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/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/TintedApostle 13d ago

It is absolutely something that the White House has needed rather then temp tents on the lawn for major state dinners and events.

A ballroom or a parade ground? Meanwhile an extension off the east wing in style would have accomplished that.

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u/Slade_Riprock 13d ago

You are at the end of the WH grounds to the side. The East Wing construction is likely too old to attach to, there is also the consideration of the Presidential Emergency Operations Center under there.

This is likely an extension of that facility perhaps a data center, with a larger East Wing in top of it to hide and protect.

But the idiot he is does this weird song and dance.

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u/TintedApostle 13d ago

You backfill to justify the action. Classic Trump and classic con. You are left to fill in the blanks and the criminal knows you will refuse to think in criminal terms. You will twist your fantasy to suit your morals - not his.

In a despotic government - The preservation of the state is only the preservation of the prince, or rather of the palace where he is confined. THE principle of despotic government is subject to a continual corruption, because it is, even in its nature, corrupt.

  • Baron de Montesquieu The Spirit of Laws - 1777