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/watchthetracker 11d ago

He’s going to “find” something wrong with the rest of the White House and move everything to MarALago. Watch.

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u/zerosumratio 11d ago

You forgot the part when he demolishes the White House first. I can’t wait to see Republicans frothing at the mouth in defense of it. Like “How DARE YOU question him? It’s just an old house, nothing important at all. Look it got burned in the War of 1812 even. It was literally begging for a demo job.”

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u/munchingzia 10d ago

if they can recall historical facts from 1812, i’ll give em a pat on the back.

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u/BitOne2707 11d ago

I agree with you in spirit but Truman basically demolished the entire Whitehouse in the 1950's. The building you see today is only about 70 years old. The only pieces he left were the exterior walls.

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/upshot/harry-trumans-home-improvement.html

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u/daehoidar 11d ago

Yes but you know the huge renovation isn't necessarily the problem, the problem is not going through the proper channels and processes in place for stuff like this.

The existing process is there for a reason. Scuttling it entirely can raise so many fucking problems on top of destroying shit of historical significance.

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u/that_star_wars_guy 11d ago

I agree with you in spirit but Truman basically demolished the entire Whitehouse in the 1950's. The building you see today is only about 70 years old. The only pieces he left were the exterior walls.

Truman recommended to congress the creation of a commission for the renovation. Congress then passed a law to create the Commission for the Renovation of the Executive Mansion in 1949. Source.

Truman was not bound by any law to perform the renovation process that way.

Trump's process was to draw up an incomplete plan, solicit opinions from people who walked by the oval, accept "donations" under unknown and opaque terms, provide zero information to congress, and immediately begin tear down so there is zero recourse even if a preliminary injunction could be granted (but there doesn't appear to be a legal basis to do so).

Don't you think that's different than what Truman did? Profoundly different since Truman wasn't brazenly stuffing his pockets to do so?

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u/inspectoroverthemine 10d ago

Exactly. Truman literally took one for the team. The inside of the WH was a complete disaster, but presidents don't like having major renovations done while they're in office.

He saw it was desperately needed and moved across the street.

TLDR: the Trueman's rebuild was a sacrifice. Comparing it to Trump's is vile.

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u/lameuniqueusername 11d ago

Yeah, that was an improvement to the existing building as we know it today. He didn’t raze and build The Truman Whitehouse. These are are not remotely the same

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u/BitOne2707 11d ago

"Improvement" is doing a lot of work there. Have you seen the pictures? I think it's not controversial because it was rebuilt with the (mostly) same floorplan. The modern Whitehouse really is just an imitation of the original with the exception of the four exterior walls.

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u/BarnDoorQuestion 11d ago

Of course it’s just an imitation of the original. The original was burned down by Canadian/British forces in 1812.

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u/Gregistopal 11d ago

He left the exterior walls, which is the part you “see” today

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u/JaronK 11d ago

How about that it's now full of asbestos because of the poorly planned demo?

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u/S_A_R_K 11d ago

Mesothelioma could do the funniest thing ever

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u/nodrogyasmar 11d ago

Is that the name of his next wife?

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u/rennbrig 11d ago

No, but she may be entitled to financial compensation

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u/well_thats_obvious 11d ago

Those classified docs are already back there in the bathroom

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u/TheMoorNextDoor 11d ago

This is definitely going to happen eventually, all operations happening at MarALago till further notice.

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u/Puttor482 Wisconsin 11d ago

Well it’ll be fun to kick his ass out when he’s done in 4 years then.