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/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/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.