“That’s What Happens in Dictatorships!” - Former Interior Secretary Issues Dire Warning About Trump Vanity Projects

"Public interest and advocacy for nationally significant cultural landscapes is making headlines daily from the Reflecting Pool to the Arch and more, but the current supine Congress and gutless National Park Service leadership are complicit in the administration’s assault on our shared heritage. Current polling indicates the public longs for a return to a co-equal branch of government that’s actually co-equal and not complacent,” said Charles A. Birnbaum, president of The Cultural Landscape Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based education and advocacy organization.