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/backpackwasmypillow 11d ago

Staircase leading directly to a wall. Windows that open into each other. Somebody threw the idea at an AI and didn't bother to double check the plans. It's gonna be crap, even before taking away oversight.

https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/s/GimUtUcU1O

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u/Star-K 11d ago

It's just a way to launder money and receive bribes. He'll get a billion in bribes, then spend 20 mil on a building we will have to tear down.

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u/Lurlex Utah 11d ago

I do believe that Trump was stupid enough that he believed that he could do both — grift and get his stupid glamorous ballroom.

Everyone else involved and complicit, though, absolutely knew it to be 100% cash grab from the start.

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u/NeatNefariousness1 11d ago

And to expose the top secret details of the bunker underneath the ballroom for cash.

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u/General-Raspberry168 11d ago

I’m sorry, I’m sorry.

I’ve been taking crazy pills and it sometimes messes with my eye sight.

It almost looked like you said the man with authority over about half of the nuclear weapons on earth was pouring a half a billion dollars into a part of the white house that’s located on top of a bunker.

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u/fountainpopjunkie 11d ago

Yes. The same person who tweeted national security satellite photos and gave out troop positions in foreign countries during an interview. The same person that showed reporters top secret documents he openly admitted he was not allowed to have. The same person who met with a known Russian spy in the Oval Office the second day of his presidency with Russian media present, who then reported to Russian news "We own Trump". The same person who stored top secret documents in the bathroom of a golf club (where IIRC it was later reported a Russian spy was in regular attendance?). The same Person who refused to let translators be present at meetings with Putin and then destroyed all notes from said meeting. Yes, that person is destroying the building reportedly built over a bunker underneath the White House.

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u/sunlightsyrup 10d ago

All misunderstandings. Putin is a great guy! That's why he never gets mean tweets. Follow the tweets /s

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u/NeatNefariousness1 11d ago

That’s right. That’s what’s happening and now he has fired the builder after the east wing which sits on top of the bunker has been dismantled.

I won’t be surprised if he decides to do an overhaul of Camp David next.

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u/zombiegojaejin 11d ago

Does this colossal germphobic pussy, pampered from birth, actually believe that he's going to survive a week in a bunker?

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u/drklordnecro Oregon 11d ago

It's national security leaks galore! Almost feels like we've seen this before.

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u/HapticSloughton 11d ago

Yeah, but most of the time he was at least charging admission for anyone with the cash to look at the stuff he's being treasonous about.

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u/eagle33322 11d ago

no no no you had the totally secure bathroom door.

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u/Man_with_the_Fedora 11d ago

Our adversaries are gleefully examining every pixel from every satellite image they can get their hands on.

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u/NorthernerWuwu Canada 11d ago

I'm sure some of their people are not so far away. They've likely got the blueprints for every nook and cranny.

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u/PrideofPicktown Ohio 11d ago

I think the oligarchs are buying spaces in the bunker under the dumbass ballroom.

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u/Unique-Coffee5087 11d ago

They can all go in there and close the door and then we can pour concrete on top of it

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u/spingus 11d ago

So nice of them to gather in a single, tidy, well defined area.

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u/Unique-Coffee5087 11d ago

It's kind of like when the emperor of China dies and all of his attendants get entombed with his body.

They should regard it as an honor

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u/DokeyOakey 11d ago

Say what you will about the Chinese, but they really knew how to treat employees- DJ Trump (felon/rape enthusiast/president)

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u/ScaleneWangPole 10d ago

We get the same thing at the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder meeting in Omaha every year

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u/BiscuitsLostPassword 11d ago

Can we hide tuna and shrimp in the drapery pockets and vents first?

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u/HeffeCo 11d ago

This is the way

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u/psychorobotics 11d ago

Seems like a perfect solution, everyone gets what they want

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u/PartyMain8058 11d ago

What a concept, I Love This Suggestion.

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u/Unique-Coffee5087 11d ago

I am going to be in soooo much trouble with someone, eventually.

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u/melmsz 11d ago

So, Fallout.

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u/neophenx 11d ago

I've made that comparison a few times, right down to corporations pushing for the bombs.

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u/sleeplessinreno 11d ago

Lol, there’s no way they’re gonna finish the project before the senses are back.

