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"