Changes course? I bet this asshole planned on doing this the whole time. Wasn’t this stupid ballroom not even supposed to actually touch the WH originally?
Should just keep going and tear the whole thing down. Don’t think we need it anymore.
I would not trust it, after his handlers passage, the place will be more bugged than an ant hill.
The govemment is shut down, people can’t afford groceries, benefits are on hold, the military is not getting paid… and this asshole is building a $250 million baIIroom.
A golden ballroom.
And it is “modernizing” things, too! Like every other asshole on this planet, Taco has learned that saying meaningless words like “modern” stops at least a certain set of people from asking more questions or having any more independent thoughts about the thing under discussion. I mean, because, gee, you don’t want to question something that is MODERN, now, do you?
Don’t think about it too hard [1], because: “modern”.
</Jedi mind trick>
I see this tactic employed on the job nearly every day - I work in tech, so the word “modern” is usually sprinkled in abundance all over completely bullshit and harebrained schemes, plots, claims and projects. Because so many vapid thinkers abound all throughout tech, and we have a steady influx of people that barely have any experience who now rely on Youtube influencers for their gurus, this tactic works a depressingly high amount of the time. Increasingly over time, tech operates more like the fashion industry (but instead of following whatever someone likes in NYC, London, Paris or Milan it’s about following whatever FAANG, or someone that supposedly works/worked at FAANG has said) than it does anything resembling real engineering… But I digress. :)
[1] I mean, definitely don’t think about how the term “ballroom” really invokes, for most people, maybe flappers in the 1920s, and that’s probably the most recent of references? 1700s Europe comes to mind…
It’s up to $300M last I saw.
He can we know the cost when there are no plans?
Concept of a plan?
Mr. Trump had pledged that the East Wing would not be touched by the construction
And he lied. Again.
A convicted felon is literally destroying the White House. And half this country approves.
Yeah, but didja see how he owned the libz? I might not have clean air, clean water, health care, food, shelter, or a job with dignity, but I get to fly some Chinese junk with Taco’s name on it!
I don’t approve of it, but I don’t really care if he tears it down. Actually, I think the whole White House should be torn down, preferably with Trump and all his friends inside it.
What I oppose is him using tax dollars for this ballroom that none of his subjects will ever be allowed to use or get utility from. Plus the literally everything else he’s ever done 😆
Presidents don’t have “subjects”.
We should get a committee together to go knock on his door and remind him of this.
To be fair, in the pursuit of accuracy, they have said it’s all private funding taking care of it with some coming from strongarm lawsuits. I think that’s easy to verify with receipts, no details released yet. The honourable thing to have done would be to fund government paychecks with that money, and that would probably be a good move politically, but obviously not happening.
Yes, the $250 million is all private funding. Completely above board.
Also, totally coincidentally and not at all related, Trump wants the DOJ to pay him $230 million of tax payers money. Totally unrelated. Don’t know why I brought it up.
He’s said similar before with his salary, while going on to take bribes and use the government to pay for services at his businesses.
Being fair does not mean swallowing lies if intentions from a known liar. Sure, if receipts are forthcoming, we change. They won’t come.
Right. Trump is a known liar, at this point it takes more than his word to give him the benefit of the doubt.
No disagreement here, just want to make sure we get the nuance into the conversation where appropriate.
Well, their SNAP and Medicaid haven’t been cut yet.
They know they’ll be an emergency. They will want command and control at that point.
New Yorkers know he has done shit like this before
Jfc here I thought Trump had grown into being a dick. Turns out he was always a dick.
He’s been a full-blown asshole for decades. Probably his whole life.
Also, his taste in everything is just so…chintzy. I mean it’s literally the gaudiest shit.
I remember people adoring him in the 80s, and even in Peak 80s money-grabbing yuppie hype with everyone thinking the surface glitz of Miami Vice and Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous (and Less Than Zero, and Secret of My Success, and and and) was what you were supposed to aspire to…anything associated with Trump that I saw looked like total dogshit.
The symbolism of this is astonishingly perfect.
Honestly I was thinking the same thing.
The only thing that would make this a chef’s kiss is that they accidentally bulldoze the oval while they are doing a press conference in it.
This is such good imagery for the state of… everything.
Carl Jung would cream his jeans if he saw this in context with, well everything else.
Good photo.
It’s about Hitler having a better bunker/operations center this time:
The East Wing was built on top of the Presidential Emergency Operations Center, a secure emergency underground shelter for the president.
Does that mean the bunker is…not available?
It means they may have better access to improve rhe bunker.
It also means they could expect to need it after the renovations are complete. Could be part of why things seem so rushed.
Ah. That makes a bit more sense.
IMO, nowhere near the top 100 shittiest things he’s done (like, this act of vandalism is a way smaller crime than the murders we’ve been doing to people on boats in the Caribbean), but it is shitty (I know most of our presidents have sucked and the white house was built by slave labor, but tearing it down isn’t going to undo any of that, it’s just going to make history harder to understand for people in the future)
Not disagreeing with the sentiment in general, but the East Wing that’s being “renovated” was built in 1902 so no chattel slavery there.
they probably watched this music video and took the white house in the background literally
Shit, I bit the apple! As in, my first thought was, “haha, funny headline, The Onion!”
I am surprised the Orange Turd did not just level the White House in total.
Tear it halfway down, pause construction due to government shutdown, declare Mar-a-Lago “Presidential Estate”, collect rental fees from the government…
He still has 3.25 years and then probably his next illegitimate term.
There’s still time.
Give it a minute.
I mean that would actually be cool
