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Krasnov's Rose Garden is going to be truly hideous. (Original Post) speak easy Jul 2025 OP
UGLY Rebl2 Jul 2025 #1
FUGLY Rowdyag Aug 2025 #51
Are there any roses left? hauckeye Jul 2025 #2
Only fake gilded roses on portico pillars. haele Jul 2025 #3
Plastic ones. Ocelot II Jul 2025 #5
After the original redo there were roses towards the back of the ?hedges electric_blue68 Jul 2025 #15
I believe the white ones along the side are the ones Melania planted after ripping out a bunch of others. ??? CrispyQ Aug 2025 #59
Looks like the state fairgrounds :-( nt spooky3 Jul 2025 #4
Maybe he'll install a Tilt-A-Whirl and a Tunnel of Love. Ocelot II Jul 2025 #6
Hee hee! Nt spooky3 Jul 2025 #8
A Put-Put course! CanonRay Jul 2025 #16
Is it because he's getting afraid of walking on anything that isn't a hard, steady surface? Xavier Breath Jul 2025 #7
Also because he hates all living things-flora and fauna. jls4561 Jul 2025 #9
Good question! Scott Alan Swaggerty Aug 2025 #49
What are those blue lines? Ritabert Jul 2025 #10
Seating Guides speak easy Jul 2025 #12
It's related to the paving brick lines. Ms. Toad Jul 2025 #21
I think so. I zoomed in. electric_blue68 Jul 2025 #23
I also pulled up a few other photos and looked at the stories of the renovation. Ms. Toad Jul 2025 #24
Yes. They will paint the cement (gold?) speak easy Aug 2025 #35
Either that, or everything is one big cement pour... haele Aug 2025 #36
The surface is my concrete pavers. Ms. Toad Aug 2025 #38
Not even travertine? What cheap jerks haele Aug 2025 #39
It might be travertine. Ms. Toad Aug 2025 #40
Yep underpants Aug 2025 #54
I tried to link to this photo earlier, Ms. Toad Aug 2025 #60
Masking Tape ... nt Raine Jul 2025 #30
Here you go underpants Aug 2025 #53
Impromptu skateboarding rink. Baitball Blogger Jul 2025 #11
Ugh. Bastard. electric_blue68 Jul 2025 #13
Bet that concrete will be painted nouveau riche gold at some point. nt allegorical oracle Jul 2025 #14
I wonder if any of those workers are undocumented? sop Jul 2025 #17
That's not a garden. GoCubsGo Jul 2025 #18
I am still expecting to see EarthAbides Jul 2025 #19
The Turd garden LS0999 Jul 2025 #20
It needs more gilt and a trophy wife display. Ping Tung Jul 2025 #22
some nice rustoleum all-weather gold paint MizLibby Jul 2025 #25
Everything Trump touches dies! Initech Jul 2025 #26
Epstein files buried underneath? Tanuki Jul 2025 #27
Looks like a dance floor he can rent out for weddings Bristlecone Jul 2025 #28
He'll do that with the ballroom he's adding on to the building. nt dflprincess Jul 2025 #31
I'm going to bet my coffee money that it will be painted GOLD Bread and Circuses Jul 2025 #29
Trump's Desecration of the Rose Garden LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2025 #32
Presidential Seal and AMERICAN FLAGS ON THE GROUND underpants Aug 2025 #55
He's turning it into the patio at Mar-A-Shithole. Initech Aug 2025 #33
Those are American flags ON THE GROUND underpants Aug 2025 #57
It's so cold and sterile that it looks like the lobby at a surgery center. Initech Aug 2025 #63
Past, Present and Future LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2025 #34
God willing Hekate Aug 2025 #64
What did he bury under the concrete? Blue Full Moon Aug 2025 #37
Oh, this is my question! EndlessWire Aug 2025 #41
The White House is suffering an infestation. It can be fixed if we ever get the Rs out again. Crunchy Frog Aug 2025 #42
Surprised he didn't paint the concrete piss colored gold. Emile Aug 2025 #43
New Brutalism Hideous Kid Berwyn Aug 2025 #44
Fake fucking tiles????????????? Why am I not surprised. Vinca Aug 2025 #45
Krasnov's saying that he is paying for it. speak easy Aug 2025 #47
Very sterile, corporate. It reminds me of authoritarianism. Oneironaut Aug 2025 #46
The horror. The horror... bif Aug 2025 #48
Yep Scott Alan Swaggerty Aug 2025 #50
They paved paradise and put up a hocking lot underpants Aug 2025 #52
The drains resembling the American flag situated around the perimeter of the ugly concrete slab is . . . peggysue2 Aug 2025 #56
Yep. On the ground. 😡 underpants Aug 2025 #58
Disgusting! peggysue2 Aug 2025 #62
Between this atrocity and his hoped-for WH ballroom, I get the feeling taxpayer will foot party bills for his donors Attilatheblond Aug 2025 #61
It's unbelievable what this ass did to the Rose Garden. 😡 LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2025 #65
It seems that Krasnov's concern about high heels and grass doesn't extent to high heels and drainage grids? taxi Aug 2025 #66

haele

(15,601 posts)
3. Only fake gilded roses on portico pillars.
Thu Jul 31, 2025, 05:19 PM
Jul 2025

Maybe a cute little little rosebud centerpiece on scattered tables if they use the area for an event.

CrispyQ

(41,108 posts)
59. I believe the white ones along the side are the ones Melania planted after ripping out a bunch of others. ???
Sun Aug 3, 2025, 01:32 PM
Aug 2025

But yes, they got rid of the color & even put white furniture on the white concrete.

White hood not optional.

