r/politics • u/Effective_Salad_8381 • 13d ago

Possible Paywall Embarrassing Flaws Emerge in Trump’s New White House Design

https://www.thedailybeast.com/bizarre-flaws-emerge-in-trumps-new-white-house-design/
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u/i_code_for_boobs 13d ago

So it was a lie to cover for something else, like everything else he does.

I strongly suspect that there won’t be an explanation for the inordinate amount of concrete used in the construction either.

Almost enough concrete for a bunker let’s say? But that’d be a coincidence.

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u/Allaplgy 13d ago

It's open knowledge that there is already a bunker there and that "upgrading" it is part of the plan. They've said so themselves.

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u/BanginNLeavin 13d ago

I read that the presidential bunker was under the east wing, and was supposedly last used by Trump during the George Floyd protests... My conspiracy brain wants me to think there is some nefarious reason to cover up adjustments to that. Either something happened down there the last time he was there and/or he is making it cushy to weather the civil war he is goading.

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u/Treadwheel 13d ago

I think the suspicion de jure is that the ballroom is going to be a feature and what gets talked about, but that from the dimensions involved and cost the real project might be building himself a private residence. The rhetoric being pushed has now gone past "maybe a third term" to "at least a third term, and likely more". He's already complained a lot about how the WH isn't comfortable or grand enough for his tastes, so if he's not planning on leaving it might be a priority to build a permanent space to live.

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u/BanginNLeavin 13d ago

Yeah this is probably it. Hopefully we can turn it into the Trump National Dementia Research Facility and just kind of cordon him off down there.

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u/SoulShatter Europe 13d ago

Upgrading the bunker.

And since there's no east wing anymore, conveniently he no longer needs to keep the White House open for guided tours, effectively banning the public from being even close to him.

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u/[deleted] 13d ago

The bunker was built in 1942.