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Melania Trump has destroyed the White House Rose Garden (Original Post) Gothmog Aug 2020 OP
I think we should all just trust in her impeccable taste. dchill Aug 2020 #1
Jackie Kennedy is trending on twitter for a reason Gothmog Aug 2020 #13
just cold like bdamomma Aug 2020 #50
lol.. it looks Stark! Cha Aug 2020 #38
it now looks like a "cemetery Gothmog Aug 2020 #64
What a sick looking POS. Wellstone ruled Aug 2020 #2
It looks like someone shopped the discount garden isle at Home Depot. Plain everyday filler shrubs. TheBlackAdder Aug 2020 #34
Typical Design used at Wellstone ruled Aug 2020 #35
A real landscape firm would have used large continuous rolls. It's the crap of budget starter homes. TheBlackAdder Aug 2020 #36
But,got such a deal. Wellstone ruled Aug 2020 #59
+1000 smirkymonkey Aug 2020 #76
& it looks like someone wanted to destroy the beauty of the Cha Aug 2020 #39
I'm surprised she didn't put those blood red Christmas trees in it or black Halloween ones. TheBlackAdder Aug 2020 #41
Yeah, I mentioned the red trees in another post.. smH! Cha Aug 2020 #44
You know Miss Tacky 📌 was probaby thinking it. 😂 TheBlackAdder Aug 2020 #47
lol.. yeah some Red Maggot to go with the "white supremisty" Cha Aug 2020 #53
Next year wryter2000 Aug 2020 #3
Great idea.. Unity in the Rose Garden! Cha Aug 2020 #40
that is a great idea. bdamomma Aug 2020 #52
I think that's a splendid idea. smirkymonkey Aug 2020 #75
ETTD. Bleacher Creature Aug 2020 #4
Rick Wilson is correct Gothmog Aug 2020 #15
Exactly the description that needs to be ascribed to Cha Aug 2020 #42
Cherry blossoms, schmerry blossoms soothsayer Aug 2020 #5
It's a damn massacre if you like Cha Aug 2020 #46
Those beautiful blossoming cherry trees are gone! dmr Aug 2020 #6
I guess we should have known she has terrible taste GopherGal Aug 2020 #22
Brooklyn Dad nails it.. Cha Aug 2020 #48
He's been on Stephanie Miller a few times wryter2000 Aug 2020 #67
Oh Cool.. I follow him on Twitter! Yeah, I like his style. Cha Aug 2020 #70
The sidewalk might be so she can walk in her stiletto heels. lpbk2713 Aug 2020 #57
I'm just surprised they didn't mow the lawn in the shape of Trump's face. tanyev Aug 2020 #7
lol.. yeah, his ASSFACE. Cha Aug 2020 #49
No roses in the rose garden, NO humans in the White House. NoMoreRepugs Aug 2020 #8
I find these photos confusing. spooky3 Aug 2020 #9
im with you.. I think the all white photo is prettier.. is that the old or new one? samnsara Aug 2020 #12
the "white one" is the one melania trump came up with.. Cha Aug 2020 #55
Melania gentrified the Rose Garden. Gothmog Aug 2020 #18
I'm surprised she didn't have a swastika embedded somewhere there... Spazito Aug 2020 #10
Oh yeah.. it is kind of all "white supremistie". Cha Aug 2020 #51
Hey Cha! Spazito Aug 2020 #54
Things okay in Cha Aug 2020 #56
Things are good considering everything.... Spazito Aug 2020 #61
Yes, you're where the Gov has been doing it Cha Aug 2020 #62
I am really glad for you there have been no deaths on Kauai... Spazito Aug 2020 #71
Wow.. that sounds so exciting for your Cha Aug 2020 #78
I am very sad to see and read how bad things are in the US totally due to Spazito Aug 2020 #79
Hopefully she didn't get this idea GopherGal Aug 2020 #80
This is an atrocity. madaboutharry Aug 2020 #11
RIP Jackie Kennedy's Rose Garden Gothmog Aug 2020 #23
This is what happens when two russian assets are in charge of WH 🤬 SheltieLover Aug 2020 #14
They did the nostalgic Soviet Eastern Block motif to please Putin Snake Plissken Aug 2020 #16
"Spruced-up White House Rose Garden Set For First Lady Speech" dalton99a Aug 2020 #17
It's like office-park landscaping. JHB Aug 2020 #21
I think the entire building and grounds will have to be swept, dug up, and drilled ... Hekate Aug 2020 #45
Not just for hideousness... JHB Aug 2020 #65
Hah.That's what I meant, although anything Melania & Donald "decorate" is desecrated. Hekate Aug 2020 #69
Sorry, I've posted so many times on this subject I forgot you were responding to one... JHB Aug 2020 #77
Well well well Gothmog Aug 2020 #83
What creatures need to say "I was here" by pissing on things? JHB Aug 2020 #19
I don't think even the "strange animal inherited from an uncle" pissed in the house Hekate Aug 2020 #72
Melena ripped up Jackie Kennedy's garden Gothmog Aug 2020 #20
When does football practice start? brush Aug 2020 #30
At least she didn't do this Ohiogal Aug 2020 #24
Close to it, 'though. fierywoman Aug 2020 #25
Bet that cheap ass sod they laid down in the middle Docreed2003 Aug 2020 #26
Just part of the plan! Ruin everything...I hate her just about as much as I hate him Thekaspervote Aug 2020 #27
More vandalism & trashing of sacred American icons. Rip this out, and restore it to the Jackie one. NBachers Aug 2020 #28
Apt description with the "mausoleum".. of the stark white ugliness Cha Aug 2020 #60
It looks like a mausoleum. Reader Rabbit Aug 2020 #29
First she plagiarizes Michelle O's speech Totally Tunsie Aug 2020 #31
They say that Trump plans to campaign from the White House. Baitball Blogger Aug 2020 #32
Monochrome garden for a monochrome president..... KY_EnviroGuy Aug 2020 #33
Melania calls this garden: A cry for help. sarcasmo Aug 2020 #37
The Kennedy Rose Garden denem Aug 2020 #43
Jill will fix that shit. judesedit Aug 2020 #58
#MelaniaRuinsEverything is trending on twitter Gothmog Aug 2020 #63
Good to know.. she freaking asked for it. Rt Cha Aug 2020 #73
Here is the colorful, happy Rose Garden under Obama.. melanis's devoid of color or joy.. Cha Aug 2020 #74
Awful...the Melonoma has no taste at all. Demsrule86 Aug 2020 #66
I am upset she cut the trees down too marlakay Aug 2020 #68
From the Hoarse Whisperer Gothmog Aug 2020 #81
Here is how the Rose Garden will look like if trump is re-elected Gothmog Aug 2020 #82

