Lady Liberty-like statue and a pair of golden eagles. ...

Still, Trump's preoccupation with some of the gilded trappings of the presidency, as more Americans worry about bills, has drawn accusations that he's a modern-day Marie Antoinette.

"Fighting wars' and surging gas prices, yet Trump has time to brag about his billionaire backed ballroom," Sen. Andy Kim, a New Jersey Democrat, responded on X to Trump's Air Force One presentation.

Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a potential 2028 presidential hopeful, has been more direct in comparing Trump to the last queen before the French Revolution, who has come to embody extravagant opulence -- even posting an AI-generated image of Trump's face on her body on social media.

"TRUMP MARIE ANTOINETTE' SAYS, NO HEALTH CARE FOR YOU PEASANTS, BUT A BALLROOM FOR THE QUEEN!'" Newsom wrote in October 2025, at the start of last fall's 43-day government shutdown. ...