India, Feb. 2 -- United States President Donald Trump on Sunday said that he would like the triumphal arch in Washington DC to be the biggest one of all as he referred the country as the biggest and most powerful nation.

"For 200 years, they wanted to build an arch," Donald Trump said as he spoke to reporters aboard Air Force One on February 1.

Adding that nearly 57 cities around the world have triumphal arches, the President noted that Washington DC, which he called the 'only major city', did not have one.

Donald Trump had earlier hinted at plans for the new and permanent monument as a part of the administration's commemoration of the nation's 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026, Bloomberg reported.

Earlier this January, when asked abo...