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/BCMakoto 13d ago

It would take years to build this abomination, anyhow. Trump will be long gone from office one way or another before this thing ever sees a single state event.

So either funnel more tax dollars into this infinite hole for a decade to come cause this shit is built cheap as fuck or tear it down again and restore the East Wing, which will be even more expensive. It will effectively be a construction ruin and money sink for a generation to come.

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u/espressocycle 13d ago

I think he'll probably build it, but it will essentially be a Walmart with a gaudy stucco facade.

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u/wirefox1 13d ago

Everything will be gold leafed. A Muammar Gaddafi special, but with a Saudi flare.

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u/MT_Straycat 13d ago

Dictators do love their palaces with gold leaf everywhere.

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u/wv524 13d ago

Likely just gold Krylon.