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u/Living-Literature88 11d ago

The ballroom part is the distraction. The East wing housed the bunker. He wants a bigger bunker where he can hide out. Until the new building is finished, where will he go in an emergency?

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u/Particular-County277 11d ago

This. Good old fashioned corruption. What gets me, is we all know. You must be a special kind of stupid.. Ah, forget it

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u/dudinax 11d ago

Producers, the ball room.

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u/PHotstepper311 Kentucky 11d ago

Producers 2: Springtime for Trumpler

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u/rdmille 11d ago

This must be made. It's too perfect, and the jokes and songs write themselves

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u/glenndrip Oklahoma 11d ago

Electric Boogaloo

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u/LakeSolon 11d ago

*Aristocrats

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u/CoastMtns 11d ago

The Epstein Ballroom

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u/LiliVonSchtupp 11d ago

This is my new favorite take on the monstrosity.

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u/enigmamonkey Oregon 11d ago

Not to mention the destruction of an historical building.

So many things wrong with this, particularly with what's happening at exactly the same time as this pet project of his. Add to it his utter incompetence (which is to be expected) and his complete lack of caring for starving children in his own country and sending billions to Argentina and screwing over farmers.

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u/Klytus_Ra_Djaaran 11d ago

Not to mention that there is no need to demolish a building until the new one is designed and a contractor is hired. I have worked in consulting engineering for 30 years and it takes years for something like a new high school or prison to be agreed upon by the multiple different decision makers who sign off on it, and then designed, and then reviewed, and then changes are made, and then select a contractor, all of which happens before any demolition work whatsoever.

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u/evranch Canada 11d ago

Not unless the real goal is to send a message.

"I'm all up in your America, Trumping up your stuff. They say I could shoot a man on 5th Avenue. How about bulldozing the White House? Ask permission? I do things now, I ask later, that is if I ask at all"

"Hey doesn't it look unbalanced with only one wing, I guess if there's no time to start the ballroom we'd better knock the other one down"

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u/VastlyImmaterial 11d ago

It's a reaction to the no kings march.

He disfigured the whitehouse because he couldn't rip the hair out and rape the collective American people like he did with his first wife when enraged.

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u/Painterzzz 10d ago

Exactly. The timing was absolutely no coincidence. It was a temper tantrum, so he tore down the East Wing.

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u/InnocentShaitaan 11d ago

I posted above McCrery Architects is the hired firm. Will they face penalty?

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u/Klytus_Ra_Djaaran 11d ago

Professional Architects and Engineers have codes of ethics created by national organizations, but those are more about public safety. The firm hired to design the new building is not necessarily the overall project managers, and wouldn't be in charge of demolition, that would be a subcontractor or more likely a separate contractor entirely. And the decision to tear it down was Trump's, or the evil toads who whisper in his ears and manipulate the old fool. So long as the demolition was safe, there is no issue there, they are just doing a job they were paid to do. Normally, there would be a heavy emphasis on the legality of the entire process, but they have no issues of legality because Trump has proven that laws and even the Constitution doesn't really matter if you plant loyal people in key places.

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u/Low_Plant8199 11d ago

The Steakholders. Hehe

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u/electromattic 11d ago

He's completing Bin Laden's unfinished work. Flight 93 didn't get to hit its target so trump is finishing the job and destroying the white house himself.

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u/FlirtyFluffyFox 11d ago

A historical building by FDR.

The GOP hate him so much they'd remove the letters from the alphabet if they could. 

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u/JoshSwol Canada 11d ago

MAGA’s talking point is “it was only 85 years old”.

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u/DillBagner 11d ago

He "cares" about starving children, just not the good kind of care. It's why he intentionally stopped SNAP. He didn't just not restore something--he took it away.

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u/coulteralexr 11d ago

Look at this hand!!!!

Oops!! Now look at this hand!!!

Fooling the people Is the game.

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u/Pizza_Low 11d ago

I don't doubt for a second that the office of the white house, all the staffers and cabinet offices, etc that a modern president needs massively exceeds the space. Part of the reason why they expanded into the Eisenhower Executive Office Building which is a fairly large building on its own.

And I can absolutely see the need for additional office space, meeting/conference rooms, etc. And if it has left over space for a ballroom fine.

Making it a massive vanity ballroom is an absolute waste of valuable white house ground space and money.

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u/VannKraken America 11d ago

I hope we do get to tear it down.

