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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThat Donald J. Trump Is Walling off the White House
is clear evidence that his administration has utterly failed. A good and just President has no need to turn the White House into a fortress.
Most Presidents welcome visitors to White House tours. You, Donald John Trump, stopped allowing the public to take tours of the White House as soon as you were elected. [Note: I stand corrected. He re-instituted the tours in March of 2017. Due to Covid-19, they are no longer allowed, though. My mistake.]
You are afraid of American citizens. You are afraid of people in the Democratic Party. You are even afraid of the very people you once hired to be part of your administration.
Your fences and walls and concrete barriers are nothing but protections from your own fears.
You are a scared little man who believes a President of the United States must hide away from those being governed.
Resign, Mr. President. You are not suited for the job. If you cannot welcome U.S. citizens into the People's House, you do not belong there.
Pull up your Big Boy diaper and resign. Leave governing to those who don't need to live in fear.
SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)milestogo
(16,829 posts)But its a lot cheaper than walling off Mexico.
yellowdogintexas
(22,252 posts)Zoonart
(11,861 posts)He must RESIGN.
(I know he won't, but I think now is the time for that drumbeat.)
malaise
(268,980 posts)Don the criminal Con stole the 2020 elections with help from ReTHUGs at all levels and the man who owns him in Russia.
MineralMan
(146,288 posts)Time to call SWAT.
malaise
(268,980 posts)That's what happens when you hate books
MineralMan
(146,288 posts)I do not think he is capable of learning.
malaise
(268,980 posts)in a courtroom
MineralMan
(146,288 posts)Mariana
(14,856 posts)Does any of this actually improve security at all?
MineralMan
(146,288 posts)Not against any real threats against Trump. It only serves to make him feel less afraid.
How sad it is that a President of the United States lives in fear of his own constituents!
Panicky fear is not a good look for "the Leader of the Free World." Nope.
Wounded Bear
(58,649 posts)He figures if he can't hear them, they don't exist.
MineralMan
(146,288 posts)from outside. But, Donnie feels safer inside prison walls, apparently. We should help protect him by putting him inside a real prison.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,683 posts)MineralMan
(146,288 posts)He has a very fancy spider hole he can retreat into. It cost many, many millions of dollars to create. Soon, he may have to retreat into it as his fear and paranoia grow. He's already been down there once recently.
lindysalsagal
(20,680 posts)Bengus81
(6,931 posts)Aw shucks...
MineralMan
(146,288 posts)That Trump feels that he needs protection from the people is a true sign of his lack of qualifications for his job.
He should resign and go into hiding somewhere else.
Kota
(901 posts)MineralMan
(146,288 posts)We will have to wait and see, though.
CrispyQ
(36,462 posts)He's got five months to disrupt and distract while Billy Barr works in the background to devise some bullshit to pull when the Con loses.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)It's the people's WH..
MineralMan
(146,288 posts)Only madness can be found there.
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)Donny has to go hide in his bunker
https://www.washingtonian.com/2016/05/17/richard-nixon-kent-state-protests-white-house-lincoln-memorial/
MineralMan
(146,288 posts)That makes him very dangerous, like a cornered animal.
calimary
(81,238 posts)Like that tweet says - while they gas their own people.
Wow - you're in FINE company, donald, I must say.
Dios Mio
(429 posts)MineralMan
(146,288 posts)That's why he's up in the wee hours and using his Tweeter.
bucolic_frolic
(43,153 posts)which by the way, he could try to do with more liquid federal assets.
MineralMan
(146,288 posts)and turn it into a fancy bed and breakfast place.
bucolic_frolic
(43,153 posts)and taxpayers are paying for the wall and all!
I am just so angry about this. What a waste of resources on the dregs of humanity.
MineralMan
(146,288 posts)can serve as a symbol of his cowardice and fear. We can help make that happen.
Aviation Pro
(12,165 posts)MineralMan
(146,288 posts)Thanks!
crickets
(25,969 posts)Gothmog
(145,179 posts)Last edited Thu Jun 4, 2020, 11:26 AM - Edit history (1)
MineralMan
(146,288 posts)Of course, he has been doing that systematically since January of 2017.
It's also prophetic for this November, I think.
onenote
(42,700 posts)While WH tours were suspended right after Trump was inaugurated in January 2017, they resumed around seven weeks later (in March 2017) and were ongoing until they were suspended again due to the pandemic. So I wouldn't cite that as an example of Trump walling off the WH.
That's not to suggest Trump isn't afraid of pretty much everything. He most clearly is.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,437 posts)onenote
(42,700 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,437 posts)I had a coworker who was detailed to work in the Executive Office Building. He arranged for his old office mates to apply for the tour. We all passed the test, so we got to take the tour of the West Wing one evening.
There were a lot of people in line, so it couldn't have taken that many connections.
I've never been on the daytime tour.
MineralMan
(146,288 posts)FakeNoose
(32,638 posts)It took 9 or 10 days of protest marches and civil unrest (mostly non-violent) but Puerto Ricans were successful in getting their corrupt, ineffective Governor to finally resign.
Here's a quick reminder: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212292102
geardaddy
(24,926 posts)He always thinks people are out to get him. He needs to resign now!
Dukkha
(7,341 posts)Except in 45's case the people really are out to get him.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)BlueJac
(7,838 posts)The signs are everywhere! Buckle up for the election
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,437 posts)He did? I don't remember that.
brooklynite
(94,534 posts)Tours were ended only when the COVID-19 pandemic started.
onenote
(42,700 posts)They were available from March 7 2017 until they recently were suspended due to the pandemic.
I don't know if other incoming administrations have paused public tours for the first few weeks, but it wouldn't surprise me if they had.
MineralMan
(146,288 posts)mahatmakanejeeves
(57,437 posts)ismnotwasm
(41,977 posts)So now he pretends hes not in one
relayerbob
(6,544 posts)You can tell by the giant piles of crap laying around the country
kimbutgar
(21,137 posts)He is such an evil lying pos. I curse him everyday for the spite he has brought upon America.
George II
(67,782 posts)classof56
(5,376 posts)shelshaw
(533 posts)Everyone should immediately begin leaving prayer notes
orangecrush
(19,548 posts)Sogo
(4,986 posts)Rabrrrrrr
(58,349 posts)And he's a complete and utter goddamn shitstain of a human being.
Blue Owl
(50,356 posts)The Chief Executive Orafice...