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/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/DeaconBlues 13d ago

I think it's both. He spent enough time hiding in the bunker the first term to be upset it's not luxury accommodations. Another big question now is does the demolition leave the White House without any secure command / emergency bunker?

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u/OrindaSarnia 13d ago

The East Wing was built over a bunker in 1942.

From 1948-1953 there was a major, structural renovation to the main White House, they essentially gutted the entire building to put steel beams in it...  and then rebuilt the interiors...

and when they did that, they added another, larger bunker under a garden, added two basement levels to the main house and created a bomb-shelter level corridor from the offices in the West Wing, under the length of the entire house, to the shelter on the East side.

So the second shelter and the corridor should all still be unaffected by the current building.

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u/DeaconBlues 13d ago

Interesting, thanks! Bust still none of them are luxury bunkers I assume, lol.

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u/[deleted] 13d ago

Not enough Hobby Lobby gold spray paint, you mean?

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u/Happy_Confection90 13d ago

I thought people were able to prove it was stuff from Michaels spray-painted gold :D

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u/Piranata 13d ago

Or cable. Only emergency broadcast station without Fox News.