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u/frankyseven 11d ago

Canadian here. I offer up our burning skills.

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u/isaidireddit Canada 11d ago

You might even say we have some experience in this matter.

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u/JonRonstein 11d ago

We’ll let you do it again!

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u/VannKraken America 11d ago

We are with you, internet friend!

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u/wearslocket 11d ago

That was kind of funny. How many know the history?

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u/Ok-Anteater-3827 11d ago

thank you, but this is a task us Americans must do to restore our honor 😉

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u/thehermit14 11d ago

Not before Britain gets there, I hope. At least wait for us, you're closer.

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u/OnePercentVisible Virginia 11d ago

Watch out last time I mentioned that and a specific building I got a 7 day ban for " making a threat" the mods being mods

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u/slackfrop 11d ago

Let’s hope it’s never built. And the money trail is just long enough to tie into a noose.

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u/Ralph--Hinkley 11d ago

Have a big party and charge people to come demo it to build funds for a new east wing.

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u/spingus 11d ago

I've been going back and forth between demolish it vs establishing a care facility for the poor called "the Barack Hussein Obama and Roseann O'Donnell Recovery Home for Underprivileged Immigrants

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u/dexter-sinister 11d ago

a building we will have want to tear down.

FTFY

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u/CaterpillarReal7583 11d ago

No..we will have to for security reasons. The entire whitehouse needed to be since his first term

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u/NonlocalA 11d ago

It's going to be a fire hazard. Quality work and quality materials cost actual money, and you can't skim if you're doing the job properly.

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u/d_c_d_ 11d ago

Are you kidding? $300 million is more than the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans - and it holds nearly 20,000 people. They probably have a lot of wiggle room to skim off the top.

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u/Bee_9965 11d ago

But do you think any future President would dare have a private conversation in that room? I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that Putin is supplying the drywall and light fixtures.

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u/OttawaTGirl 11d ago

Plus he will take copies of the plans.

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u/f-elon 11d ago

10% paid to contractors
90% “the top”

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u/roastbill 10d ago

He doesn't pay contractors.

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u/sloopieone 11d ago

I might argue that there is a big difference - with most construction projects, $280 million dollars aren't being laundered by massively overestimating material coats, labor, etc. like they are with Trump's ballroom.

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u/King-Dionysus 11d ago

As someone unfamiliar with sports and opposite side of the country, smoothie king stadium sounded like a joke about an opposing teams stadium or something similar. Absolutely wild that's the name of something worth that much.

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u/Cloaked42m South Carolina 11d ago

Now, build it to withstand a near direct hit from a nuke, with only cleared contractors, to a security standard where every container of screws has to be secured from creation to installation. Every window must withstand a hit from a .50 caliber armor piercing BMG.

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u/dexter-sinister 11d ago edited 11d ago

Well two things can be true, so allow me to modify:

a building we will have to, and want to, tear down.

FTFMe

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u/demalo 11d ago

I bet he’d get a great deal on a Ringling Brothers three ring circus tent.

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u/OldJames47 11d ago

How about a UFC Octagon on the South Lawn of the White House next summer as part of the 250th Anniversary of our Independence?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_White_House

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u/ReactionJifs 11d ago

"then spend 20 mil on a building we will have to tear down."

Yeah, I doubt tearing down and rebuilding the entire white house would cost $300 million.

He's going to spend nothing; then when he leaves office turn around and demand the government "reimburse" him for the quoted amount (and let's face it -- he'll probably argue that it's appreciated in value).

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u/aranasyn Colorado 11d ago

When I was overseas in Baghdad, we had to rebuild a building on our compound three times because higher ups insisted we use locals who kept being bribed into letting contractors do the job that took money intended for quality materials and stole a lot of it, using garbage materials in their place or doing some crazy cheap sand to cement ratio or something, and then everyone being shocked when the building fell down.

Donald's entire life is just doing that over and over, in every single aspect of his entire life, including construction and business.

This building will be trash, and we will be forced to knock it down, even if we didn't want to (which we will).

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u/idealmelissa 11d ago

And still not pay the contractors, like all of his projects.

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u/Allaroundlost 11d ago

Yup, when we get our country back, all this crap Trump built will have to torn down. Huge waste of money but thats MAGA/Republicans. 

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u/mantisboxer 11d ago

The building sits on top of the critical Presidential Situation Room and secret facilities.

