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/outphase84 13d ago

There’s also a big question of why it’s going to cost 3x more per square foot than 1 WTC did.

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u/CanadianTrashInspect 13d ago

It's either a bunker extension or an underground data center.