Paving over the Rose Garden

[Orange Buffoon]

Link to tweet

My favorite comment: "Congratulations--you've officially turned the Rose Garden into the entrance of a Courtyard by Marriott."

We can hope that Jill will turn it back into the Kennedy Rose Garden.

[sheshe2]

1. She redid the rose garden...

She redid the rose garden the same way she decorated our house for Christmas. Cold, Dead and lifeless.

That is what the WH has been for the past four years.

[SheltieLover]

6. Its what russian ASSets do

One component of her job.

[sheshe2]

14. This fits.

[SheltieLover]

31. Yup

[Solly Mack]

2. How exactly does it complement the authority of the Oval office?

[sheshe2]

13. Not to be crass here...

It looks like a limp dick. Not exactly complimentary, yet it shows who/what he is.

[Solly Mack]

21. I'm not sure what she meant by saying it or how it completes or fills a lack of the

authority of the Oval office.

But that is the question I have.

I've been studying the piece and nothing comes to mind.

[Sentath]

15. Because it is short

And therefor she can look down upon it.

(Edit At least that is my best guess at the emotive process behind that.

[Solly Mack]

22. She could have meant it as a dig.

With her, who knows?

[Ms. Toad]

3. Ugh.

I wasn't impressed with the sculpture when I searched it out - I'm less impressed now that I see it installed.

Not to mention that they apparently installed the second piece 90 degrees to how it was intended:

[mr_lebowski]

7. I can't believe they didn't notice that wasn't the way that piece went!

[electric_blue68]

4. I can think of other styles of Noguchi's works...

that would have fit better by the garden area.

And they installed the small piece wrong? Sheeesh.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

5. Who among us doesn't love a garden decorated in Goth?

.............

Melania's new head groundskeeper:


(credit: Fredyn35 via Wikipedia)

KY

[Kitchari]

8. The scale is so small

It looks like a turd pile

[WePurrsevere]

23. A pile of Minecraft dog poo was my first thought...

If that was what the artist envisioned while creating it then they nailed it and giving a big pile of poo to the Trump shit show presidency is certainly appropriate.

[Kitchari]

32. Ha!

Agree completely

[Layzeebeaver]

9. I scanned thru a Breitbart article on this...

And it was peppered with ads for IQ testing, dumpster rentals and toilet cleansing tips.

How appropriate.

[Deb]

10. It gave me the emotional jolt of unexpected roadkill

[fierywoman]

11. The concrete setting for such a tiny piece is all wrong. I love Noguchi's work, but

this piece ... in a rose garden???

[Grasswire2]

12. Do they call this "brutalism"?

Or what?

[NBachers]

16. They left out the "Caution: Trip Hazard" signs.

[scarletwoman]

19. Or, it will be mistaken for a boot scraper.

[Klaralven]

26. A few orange cones around it will actually liven it up

[NotANeocon]

17. Just pave it -

-and add hydro outlets to make a parking lot for environmentally friendly cars.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

18. Let's plant some roses in a rose garden. Oh, that requires soil, not pavement.

[nebby70]

20. I'll say again ...

... the White House is neoclassic with Ionic columns ...
... it's the complete anti to this sculpture ...
... oh, wait, Trump is the complete anti to the entire concept of being a president ...
........... now I get it .....

regardless - this needs to be removed and a bit of calm and graciousness restored to our house ....
..... I'll be in line to help plant and weed if necessary ----

if that woman had a molecule of taste she wouldn't have done this.... but we see what she chose to marry ....

sigh

how much longer??? 59 days..... hate to wish my life away but.....

[KPN]

33. She doesn't do this for taste. She does it to tell

Americans FU in what her pea brain sees as subtle fashion.

Oh, and re: her opposite of neoclassic, this out of place subtle FU from the woman who lied that she had an architecture degree. Me? I think she’s Hitler reincarnated as a woman.

[Pachamama]

24. You can bring horticulture but not make her think

[Klaralven]

27. +1

[judeling]

25. Time For Maya Lin

While I don't know that the Rose Garden is the right place for her later earth forms to be displayed. I guarantee the attempt would be worth it and the effort would draw huge attention and really stick it to Melania (who deserves it).

[Politicalgolfer]

28. Oh look, Mel dropped her dildo & it broke...

[GoCubsGo]

29. On an unrelated note...

Wow! That's the first time I ever saw Malaria in a dress without 5" hooker heels. She's wearing flats, nonetheless! She really is making a run for it once they leave the WH. Fat Bastard would never tolerate her in anything but stilettos.

I don't have an issue with that artwork, but it does not belong in the White House Rose Garden. I like modern art, but in its own place, which this is not. Hopefully, Jill or Ashley will fix things.

[Yeehah]

30. This can't be for real

It just can't.

[UCmeNdc]

34. A rose garden with no roses.

A garden with no plants.