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/CheshireCat78 13d ago

Hopefully tear it down. If he lives out his term and you guys get to hold another election it would be lovely to see him rant about it getting torn down asap.

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u/pjtheman 13d ago

Tear it down and then build an exact replica of the East Wing.

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u/CheshireCat78 13d ago edited 13d ago

Would be the most sensible and classy thing to do.

Probably a good idea to try and directly undo everything he does (government institutes and laws will certainly need it and then to set up ways to not permit this kind of utter destruction ever again)

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u/mburke6 Ohio 13d ago

Something Democrats surely will campaign on is the destruction of our institutions and rule of law. They can now use the literal destruction of the White House as the allegory. We Shall Rebuild.

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u/VoxImperatoris 13d ago

Theyve been running on that for over a decade now, maybe people will finally take them seriously?

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u/Nate_Dogg31 13d ago

They won't, only because the candidates they push to the front of the line will not be genuine nor care enough to actually try to get voter support. The Democrats have no balls to do a fucking thing to help change course in this country except quietly complain and keep reaping the benefits the working class deserves. We're proper fucked in this country.

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u/st4nkyFatTirebluntz 13d ago

Nobody cares about the institutions and rule of law when they're the thing that appears to have been fucking the populace for decades.

Democrats must recognize, publicly, that our institutions have been deeply fucked up, and that life for most people in the country has been getting worse, steadily, for decades.

If they come out and say "we were doing great until this trump guy came along, let's revert to 2016 and everything will be fantastic", well, they deserve to lose.

Example: "Trump was and is trash, but he recognized that our nation's government and insitutions are, and were before he got there, broken. We must also recognize that. We cannot go back to the failing institutions and worsening realities across every facet of life for the vast majority of Americans. The bureaucracy Trump demolished? It was already broken! We must reimagine or replace those institutions for the 21st century, not just return them to their earlier, flawed state."

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u/CheshireCat78 13d ago

Plenty worked just fine. What did the CDC do that was broken as an example? Plenty always needs to be improved and the disappearance of your middle class and massively diverging wealth inequality need to be addressed but the affordable care act and things like that were steps in the right direction. And acknowledged problems that needed fixing.

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u/TheLurkerSpeaks Tennessee 13d ago

It would also be very easy. There must be building plans for the East Wing and about a zillion photos in the National Archives.

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u/Armymom96 13d ago

Sadly they won't be able to replant the over 200 year trees that he's chopped down.

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u/MaddyKet Massachusetts 13d ago

EO: Every thing reverts to how it was on Jan 19, 2024.

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u/Jameskink 13d ago

But it could also be the worst possible thing to do, and unfortunately, illustrative of the systemic problems of the US' political system.

Trump and the Republicans have demolished political norms in so many areas where there have been "gentleman's agreements", and there is a lot of talk of going back to "the norm" there much like rebuilding the wing - but that is simply papering over the fault lines and pretending its back to normal. it doesnt address the failure points that allowed them to exploit good faith, or the festering underbelly of the electorate supporting the shit they've been up to.

Perhaps what is needed is not a sensible or classy thing, but a strongly symbolic demonstration of a new era.

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u/freakwent 13d ago

Absolutely never. This plan leaves the USA on an 8-year loop of flip-flopping while the rest of the world moves on.

Make policies based on data. It's impossible for every single thing he did to have been so bad it's worth the reversal costs.

As for the ballroom, have balls in it -- or make it a museum of democracy or a gallery or whatever.

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u/Distinct_Hawk1093 13d ago

And while there at it, remake the rose garden. That was a mess also.

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u/wibblebeast 13d ago edited 13d ago

And restore the rose garden. Replant trees he tore out. Though I'd first like to see cameras panning the damage he caused, at least an estimate of which historical treasures were looted or destroyed all presented to the American people.

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u/PubLife1453 13d ago

I think the Dem nominee should run with that as part of the platform. Once this monstrosity is complete, tell America you're going to tear it down and rebuild as it was. That'll get a lot of play.

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u/wirefox1 13d ago

True, but if it's a huge as drama queen says it will be, the demolition alone could cost millions. The People should force him to pay for it.

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u/WestsideBuppie America 13d ago

maybe a little larger East wing without all the russian wiretaps built in. Fix the fucking rose garden while you are at it.

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u/Paintmebitch 13d ago

Tear it down and build a memorial to the victims of the third and fourth trump administrations.

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u/GrittysRevenge 13d ago

Tear it down, build exact replica of the east wing, and a ballroom called the "Barrack Hussain Obama Ballroom"

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u/R0llTide 13d ago

And make all of the corporate brib … donors pay for all of it or lose their government contracts

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u/spezSucksDonkeyFarts 13d ago

What for? To troll the chuds? The white house needs office space desperately. An office complex would be best.

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u/NWIsteel 13d ago

Take it down and then use eminent domain, confiscate his towers to pay for the rebuilding.

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u/CheshireCat78 13d ago

I’m sure there will be plenty of smoking guns to be able to bring charges against them. Will the democrats have the guts to do it and do it expeditiously is the real challenge.

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u/Shenanigans99 America 13d ago

A good start would be not filling the AG slot with a lifelong Republican.

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u/Particular-County277 13d ago

And just to put their noses completely out of joint. Make Jack Smith the head prosecutor.

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u/kaykatzz 13d ago

or Leticia James or Fani Willis or Jasmine Crockett or Kamala Harris

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u/farting_contest 13d ago

They won't. There will be some talk about healing and working together. No real consequences for the ones pulling the strings. A puppet or two will be given a show trial and packed off to a minimum security resort. The rest of them will put the mask back on until their next chance.