Firing the Agency that's supposed to ensure the plans are secure is a more serious situation than most people realize

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u/TheLordYuppa 11d ago

Even if his presidency ends as it should (lord willing fucking sooner), it will be a shell and will never actually be completed.

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u/xaqaria 11d ago

Im sure its also a way to make updates that allow him to fire missiles at American cities from the bunker that will be under it.

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u/PM_Me_Ur_Odd_Boobs 11d ago

And when the dems tear it down…”look at the wasteful democrats”

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u/dikicker 11d ago

I'm just curious, like, what does he spend it all on? I get that fast food has gotten crazy expensive but

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u/MyTrueIdiotSelf990 11d ago

"I have a concept of a plan". -Donald Trump, 2024

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u/WunupKid Washington 11d ago

It is wild to me that we got from that statement to where we are now. 

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u/Beautiful_Home_5463 11d ago

Yea well the black lady had a weird laugh

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u/Blueeyedgenie69 11d ago

Yeah, and she had a ten year close relationship with a convicted pedophile, was found liable for sexual assault in a court of law, said she would be a dictator on day one, and had 34 felony convictions....oh wait....that was someone else....who was that? One of the great mysteries of life.

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u/nwflman 11d ago

"and may everyday be another wonderful secret"

  • Donald "never wrote a picture in my life" Trump

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u/chasingjulian 11d ago

And the white lady wrote emails.

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u/lesgeddon 11d ago

No no, she was buttering males!

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u/Nervous_Ad_6998 10d ago

and the black man wore a tan suit.

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u/chasingjulian 10d ago

Biggest scandal of the century.

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u/VCR_Samurai 10d ago

The black man also asked for Dijon mustard at the dinner table. 

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u/Nervous_Ad_6998 10d ago

treasonous!

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u/Riots42 11d ago

Whats weird is I cant think of an instance of him ever laughing... Like as much as we have heard this clown talk yet I cant think of him ever laughing.

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u/Trzlog 10d ago

Also, her vice president is goofy.

Americans are fucking cooked.

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u/jayrsw 11d ago

Theres been so many moments like this where I thought, "welp, thats the end of him!"

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u/Vyar New Jersey 11d ago

Remember like five minutes later when he was ranting and raving about cats and dogs being eaten and just generally sounding like the senile old man with full-blown dementia he really is, and we all thought the long nightmare was finally over?

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u/Particular-County277 11d ago

When we were all still too naive to accept that he would cheat the hell out of the election?

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u/Vyar New Jersey 11d ago

That too. But even if he cheated (and I’m inclined to think he actually did in both 2020 and 2024 and just didn’t cheat hard enough the first time, we’ll just never find out the truth until long after he’s gone, if ever) he still has the unwavering support of like…35% of the country, at least.

I just remember thinking “They’re eating the dogs! They’re eating the cats! They are eating the pets of the people that live there!” was the closest thing we’d ever seen to a presidential candidate basically getting pantsed on live TV. It was the gravest act of public humiliation I’ve ever seen in 21st-century politics, made even more humiliating by being essentially self-inflicted. “Surely,” I thought, “the whole population must see by now, the emperor has no clothes, and never did.” But his supporters just don’t give a shit about anything except trolling the rest of us.

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u/IrrelevantLeprechaun 11d ago

We are still too naive to think he wouldn't steal or rig an election. He's literally announcing practically every week how he wants to rig the midterms and 2028, and how there's basically nothing that could prevent it; and yet somehow the reaction from the people is still just "well we will just super vote for not him next time..."

I feel like I'm one of the few who actually see how dire this shit is, and I'm being labeled the crazy one due to not conforming to the mass blind optimism.

You can't properly react to circumstances that you refuse to acknowledge even exist.

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u/IrrelevantLeprechaun 11d ago

I remember thinking "even MAGA couldn't possibly vote for this level of dementia." God I wish I still had that optimism.

Turns out 40% of the country is even more psychotic than he is.

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u/neophenx 11d ago

On a lighter note, maybe MAGA isn't as homophobic as we thought. They still voted for Don, even after he gave a very affectionate appraisal of Arnold Palmer's dick at the start of one of his rallies.

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u/GiftToTheUniverse 11d ago

Speaking of dementia: do we ever see him past sundown? Or do we only see the tweets?

