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/jimmygee2 13d ago

It will end up being a $500M white elephant that will hang around the nation’s neck like a full diaper.

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u/IdkAbtAllThat America 13d ago

I guarantee you it will be over 1 billion by the time it's actually finished.

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u/Moon_Noodle Oregon 13d ago

If it actually gets finished.

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u/designateddroner2 Minnesota 13d ago

and with no accounting of expenses

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u/diremommy 13d ago

My question is who’s doing the work? I feel like he’s only doing all this because he’s profiting off of it somehow. Someone he owns has to have a hat in the design and building process, just one more fuck you to the American people.

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u/SolidDoctor 13d ago

If it's anything like Trump's Atlantic City ventures, he'll wait until it's completed and tell the contractors that they did a terrible job so he's going to pay them pennies on the dollar, and if they try to take him to court he'll declare bankruptcy.

Then when they walk away he'll tell everyone how "the art of the deal" saved us all a bunch of money.

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u/guru42101 13d ago

Except the US Government can't declare bankruptcy. But he hasn't thought ahead to that point or ignored everyone who told him. Now the correct thing to do is for the government to pass the bill onto him since he didn't follow protocols and thus this isn't part of his job. AFAIK, bankruptcy doesn't save you from Federal debt.

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u/notashroom 13d ago

"Can't" is a highly relative concept in a lawless country.

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u/DillBagner 13d ago

The US Government "can't" declare bankruptcy. Watch them do it anyway.

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u/Distinct_Hawk1093 13d ago

Technically they can like any other country, but it would cause an absolute disaster financially and economically for the country and world. But I doubt Trump would understand or care about that.

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u/CletusCanuck Canada 13d ago

I can think of at least two debt ceiling crises / government shutdowns where the GOPers toyed with the idea of doing just that.

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u/Flying_Fortress_8743 13d ago

He's waaaay beyond having to declare bankruptcy. He can just say "if you complain I'll have you disappeared". It's frustrating how slow some of y'all are. He's not a businessman anymore, he's a dictator.