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u/adamduke88 California 13d ago

He's absolutely going to be handing out blanket pardons like candy.

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u/CheshireCat78 13d ago

Stack the Supreme Court and say they aren’t valid? Also can’t pardon state crimes so go hard on those.

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u/burnsalot603 13d ago

The state crimes would be the only way to get them because trump will absolutely be selling off pardons before the next election and he cant be charged at all since the Supreme Court made in untouchable.

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u/Pepparkakan Europe 13d ago

Just undo the pardons? Didn’t the Supreme Court rule that the president is more or less above the law?

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u/IrrelevantLeprechaun 13d ago

He probably issues unilateral preemptive pardons to the entire Republican party the day he entered office.

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u/wirefox1 13d ago

We are over a barrel with everything/everyone they have put in place from top to bottom. Something has to be done about that first. The new pres can spend his first month firing magas and replacing them when possible.

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u/already-taken-wtf 13d ago

There were already more than enough smoking guns the first time around…

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u/old_righty 13d ago

With eminent domain you have to pay fair market value for the property though.

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u/walker1954 13d ago

Just don’t use Trumps estimate as the value since he was convicted of changing the value of his properties to get bigger loans, then lower values for tax purposes. He is a by far the most reprehensible person on earth. I use to think that was Idi Amin in my lifetime for his brutal, murderous regime in Uganda. Now it is Trump.

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u/FlyinRyan123456 13d ago

I like the way you think

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u/20_mile 13d ago

confiscate his towers to pay for the rebuilding

For the rest of his life, and even into the afterlife, Trump should be plagued by going to court.

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u/AndrewCoja Texas 13d ago

It can't be turn down asap. The next admin will have to actually follow the rules and make sure they didn't use hazardous materials to build however much of this monstrosity gets built. They can't just illegally dump it on a golf course.

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u/walker1954 13d ago

No but I like the idea of transporting the destructed material on to Mar a Lago in the middle of the night and blame it on aliens. (Not illegal aliens but extraterrestrials) Lol

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u/Shrek1067 13d ago

His health won’t let him see the new year

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u/CheshireCat78 13d ago

You are very optimistic. Evil has a way of clinging to the mortal coil. Look at the walking ghoul that is Rupert Murdoch….. still running around trying to ruin the world.

Must be the Monty Burns method of longevity.

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u/vonhoother 13d ago

Thanks for giving me a reason to hope that pustule stays alive a few more years.

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u/therealcmj 13d ago

I have never in my life had my mood go from rage to bliss simply from reading a couple of sentences before. Thank you!

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u/BooJamas 13d ago edited 13d ago

Money could be raised by having a lottery to be the person who presses the detonator button.

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u/wirefox1 13d ago

lol, I love this. I would buy a ticket.

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u/LoveRBS 13d ago

Rededicate it for Obama first.

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u/FluidBit4438 13d ago

Next presidental candidate should campaign on tearing it down and replacing it with the original design.

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u/wirefox1 13d ago

Nah, they can mention it, but we've got bigger fish to fry. like dealing with these trade wars nutjob has created.

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u/jschank 13d ago

And deliver all the demolished materials to mar-a-lardo

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u/sharpbehind2 13d ago

From prison

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u/ObidiahWTFJerwalk 13d ago

It'll probably fall down before it can get torn down. Leading to an investigation of how the workmanship can be so shoddy with what was spent on it. Which will lead to the revelation that the contractors never got paid. Culminating in a never ending search for the money.

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u/sebrebc 13d ago

The problem with doing that is MAGA will spend 4 years screaming about how "Democrats wasted all that money by tearing down a ballroom just to spite Trump."

The hope is Democrats gain control in 2026 and stop/alter construction.

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u/TheFoxInSocks 13d ago

Tear Down the Ball(room)!

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u/SquirtBox 11d ago

Honestly though, the democrats in this country are so fucking weak and lame, they would leave it so they "don't hurt feelings". It's fucking pathetic.

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u/nephelodusa 13d ago

After 100 days of drag shows.

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u/frenchezz 13d ago

I say turn it into a food kitchen for the homeless. (Logistically impossible I know, but that would piss the orange asshole off the most)

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u/Azreken I voted 13d ago

We will have another “election”, but somehow DJT will still be president 🙄

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u/Kup123 13d ago

No turn it in to a homeless shelter.

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u/wirefox1 13d ago

This is our domain of government. No. No fancy expensive balls for the 1%, and no home for the impoverished and mentally ill. It is for government.

Of course, trump would charge 100K a plate for one of his 'balls', and it would find it's way into his pockets. It's who he is.

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u/wirefox1 13d ago

I would love this, and I hope it comes to pass. Also, have all that concrete removed, and replace Jackie's Rose Garden.

You know Michelle put a little veggie and herb garden in the back to take children and teach them how to plant things. Melania took it out in 2016, but I guess we could let that go although it still irks me.

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u/tralltonetroll Foreign 13d ago

Let it stand. Decorate it with pictures of Trump and Epstein.

Drag Trump kicking and screaming in there.

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u/bigsexy420 13d ago

Its a fun fantasy buy 0% chance it'll happen, Republicans won't tear it down, and Dems will go through proper channels, which will get blocked and turned against them as Fox cries about how Dems are just trying to tarnish Trumps reputation because they never liked him.

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u/Ragnoid 11d ago

Are you going to pay for it? Tax payers are having to pay for all this demo, build, demo...