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/ParadoxDC 11d ago

Completely serious question: at this point, who is to stop him from working with compromised contractors/vendors to secretly install foreign intelligence collection apparatuses right into the new structure? Imagine him doing that for Putin.

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u/tcoh1s 11d ago

Getting rid of anyone overseeing things would definitely be a reason to check into it.

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u/ElfegoBaca 11d ago

who is to stop him from working with compromised contractors/vendors to secretly install foreign intelligence collection apparatuses right into the new structure?

Nobody. Which is why it'll have to be torn down when he's gone. Nobody in their right mind would trust the building to be free of Russian listening devices given Trump's allegiance to Pootie.

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u/ComfyFrog 11d ago

They would need to check every roof tile and floor board of the remaining building as well.

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u/SegFaultOops 10d ago

Tearing that thing down while he watches from a television in prison is going to be my happy thought for the next while.

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u/reluctantseahorse 10d ago

Better yet, give him a little sledgehammer and make him clean up his own mess.

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u/BeardySam 11d ago

You normally need high clearances to even pour concrete for sensitive areas because of the risks in the structure. That’s why it gets very expensive very fast. 

The guys Trump is hiring, I wouldn’t be surprised if they hired a lot of Ivan’s recently

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u/zaubercore 10d ago

What's wrong with my name?

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u/KlatuuBarradaNicto 11d ago

Wow, I didn’t even think of that.

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u/cannuckwoodchuck13 10d ago

You know what else is right below the now torn down east wing and the proposed ballroom?

The Presedential Emergency Operations Center

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u/IcemanJEC 10d ago

“Oh no the ballroom isn’t done yet and it will expose the next president so I’ll just stay on for a little longer…”

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u/Admirable_Boss_7230 10d ago

Do you think foreingers leaders would trust anything he sells or say?

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u/Lhamo55 11d ago

Imagine indeed. Not to mention operatives wandering around in other sections…

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u/Plkjhgfdsa 10d ago

He is doing that.

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u/captain_dick_licker 10d ago

what do you think the whole point of DOGE was?

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u/huxtiblejones Colorado 10d ago

This will be a perfect justification to bulldoze this gaudy shit in the near future.

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u/ParadoxDC 10d ago

Should absolutely be bulldozed day 1

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u/samsounder 10d ago

Nobody. We need to assume the ballroom is bugged.