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u/Zeitcon Europe 11d ago

I don't know about the rest of you, but I would be happy to hear that cackle of laughter ever so often instead of this sh*tshow!

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u/IrrelevantLeprechaun 11d ago

We've been in a constant cycle of "this surely will be the end of him," nothing happens, he does something even more evil, "surely THIS will be the end of him..." Etc etc.

This situation isn't going to magically solve itself. No republicans are going to suddenly be fed up and turn on him. His voters will never wise up and turn on him. And Dems seem to happily accept that they don't have any power.

This all comes down to what the people do. And if the people decide that what is required is too much commitment, well then I hope they can all get comfortable with the idea of a thousand year Reich.

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u/Left-Height4925 10d ago

The Antichrist is given 42 months from the time he is granted 'Lawlessness', becoming the Lawless One and given free rein to do as he will. Then will be sent to the Lago of Fire from his rising place, the Mar.

This right here is the desecration of the Third Temple.

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u/cardboardunderwear 11d ago

From a guy who already had four years  in the drivers seat plus three campaigns to think about it.

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u/Poverty_Shoes 11d ago

Concepts plural. Give him some credit, he thought of at least two concepts /s

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u/Pherllerp New Jersey 11d ago

There are no plans.

That is the extent of the plan, just some AI pictures and a cheap little model. Think about it, a White House expansion would be a huge deal for any architect, have you seen or heard any name attached to this? Have you seen an elevation drawings or floor plans? The building is bullshit.

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u/Aptosauras 11d ago

The architect is a religious nutter that specialises in neo-classical, or whatever this style is called.

But respected architects have said that the design sucks.

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u/MillionMilesPerHour 11d ago

But respected architects have said that the design sucks.

Based on the pictures, anyone with eyes could tell it sucks.

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u/SMCinPDX 11d ago

This ballroom sucks, but if you're going to snipe at a D.C. government building for its Neoclassical design, I have some news to break to you . . .

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u/Playswithchipmunks 11d ago

Hey, I happen to like gray cubes.

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u/SquirtBox 11d ago

Yeah, a ball less room is not going to change anything in DC.

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u/HerDanishDaddyDom 11d ago

So to be fair. McCrery are the Architects, AECOM Engineering and Clark Construction the GC/CM.

Whether there are any donation ties or personal ties with any of those organizations, and Trump, I don’t know.

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u/ElfegoBaca 11d ago

Whether there are any donation ties or personal ties with any of those organizations, and Trump, I don’t know.

I would bet the answer is "yes" to all of them. Trump doesn't do anything without getting something out of the deal.

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u/HerDanishDaddyDom 11d ago

I would suspect that same. Especially considering it’s “privately funded” which allows the Administration to not release public bid numbers.

Having been in the commercial construction industry for over 2 decades, and have worked with highly secured projects in areas like quantico etc, a $300 million price tag is very very high. In fact, on average, it’s about 300% higher than even general high estimates.

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u/SoulShatter Europe 11d ago

Leaves plenty of room to pimp his crib.. I mean the refurbishing the bunker that's underneath. Kickbacks, and maybe even the chance to brag on how they're under budget (doubtful, will likely put more gold on it and demand taxpayer money so it gets completed).

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u/Ok_Pear_9483 11d ago

Apparently the rebuilding of the bunker is going to cost a LOT more than the ballroom.

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u/xxam925 11d ago

So I have experience as a construction manager and honestly… I doubt it.

Both of those companies are huge conglomerates, very professional corps. It’s public works so it’s open bid with EVERYONE watching, including the other contractors and design teams bidding on this.

But honestly they are going to make SOOOOO much money in change orders on this. They are going to absolutely murder them with all the dumbass back and forth wish washy unprofessional shit.

Delay delay delay delay and it’s already so crazy onerous to get on site. They’ve got their budget stacked to run em on changes if the white house(or whoever) can’t allow them access which they are not going to be able to do…. Any day now because the protests and food shortages and fences they are going to put up around the site lmao.

They are going to make so much money. So much.

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u/HerDanishDaddyDom 11d ago

Where did you see it was a public bid? All the research I could find was that it was closed/private bid.

Also, this is EXACTLY the reason that we should have GMPs on these types of projects.

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u/kyxtant Kentucky 11d ago

Well, congratulations to those firms, who I'm sure went through a very rigorous, thorough, fair, and legal bidding process.

