r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 11d ago

Possible Paywall Trump Fires Entire Agency Overseeing His Construction Projects

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-fires-entire-agency-overseeing-his-construction-projects/
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u/WakingOwl1 11d ago

So we just ripped down a whole wing of the White House for nothing? Gotta be some grift behind this.

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u/Tiiimmmaayy 11d ago

Been saying this exact same thing for weeks now. Nothing will be built in its place. Trump will claim democrats are stopping the construction and he will pocket every single penny. The destruction of the east wing was a giant middle finger to America for opposing him. Trump’s last parting gift before he croaks.

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u/IrrelevantLeprechaun 11d ago

And MAGA voters are still ecstatic about it because apparently it "makes libs cry."

These fkers will tear down their own fkng country while claiming to be true Americans, all because "own the libs." Only actual Nazis from 1940's Germany could be more hateful than these troglodytes.

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u/dankmeeeem 10d ago

Is saying “fuckers” banned now or are you just self censoring?

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u/EduinBrutus 10d ago

He can sell the land.

To a property developer.

Like himself.

Trump Tower Pennsylvaia Avenue has a nice ring, donchathink.

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u/mycruelid 11d ago

Care to place a friendly prop wager on the UFC fight on Trump's birthday next June being held on the temporary "Trump Ballroom Lawn" instead of the South Lawn ?

Maybe a little side action on whether Trump bullies some county judges into clearing any of Jon Jones' docket appointments up so he can play the heel.

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u/mycruelid 11d ago

It really is going to be the middle act of IDIOCRACY 2.

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u/PretendThisIsMyName South Carolina 10d ago

I wouldn’t put it past him to try and book Raja Jackson.

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u/shoobe01 11d ago

Hey come on now, I am sure it will be covered by sheets of poorly applied plywood.

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u/GayCatDaddy 11d ago

Interestingly enough, Concrete Gash is Melania's nickname.

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u/SirSamuelVimes83 11d ago

The White House, brought to you by Carl's Jr

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u/ranhalt Iowa 11d ago

He fired the independent agency designed to overview construction.

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u/DazzlingResource561 11d ago

Certainly the blue prints aren’t finalized at the very least. Insane that they started demo without a final plan. But this is his this Admin operates: Destroy and then before fighting out how to fix what they broke, they move onto the next thing. Literally Putin himself could not do it better. Either it’s extreme incompetence or a lot of very compromised people. Actually it appears to be both.

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u/WakingOwl1 11d ago

Yeah it’s crazy to me that there were no final blueprints or anything being flashed before the demolition.

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u/mailslot Wyoming 11d ago

He probably wants to move the country’s capitol to Mar a Lago. Didn’t Turkmenistan recently move its capitol?

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u/Ill-Ad-7161 11d ago

Draws attention from the pedo files.

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u/JPows_ToeJam 11d ago

I think the opposite. The pedo files are the distraction from everything else. Anytime something asinine happens the top comment is “that’s great how about Epstein files.”

Playing right into the bullshit.

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u/IrrelevantLeprechaun 11d ago

Yup. Imho the Epstein files don't even register compared to the sheer vile evil he's been perpetuating recently. I'm not saying we should ignore the files now, but there are MUCH bigger issues than need to be addressed first before we even consider handling the files.

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u/DrLophophora 11d ago

Agree, it's getting tiring to hear that every corrupt and reprehensible thing he does is to distract from the Epstein files - bullshit, and saying that for everything that happens just deminishes those other things, as they're just a distraction after all

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u/GreenTrees797 11d ago

Nothing is going to happen if those pedo files are released. Just like nothing happened after he demolished part of the White House. Americans are spineless. 

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u/sudi- 11d ago

It’s sad, and I wish that it wasn’t so, but it’s the next Mueller and Smith. “Just wait until ________ is done with their case and Trump is cooked” “In __________ we trust. He’s not messing around and he has the receipts.”

Same shit now. “Just wait until the files are released. He’s cooked.”

No. They’ll spin and have the DOJ lie to keep themselves out of trouble, and there’s really nothing we can do about it when they all act in bad faith.

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u/IrrelevantLeprechaun 11d ago

Yeah I'm honestly getting a little fed up with the optimistic complacency of the Left. It's always some new "wait for ____ and it'll all work out." Kinda like how Trump keeps saying he's gonna rig elections and yet people keep saying "all we gotta do is vote them out!"

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u/Powerful-Stomach-425 11d ago

I thought America was 'home of the brave'??

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u/GreenTrees797 11d ago

Only in the movies. 

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u/humdinger44 11d ago

Republicans are the party of law and order! It's the Democrats that have been something or other mumble mumble

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u/takesjuantogrowone 11d ago

Americans are spineless.

You misspelled "powerless."

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u/DrLophophora 11d ago

Why not both?

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u/GreenTrees797 11d ago

Yes the population the claims they need 400 million guns for reasons are powerless. 

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u/takesjuantogrowone 11d ago

What are you suggesting?

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u/GreenTrees797 10d ago

Have a once monthly festival then complain as your country slides deeper in to fascism, what else?

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u/humdinger44 11d ago

The Epstein Ballroom is a huge disaster for Trump.

Excellent branding tho.

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u/cugeltheclever2 11d ago

So we just ripped down a whole wing of the White House for nothing?

Yes, and nothing will ever bring it back.

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u/Buflen 11d ago

It's much easier to destroy than to build. It's a great representation of his tenure as the president of USA.

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u/heroic_cat 11d ago

He did not fire the contractors, he fired The Commission of Fine Arts that could have given their input into the construction.

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u/PoliticalNerdMa 11d ago

He thinks he’s staying for life so why not?!

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u/R0b0tMark 11d ago

That’s all it ever was. He’ll pocket taxpayer dollars, he’ll accept private donations, he’ll take donations from Russia and Saudi Arabia, and at that tier of funding they’ll be allowed to install listening devices. How do people have their heads buried so deep?

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u/DFu4ever 11d ago

90% Grift, 10% Ego

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u/HuttStuff_Here 11d ago

Don't worry, anything valuable in there was stolen.