bdamomma

(69,532 posts)
50. just cold like
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 05:29 PM
Aug 2020

them and no colour. Bastards.

I hope First Lady Jill brings the roses back. Cause we all need to stop and smell the roses.

TheBlackAdder

(29,981 posts)
34. It looks like someone shopped the discount garden isle at Home Depot. Plain everyday filler shrubs.
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 04:22 PM
Aug 2020
 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
35. Typical Design used at
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 04:51 PM
Aug 2020

Country Clubs as to give the Diners a view of their Palatial Settings. Yah right,that's what a 100k got you.

Who ever got the Sod contract sure screwed over the American Tax Payer. Like you mentioned,looks like end of the Season crap from Home Depot's Garden center.

Those Scrubs are a Maintenance nightmare.

But,Donnie got his Green Stage for his Pressers.

TheBlackAdder

(29,981 posts)
36. A real landscape firm would have used large continuous rolls. It's the crap of budget starter homes.
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 05:05 PM
Aug 2020
 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
59. But,got such a deal.
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 05:42 PM
Aug 2020

Noticed that from the get go. Yes continuous rolls of fresh Sod,not that crap from Home Depot.

Cha

(319,076 posts)
39. & it looks like someone wanted to destroy the beauty of the
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 05:11 PM
Aug 2020

Rose Garden.. someone who doesn't really care.