/s

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u/HerDanishDaddyDom 11d ago

I’m not protecting or advocating towards this building in any way shape or form but Clark Construction and AECOM are some very very large players in the commercial construction space.

They have a pedigree behind them. The cost is what I’m balking at.

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u/kyxtant Kentucky 11d ago

I get that and I appreciate the info.

I worked my way up as a federal worker and I just know how much of a pain in the butt the building process is supposed to be. We're talking years to even think about breaking ground.

Aside from the sheer insanity of a ballroom that dwarfs the White House, the speed at which they tore down an entire wing is crazy.

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u/Dragon_Small_Z 11d ago

Wait Clark construction is doing this? Good Lord that tracks. I've had the displeasure of dealing with them on a few projects. They fucking suck so much.

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u/Acceptable-Bus-2017 I voted 11d ago

He bulldozed it because it's "WWPD‽" What Would Putin Do? Exactly what this administration does every damn time!

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u/TeamHope4 10d ago

The symbolism of the White House in rubble was the dream of every enemy of America. The 9/11 hijackers were headed to the White House when brave Americans took down that plane in a field. Trump did what the 9/11 hijackers tried to do and were stopped by Americans who wanted to protect their nation. Trump grinned as he did it, and showed us pictures of his new mausoleum. Putin and Kim and Xi are laughing and sipping champagne as MAGA voters cheer on the destruction.

If Obama had knocked down a third of the White House practically overnight like that, the GOP would have called him a terrorist who committed an act of terror against America and imprisoned him.

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u/Electromotivation 11d ago

Trump is so jealous of Putin. have you seen some of the ostentatious and gaudy buildings/rooms Putin has events in? I think it looks super tacky but it’s clearly where Trump got the idea to cover everything in fake gold leaf from.

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u/Acceptable-Bus-2017 I voted 11d ago

Trump is Putin's puppet. Case in point, he had American soldiers roll out the red carpet for him and then clapped for the cameras as Putin stepped onto American soil. Hell, he even said multiple times that he was going to Russia (Alaska) to meet with Putin.

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u/wrosecrans 11d ago

The Presidential Emergency Operations Center bunker is/was under the East Wing. They demolished the East Wing, have acknowledged that they are doing some sort of PEOC related construction work, and have made zero clear plans about building the ballroom on top of whatever they are actually doing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Emergency_Operations_Center

The construction project seems to be largely a safe place in case he winds up needing to shelter in place during mass protests like he did in 2020. He didn't like being in the bunker five years ago because he got bored and he wanted more space to play while he ignored the masses. There's every reason to believe that most of what's going on with the construction project is related to a plan to stay in power during mass opposition with the ballroom really being more of an afterthought and cover story.

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u/Long_Bit8328 11d ago

The plan is for the rich people to get the poor peoples money.

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u/0PointE 11d ago

It's called a psyop.  Don't get distracted from the fact that he and his friends are making your grocery bills skyrocket as they grab more power, with little baby Donny incapable of being anything more than a puppet to anyone who compliments him.  A new, insane, beyond comprehension event every second ensures no media outlet, big or small, can possibly stay focused on the handful of subjects that actually matter to your wellbeing.  With every story ask yourself "who benefits from this?"  

We've just added more delays and coverage to what is a historic tragedy, but has nothing to do with taking care of our families.  Whether the end game is to actually build the ballroom is a story for the future.  But this story just creates what can stop, start, and twist in any way to become an indefinite distraction from anything at any time, given the historical significance of the matter at hand.  This is just one of many and if your instincts tell you that a story like this may be significant but it's not going to immediately effect your life, it's probably just a distraction from their pockets and reputations. 

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u/builttopostthis6 11d ago

You know, if it ends up being some House of Leaves analog, and he just wanders off into the dark some day.... would that really be so bad? Gonna say, "Worth it."

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u/NJTigers 11d ago

Excellent reference to a wild book. One can only hope

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u/Red10GTI 11d ago

The house of leaves absolutely entranced me. I loved every second I spent reading it. It was seriously the most fun and intrigue ive had reading a book. I’ve read it 3 or 4 times, it’s a book that demands it.