Ocelot II

(131,252 posts)
6. Maybe he'll install a Tilt-A-Whirl and a Tunnel of Love.
Thu Jul 31, 2025, 05:21 PM
Jul 2025

The side-show freaks are already there.

Xavier Breath

(6,681 posts)
7. Is it because he's getting afraid of walking on anything that isn't a hard, steady surface?
Thu Jul 31, 2025, 05:21 PM
Jul 2025

Guess the entirety of the south lawn will be paved over next.

Ms. Toad

(38,824 posts)
21. It's related to the paving brick lines.
Thu Jul 31, 2025, 08:28 PM
Jul 2025

I'm not sure what they are doing, but the blue tape they are applying (or removing) follows the lines between the paving blocks.

Ms. Toad

(38,824 posts)
24. I also pulled up a few other photos and looked at the stories of the renovation.
Thu Jul 31, 2025, 08:39 PM
Jul 2025

Also note the roll of blue tape by one of the workers . . .

speak easy

(12,598 posts)
35. Yes. They will paint the cement (gold?)
Sat Aug 2, 2025, 05:01 PM
Aug 2025

and the areas masked will serve as seating guides.

haele

(15,601 posts)
36. Either that, or everything is one big cement pour...
Sat Aug 2, 2025, 05:05 PM
Aug 2025

And they're getting ready to put the "design" treatment over the cement to make it appear to be inlaid stone. Wouldn't be surprised to see gilded brass inlay under that blue tape eventually.

Ms. Toad

(38,824 posts)
38. The surface is my concrete pavers.
Sat Aug 2, 2025, 06:08 PM
Aug 2025

I'll try to add a link later if then being laid down - the copy paste isn't working on my phone.

But I still wouldn't be surprised to see some fancy metal in the cracks between the pavers

haele

(15,601 posts)
39. Not even travertine? What cheap jerks
Sat Aug 2, 2025, 06:13 PM
Aug 2025

And the drains are probably 3-D printed resin, probably easy to crack if someone in heels steps too hard.

Ms. Toad

(38,824 posts)
40. It might be travertine.
Sat Aug 2, 2025, 06:23 PM
Aug 2025

The article described it mostly as concrete - but Trump described it as stone. They certainly looks uniformly white.

Ms. Toad

(38,824 posts)
60. I tried to link to this photo earlier,
Sun Aug 3, 2025, 01:32 PM
Aug 2025

but cut and paste wasn't working on the URL using my phone.

GoCubsGo

(35,006 posts)
18. That's not a garden.
Thu Jul 31, 2025, 06:01 PM
Jul 2025

It's a fucking patio. The only good thing about it is that it's probably made of the same shitty concrete he uses on his buildings. So, it should be relatively easy to tear it out, and put an actual garden back there. Better send that motherfucker the bill for it. Or, his scummy family, should his cardiovascular system finally give out.

MizLibby

(398 posts)
25. some nice rustoleum all-weather gold paint
Thu Jul 31, 2025, 08:46 PM
Jul 2025

goes between the the painters tape. Lovely diamond touch, no?

Bristlecone

(11,191 posts)
28. Looks like a dance floor he can rent out for weddings
Thu Jul 31, 2025, 09:02 PM
Jul 2025

And make speeches nobody wants to hear.

LetMyPeopleVote

(182,133 posts)
32. Trump's Desecration of the Rose Garden
Fri Aug 1, 2025, 08:25 PM
Aug 2025

In critiquing Trump's Desecration of the Rose Garden Part II, "the drainage gates are in the shapes [sic] of American flags" metaphor went right over johnny maga's little head.

Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) 2025-08-01T23:32:12.842Z






EndlessWire

(8,103 posts)
41. Oh, this is my question!
Sun Aug 3, 2025, 12:19 AM
Aug 2025

Except, I want to know what room, shelter or hidey hole is under there. Maybe he's building a facility that will withstand bunker buster bombs.

Crunchy Frog

(28,299 posts)
42. The White House is suffering an infestation. It can be fixed if we ever get the Rs out again.
Sun Aug 3, 2025, 06:18 AM
Aug 2025

speak easy

(12,598 posts)
47. Krasnov's saying that he is paying for it.
Sun Aug 3, 2025, 09:37 AM
Aug 2025

Another lie. He's got donations and pocketing the difference.

Oneironaut

(6,322 posts)
46. Very sterile, corporate. It reminds me of authoritarianism.
Sun Aug 3, 2025, 08:11 AM
Aug 2025

There’s no color. It’s super depressing and hostile.

underpants

(197,206 posts)
52. They paved paradise and put up a hocking lot
Sun Aug 3, 2025, 01:23 PM
Aug 2025

People will sell their loyalty to Trump to themselves by making donations to his Presidential Library or bitcoin or some other grift he’s come up with.

peggysue2

(12,602 posts)
56. The drains resembling the American flag situated around the perimeter of the ugly concrete slab is . . .
Sun Aug 3, 2025, 01:29 PM
Aug 2025

A metaphor for the ages: The American Republic on its way down the drain.

Perfect!

Attilatheblond

(9,256 posts)
61. Between this atrocity and his hoped-for WH ballroom, I get the feeling taxpayer will foot party bills for his donors
Sun Aug 3, 2025, 01:36 PM
Aug 2025

But we can be comforted knowing school kids will not be able to concentrate in school due to hunger, and veterans will go without promised care.

taxi

(2,755 posts)
66. It seems that Krasnov's concern about high heels and grass doesn't extent to high heels and drainage grids?
Sun Aug 3, 2025, 03:05 PM
Aug 2025

Maybe the drainage areas along the edges will be 'men only'.

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