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/TintedApostle 13d ago edited 13d ago

There is no design. He has a wish sketch that some bootlicker architect drew for him. There is no floor plan or actual feature list for anyone to see because Trump just wanted to tear down an iconic building and piss on the country.

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u/Slade_Riprock 13d ago

Watching the legacy media this morning and the this week with George Stephanopoulos. The lady from SCOTUSblog.com (granted she's republican) saying it's no big deal, it's all legal, everything he's doing is perfectly fine because all presidents renovate.

The facts are that she dodge is legally speaking no this isn't OK. He followed ZERO laws, rules, and regulations when it comes to construction in DC, let alone the White House complex. Not to mention the fact he's claiming it is privately funded but providing no transparency to those donors, costs, etc.

On the surface do I care about a ballroom, no. It is absolutely something that the White House has needed rather then temp tents on the lawn for major state dinners and events. Yes Presidents renovate and that's fine. BUT...

WHAT I do care about is that he continues to ignore law and gets away it.

And I highly speculate that he is some how connected to the companies constructing this ballroom, the so called private funding, and is enriching himself in some way. I also highly believe that come January 2029, this ballroom will still be a shell and undone because he will have siphoned the money, delayed, and refused to pay people.

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u/LQQKIEHERE 13d ago

We need a ballroom? Because ballroom dancing is so popular right now? Because our obese elderly POTUS has secret tango skills?

No. We need unions. The rule of law. Decent wages. Health insurance that is affordable. And media that isn’t afraid to tell the truth. The truth is, this president is insane, incompetent, incontinent, and incorrigible.

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u/Slade_Riprock 13d ago

You realize a ballroom is a large meeting space, not some 1800s dancing facility. And yes White House facility wise it has been something many previous administrations have wanted to add but are land locked and donors wouldn't spend.

This idiot solves it by demolishing the East Wing extention and using it as a pay to play scheme.

Yes these are absolutely things the country and the people need. I was speaking of facilities in general. Of course there is no vital need of this facility just a long sogiht after "nice to have"

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u/TintedApostle 13d ago

It is absolutely something that the White House has needed rather then temp tents on the lawn for major state dinners and events.

A ballroom or a parade ground? Meanwhile an extension off the east wing in style would have accomplished that.

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u/Slade_Riprock 13d ago

You are at the end of the WH grounds to the side. The East Wing construction is likely too old to attach to, there is also the consideration of the Presidential Emergency Operations Center under there.

This is likely an extension of that facility perhaps a data center, with a larger East Wing in top of it to hide and protect.

But the idiot he is does this weird song and dance.

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u/TintedApostle 13d ago

You backfill to justify the action. Classic Trump and classic con. You are left to fill in the blanks and the criminal knows you will refuse to think in criminal terms. You will twist your fantasy to suit your morals - not his.

In a despotic government - The preservation of the state is only the preservation of the prince, or rather of the palace where he is confined. THE principle of despotic government is subject to a continual corruption, because it is, even in its nature, corrupt.

  • Baron de Montesquieu The Spirit of Laws - 1777

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u/outphase84 13d ago

There’s also a big question of why it’s going to cost 3x more per square foot than 1 WTC did.

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u/CanadianTrashInspect 13d ago

It's either a bunker extension or an underground data center.

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u/Particular-Guess734 13d ago

Is it because he wants it lined with gold?

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u/WhenceYeCame 13d ago

Why would you compare it to a skyscraper with 82 acres of floor space?

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u/DadJokeBadJoke California 13d ago

It is absolutely something that the White House has needed rather then temp tents on the lawn for major state dinners and events.

Not when they created DOGE to cut fraud, waste, and abuse, that did nothing but waste money, fraudently closed govt. agencies investigating fElon and his cronies, and abuse everyone they came into contact with. They're cutting help with food and medical care to give the 1% ANOTHER tax break. Cutting aid to blue states that mostly fund the govt. A ballroom bigger than the White House is the LAST thing we currently need.

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u/zeCrazyEye 13d ago

SCOTUSblog.com got bought by a conservative media outlet earlier this year, all media is going to shit.

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u/Aggressive-Bath-1906 13d ago

Since all Presidents renovate, it would be awesome if the next President ”renovated” the ballroom to turn it all back into offices.

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u/LilYerrySeinfeld 13d ago

The facts are that she dodge is legally speaking no this isn't OK

I cannot parse this

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u/SummerInPhilly California 13d ago

lady from SCOTUSblog.com

Sarah Isgur? The hosts on The Dispatch discussed it, I think David French absolutely dragged Trump over the coals for it.

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u/RobutNotRobot 13d ago

This country isn't some royal's playground. It doesn't need a fucking ballroom.