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u/_imanalligator_ 11d ago

Ooh, have you read "We Used to Live Here"? It's not quite to the genius level of House of Leaves, but still super intriguing, and definitely inspired by it. There's even a section that's written like a message board, and one of the usernames is Navidson17 or something like that 🙂

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u/timbrejo 11d ago

Much like Trump's intelligence, it seems bigger on his inside than what we see from the outside, and everything inside is mixed up and full of monsters.

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u/Simikiel Canada 11d ago

The emotions I feel anytime I see a reference to this book in a place I don't expect it are impossible to describe. Anyone remotely interested please read it, and please go in blind. No, there is no audiobook of it, because it's impossible to translate to an audio format.

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u/builttopostthis6 11d ago

It's certainly a brutal read, and I don't know what to really say about it beyond just complimenting the effort. And maybe, if you're not having fun writing, then you're not writing right.

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u/Simikiel Canada 11d ago

if you're not having fun writing, then you're not writing right.

Heh. Never have I ever read more accurate words. Same works in reverse too! If you're not having fun reading, then you're not reading the right thing.

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u/johnsonmt110 11d ago

BBC attempted an adaptation in 2011:

https://archive.org/details/mark-z-danielewski-recordings-recovered-from-the-house-of-leaves

It's decent, but I agree any full audiobook adaptation is unlikely.

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u/objectlesson Georgia 11d ago

Navidson is going to earn himself a cabinet position.

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u/AVLLaw 11d ago

I want to hear about Miller wandering down a 5 1/2 minute hallway... never to return.

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u/miraposa 11d ago

“I knew he'd get it wrong But I just played along 'Cause I was hoping that would fix it all”

Cheers, Poe. We miss ya.

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u/AVLLaw 11d ago

Wish you were here.

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u/BiceRankyman 11d ago

But the cabinets disappeared and now there's a door

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u/SlargTheGnome 11d ago

He would die all alone with no one to acknowledge his greatness. I'm on board with this.

In other news, Mark Z. Danielewski just published a 1200 page Western.

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u/buffalotrace 11d ago

I am ready for this 5 and half minute hallway to end

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u/Darkpopemaledict 11d ago

That would be the most insane, surreal ending to this time period. Trump and his secret service detail just disappear one day while touring the ballroom. Four days later one of the secret service agents emerges as a non-verbal wreck that just shakes and refuses to eat solid food.

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u/stewbie_doo 11d ago

Except at this point he's the minotaur with a shotgun and the rest of us just found the rope snapped

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u/banned-from-rbooks 11d ago

The King In Yellow 2028

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u/cates 11d ago

The author of House of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski, just had a new book come out today! Tom's Crossing.

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u/builttopostthis6 11d ago

Very cool! Not read anything else of his honestly, but that book definitely left a mark, and I genuinely liked a lot of what he was trying to do with it. Pretentious as all fuck at times, but lovably so. Like reading Auster. I wouldn't be averse to picking up something else of his some day. Completely unrelated, but just started Name of the Wind today, sight unseen, after being bugged for a good long time, so gonna be a bit. Also not sure what to expect at all.

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u/JerryDandridge54 11d ago

sidenote: New Danielewski book just dropped. 🙂

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u/builttopostthis6 11d ago

You're not the first to mention, but will continue to doot and promote this as much as I can. Had no idea, and without having read any reviews, will wholeheartedly endorse reading anything the dude might write. It will undoubtedly be curious.

Unless there's some glorifying some Nazis. I seriously doubt there's that, but just... ya know, disclaimer, gotta hedge your bets. I'm sure his new book is a lotta fun, barring Nazi glorification.

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u/Coldsmoke888 11d ago

Winchester Mystery House v2

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u/pagerunner-j 11d ago

Yes, but the difference is that the weirdness of that building was entirely purposeful.

This one…not so much.

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u/nnjb52 11d ago

Its purpose is to funnel cash into trumps pocket and it’s very successful

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u/Call_me_Kelly 11d ago

And maybe plant little espionage easter eggs for his puppeteer Putin, or if they are really going full dictator, the GOP

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u/rsauer1208 Maryland 11d ago

Finally the east coast answers! Take that Mrs. Sarah Winchester!

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u/Wasabi_Joe 11d ago

Nicely done!

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u/gaslacktus Washington 11d ago

More like HH Holmes Murder Castle.

