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SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
3. Someone posted pix yesterday of lawn removed
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 09:23 AM
Nov 2020

We can be sure it's nothing good.

Inside...shredders running 24/7.



SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
12. Whatever it is, rest assured it is an assault on our values
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 09:40 AM
Nov 2020

An enormous waste of taxpayer $, and intended as a mockery of our democracy to please putin.

LSparkle

(11,660 posts)
5. I heard they're building reviewing stands ...
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 09:24 AM
Nov 2020

For the inaugural parade. Hope MF45 hears a lot of ‘dozing and hammering.

A HERETIC I AM

(24,367 posts)
9. I really wish people wouldn't read too much into this kind of thing.
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 09:29 AM
Nov 2020

I understand it makes for a great tweet and a compelling headline, but one thing is very important to remember;

The White House is for all intents and purposes, a Museum. A national Museum with curators, groundskeepers and a myriad number of staff that look after the property, it's contents and it's appearance.

There ARE people that can and will say "NO! you can't do that" to the whims of EVERY sitting president when it comes to modifications.


I'm willing to bet a days pay that this...whatever it is, was scheduled weeks, if not months ago and amounts to normal, regular maintenance..

chriscan64

(1,789 posts)
10. Can you imagine all the corona viruses in that top layer of soil?
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 09:36 AM
Nov 2020

They should let Rudy's pals at the Four Seasons Total Landscaping company jump on that grenade in hazmat suits before subjecting the regular workers to the risk.

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
13. The First Family seems to have enormous latitude when it comes to making
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 09:46 AM
Nov 2020

any changes on a whim. Remember how Melania fucked up the Rose Garden just before the 1st SuperSpreader event?

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