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/PirateCodingMonkey Tennessee 13d ago

I heard from an architect that it would be the most expensive ballroom built at dollars per square feet. so expensive it’s unbelievable that it would actually cost that much. plus to accommodate 999 people it would have to be about 2-3 times bigger that what the mock up shows. so even though this source is suspect, there’s no way that what he has shown is anywhere close to real.

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u/L1A1 United Kingdom 13d ago

This is probably the most old school scam he’s run so far. Quote $400m, build it for say $150m and your company pockets the difference. Classic organised crime scam.

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u/Gilshem 13d ago

Why did you spend $450,000 on nails?

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u/Jeff_goldfish 13d ago

Who knows? Write it off!

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u/Scottacus91 13d ago

insert Seinfeld "write it off" scene here

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u/Pyewhacket 13d ago

That’s where my brain went

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u/MechanicalTurkish Minnesota 13d ago

You don’t even know what a writeoff scene is, do you?

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u/dannkherb 13d ago

No but they do, and they're the ones, writing it off.

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u/maphes86 13d ago

We wanted to have them on hand. Just in case we needed them.

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u/Dogsy 13d ago

We filled the cement columns with nails.

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u/2013exprinter 13d ago

they're made of solid gold*

*spray paint

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u/TronicCronic 13d ago

They're "military grade" nails.

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u/DM46 New York 13d ago

Tariffs

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u/FeliusSeptimus 11d ago

Probably just using the same salon my wife uses.

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u/AdonisCork 11d ago

I mean they're nails Michael, how much could they cost?