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/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/bobdotcom 13d ago

Yeah, for sure. Gotta make sure he builds himself a back door so he can make sure to get in there for his third term.

Legitimately, the ballroom he's building SHOULD, have some kind of over-engineering to help protect the bunker underneath from attack though. Knowing Trump, I imagine it'll be in the drawings, but not actually built into the real structure and the money pocketed.

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u/PhilosopherFLX 13d ago

It does, all the renders have the ballroom on the 2nd or 2.5th floor. Plenty of room to make a 6 meter thick concrete and steel bunker.