TheBlackAdder

(29,981 posts)
41. I'm surprised she didn't put those blood red Christmas trees in it or black Halloween ones.
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 05:14 PM
Aug 2020

wryter2000

(47,940 posts)
3. Next year
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 01:04 PM
Aug 2020

Each of the fifty states along with territories, etc. should send a rose bush to the White House to start a new garden.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
75. I think that's a splendid idea.
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 06:50 PM
Aug 2020

A rose bush or a cherry/crabapple tree. Restore some beauty and humanity to the garden.

Cha

(319,076 posts)
42. Exactly the description that needs to be ascribed to
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 05:19 PM
Aug 2020

the ugly concoction that melania came up with.

Remember her damn red tress at Christmas one year?

Rt.. TY Goth for BrooklynDad's tweet!

Cha

(319,076 posts)
46. It's a damn massacre if you like
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 05:25 PM
Aug 2020

beautiful Blossoming flowers & trees.

melania's out done herself.


dmr

(28,705 posts)
6. Those beautiful blossoming cherry trees are gone!
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 01:08 PM
Aug 2020

How could she do that? Why did she do that?

And then added a sidewalk. Just what a garden needs: CEMENT!

She has horrible taste. She should've left well enough alone.

GopherGal

(2,905 posts)
22. I guess we should have known she has terrible taste
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 01:30 PM
Aug 2020

..given whom she married.

But why? why did she have to put her paws on the Rose Garden?

lpbk2713

(43,273 posts)
57. The sidewalk might be so she can walk in her stiletto heels.
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 05:40 PM
Aug 2020


If she dressed like normal people she wouldn't have to worry about it.

spooky3

(38,633 posts)
9. I find these photos confusing.
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 01:15 PM
Aug 2020

In the first pair, the tree closest to the building looks bigger in the "before" (left) photo than in the "after" right photo, implying that it could be the "after." There appear to be roses in the "after" photo but not in the "before" but it is hard to tell, because the left photo is early spring (tulips in bloom; roses would be dormant or just beginning to leaf out). The sidewalks in the photo below these look more like the right photo that appears to show roses in bloom.

The angle on the 1923 photo is so different from the others that it is hard to compare.

Spazito

(55,497 posts)
10. I'm surprised she didn't have a swastika embedded somewhere there...
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 01:17 PM
Aug 2020

it would be so fitting of the white supremacists squatting there.

Cha

(319,076 posts)
51. Oh yeah.. it is kind of all "white supremistie".
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 05:30 PM
Aug 2020

Aloha, Spazito! Good to see you!

Spazito

(55,497 posts)
61. Things are good considering everything....
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 06:03 PM
Aug 2020

I stay close to home because of covid of course but there is a mandatory mask bylaw where I live so it feels safer. My family is well thank goodness, I don't see them often even though they don't live very far except for one of my grandchildren who lives with me now.

How are things with you? I saw Hawaii has had recent outbreaks, I hope it's not too bad for you!

I am proud of our government in how they have handled the covid crisis so far, they did the difficult thing and shut everything down while they provided funds for Canadians who were unable to work and they are still providing it so far.

Cha

(319,076 posts)
62. Yes, you're where the Gov has been doing it
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 06:13 PM
Aug 2020

right from the beginning and it shows. So happy for you.. and a little bit envious.

Oahu is the county where there's been a recent outbreak.. I think from visitors. We're on Kauai and we've been doing good All Masked up!. no deaths from covid so far.. Thank Goodness!

It must be nice having one of your grandchildren living with you!

Spazito

(55,497 posts)
71. I am really glad for you there have been no deaths on Kauai...
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 06:33 PM
Aug 2020

that says everything about the people there being responsible and taking this horrible virus seriously. We have had one death where I live but Edmonton, which is our neighbour, did really well at first but now has a serious outbreak as soon as they started opening things up and has has a number of deaths, mostly in long term care homes.

It is great to have my grandson here, he is great company and our personalities are very similar which makes it work very well. We are really more like roommates than grandma and grandson. He is very close to publishing his book so it has been very exciting with a touch of nail biting nervousness on my part, lol.

