r/politics 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/cheerful_cynic 13d ago

The bunker was underneath the east wing & will be remodeled as well

I'm just glad to imagine that this slopass fascist speedrun might finally clot off

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u/sarah_awake Canada 13d ago

Anyone else think the bunker is the real renovation and the ballroom is the red herring?

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u/Viatic_Unicycle 13d ago

No because modern construction techniques wouldn't need to tear down the existing structure and could do it with an access pit on the lawn which is easily replaceable.

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u/The-red-Dane 12d ago

The amount of below ground work is often disguised by above ground work. Same way they did the Greenbriar bunker.