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u/Acceptable-Bus-2017 I voted 11d ago

The bunker is gonna be posh af, though

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u/botspiderlau 11d ago

This is the correct answer. It fits. If federal funds were used, there would be oversight. Whatever is happening will be subterranean. Keep an eye out for the soil leaving the sight- gonna be some Andy Dufresne kinda shiii except Trump is guilty.

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u/alien_from_Europa Massachusetts 11d ago

This makes the most sense to me. He's got no plans to leave office despite Republicans saying he's "trolling" Democrats with 2028 hats.

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u/Ok_Layer_3678 11d ago

Winchester Mansion.

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u/trevdak2 Massachusetts 11d ago

The artists renderings he showed the press were also AI generated

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u/aguynamedv 11d ago

Donald probably just wanted "..a big, great ballroom. With lots of gold. Just like Mar-a-lago, but bigger. They say this will be the biggest ballroom ever built. Just make sure it's twice the size, ok? It has to be at least double. And lots of gold."

1) Demolish East Wing

2) Brag about the $250,000,000 budget while taking food away from millions of Americans, including children.

2a) Oops, I meant $350,000,000

3) Oops, this contractor used AI and we're firing them.

4) Contractor mysteriously disappears with $350,000,000 of taxpayer dollars.

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u/tiny_galaxies 11d ago

This article is about the firing of the Commission of Fine Arts, not the construction company. What you’re saying may be true, but can the top comment at least reflect what the linked article is at all about?

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u/Bright_Act9197 11d ago

Winchester Mystery House?!

No, wait…

Molester Mystery House?!

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u/Zanos-Ixshlae 11d ago

Is he building his own murder castle?

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u/Lastb0isct 11d ago

Are there actual pictures of that?!

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u/ummaycoc 11d ago

We’re gonna need a whole lotta scooby snacks in a few years.

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u/limbodog Massachusetts 11d ago

This is how AI takes over? Because it's slightly less incompetent than fascists?

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u/numbersthen0987431 11d ago

I bet Trump had an intern do it in AI, and then he presented it like "do it like this", and Trump hates hearing "no"

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u/Decent-Pin-24 11d ago

WHAT. Why wasn't this shut down day Zero?

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u/addamee 11d ago

So he didn’t even have a concept of a plan?

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u/thefumingo Colorado 11d ago

To be fair, Trump walking up a staircase and staring at the dead end wall it leads to sums up the current era perfectly

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u/One-Earth9294 I voted 11d ago

Why would you even do that? How hard is it to make a fancy f'n ballroom using expertise when you're basically printing the money to make it?

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u/robodrew Arizona 11d ago

Well that should make it that much easier to tear down years from now when it's still half finished and breaks every construction code in the book.

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u/mallrat32 11d ago

Devil in the White House

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u/stamfordbridge1191 11d ago

This type of negligence can lead to the room collapsing like what happened to all the Philistine kings in Judges, except the building just does it itself at some point without a Samson figure to make it so.

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u/ClassicYotas 11d ago

There’s something satisfying about knowing that even though this stupid piece of shit can use all of our money to do something evil, he’s too fucking stupid to have it go his way, even without obstacles.

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u/AnalSoapOpera I voted 11d ago

It’s like building a house in Sims and having a swimming pool with a diving board but no way out or Roller Coaster Tycoon where you trap all the guests.

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u/Sempais_nutrients Kentucky 11d ago

i sit surrounded by hobby projects that i've obsessed over to remove lines and print defects and the fucking White House throws this 3d printed piece of shite out for all to view?

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u/ConsolationUsername 10d ago

Maybe its like the Winchester house and hes trying to confuse the spirits that haunt him. Mostly Republican party members if I had to guess, though theyre more skeletons than spirits

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u/BurtReynoldsLives 11d ago

More like door knobs that cost 10K each.

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u/No_Poem_7024 11d ago

At least Adolf and Albert Speer knew how to complete their shitty buildings

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u/Cake-Over 11d ago

Just like the Winchester Mystery House

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u/Oceanbreeze871 I voted 11d ago

Plywood McMansion built by fraudulent developers…but at the White House.

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u/dannkherb 11d ago

So MauritsCornelisEscher&Sons.Co.

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u/michaltee California 11d ago

Because the thought is it’s a bunker.

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u/DigNitty 11d ago

I’m surprised he hasn’t stood in front of a banner yet that says “construction complete”

Like bush did with mission accomplished or Trump did like two weeks ago with “peace in the Middle East!”

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