Cha

(319,076 posts)
78. Wow.. that sounds so exciting for your
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 07:11 PM
Aug 2020

grandson, you, and your family!

It does say a lot about the People here on Kauai and anywhere that People are really trying. Especially those with Maggot Govs that make it so hard to protect themselves and those they love. Thinking of Florida where I have a sister & her family in Gainesville.. and a Nephew & his girlfriend in St Pete.. all Dems!

Spazito

(55,497 posts)
79. I am very sad to see and read how bad things are in the US totally due to
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 07:44 PM
Aug 2020

the white supremacist in the WH and the repubs. I am so hopeful, though, that will all change in Jan 2921.

Biden/Harris is a dynamite team!

GopherGal

(2,905 posts)
80. Hopefully she didn't get this idea
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 08:18 PM
Aug 2020
https://magazine.tcu.edu/spring-2000/growing-rivalry/]

The SMU band during halftime dropped strategic mounds of rye grass seed, leaving behind the band’s trademark “Diamond M” formation on TCU’s now-dormant football field.



JHB

(38,213 posts)
21. It's like office-park landscaping.
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 01:29 PM
Aug 2020

I wonder which Mar-A-Lago member wheedled the contract.

Probably one who grew up spelling his name in Cyrillic letters.

Joe might have to have it dug up just to sweep for embedded spying devices.

Hekate

(100,133 posts)
45. I think the entire building and grounds will have to be swept, dug up, and drilled ...
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 05:23 PM
Aug 2020

...before the next occupant steps a foot in it. Same with the VP’s residence. It’s hideous to think about.

Hekate

(100,133 posts)
69. Hah.That's what I meant, although anything Melania & Donald "decorate" is desecrated.
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 06:30 PM
Aug 2020

Gods they are tacky people. I’ve known people living in trailer parks who have better taste.

JHB

(38,213 posts)
77. Sorry, I've posted so many times on this subject I forgot you were responding to one...
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 07:10 PM
Aug 2020

...where I'd already said that.


It's just....



JHB

(38,213 posts)
19. What creatures need to say "I was here" by pissing on things?
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 01:23 PM
Aug 2020

I know "Like a dog" has special meaning for the Trumps, but dogs are more than redeemed by their plentiful finer qualities. The Trumps have none.

So what other ones? Need an appropriate animal.

Hekate

(100,133 posts)
72. I don't think even the "strange animal inherited from an uncle" pissed in the house
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 06:38 PM
Aug 2020

Docreed2003

(18,714 posts)
26. Bet that cheap ass sod they laid down in the middle
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 01:43 PM
Aug 2020

Will look great after her speech this week with people and chairs and media equipment trampling all over it.

NBachers

(19,438 posts)
28. More vandalism & trashing of sacred American icons. Rip this out, and restore it to the Jackie one.
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 02:58 PM
Aug 2020

They may as well have just Astroturfed the whole damn thing. It's like the entrance to some wealthy person's mausoleum.

Cha

(319,076 posts)
60. Apt description with the "mausoleum".. of the stark white ugliness
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 05:53 PM
Aug 2020

that destroyed the beauty that was there before.. melania got her hands on it.

Totally Tunsie

(11,852 posts)
31. First she plagiarizes Michelle O's speech
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 03:20 PM
Aug 2020

and now she plagiarizes the 1923 garden. Does this woman possess a brain with which to have an original thought?

Baitball Blogger

(52,345 posts)
32. They say that Trump plans to campaign from the White House.
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 03:58 PM
Aug 2020

Maybe this is why they made these changes to the garden. More open space, less garden.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,782 posts)
33. Monochrome garden for a monochrome president.....
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 04:21 PM
Aug 2020

except for tRump, everything should be black.

He and his administration are an insult even to green.......

Cha

(319,076 posts)
74. Here is the colorful, happy Rose Garden under Obama.. melanis's devoid of color or joy..
Sat Aug 22, 2020, 06:44 PM
Aug 2020
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