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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(136,380 posts)
Sat Aug 16, 2025, 01:48 PM Aug 2025

Donald Trump's Ridiculous White House Renovations Have The Internet Comparing Him To A Not-So-Loved Historical Figure

Somehow, we've left A LOT in the hands of this guy.

And that guy? Well, he's been giving major ✨Marie Antoinette Energy✨ lately.

You know Marie, the French queen who became a symbol of the rich and powerful during the French Revolution. She lived in opulence while many were starving, and has been most popularly attributed (perhaps mistakenly) to the phrase, "Let them eat cake!" At the time, her subjects were starving and had no money for bread (let alone cake, which was even more expensive).



Consider how, for example, nearly 70% of Americans say they're experiencing financial stress amid continually rising prices. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is bragging about all the money supposedly made from tariffs — aka, money partially coming directly out of your pockets via those rising prices. (At least Marie didn't hear that her people were starving and then add an additional tax on bread.)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/donald-trumps-ridiculous-white-house-185031605.html

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Donald Trump's Ridiculous White House Renovations Have The Internet Comparing Him To A Not-So-Loved Historical Figure (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2025 OP
I don't think that's kind of cake that the quote refers to, but point taken, and yeah, he is quite like her AZJonnie Aug 2025 #1
Guillotines. Clouds Passing Aug 2025 #2
Yes... GiqueCee Aug 2025 #3
Here's a DIY YouTube on how to build LastLiberal in PalmSprings Aug 2025 #9
I was... GiqueCee Aug 2025 #14
I still vote for trebuchet. Dem2theMax Aug 2025 #4
Sharks and electric boats 🤣 Clouds Passing Aug 2025 #15
Melaaaaaaniaaaaaaaaah can say "I don't care" in five languages with or without clothing. twodogsbarking Aug 2025 #5
Funny, though. FadedMullet Aug 2025 #6
Marie Antoinette never made the "Let them..." statement. littlemissmartypants Aug 2025 #7
For the record it is Pandora's Jug. I think. twodogsbarking Aug 2025 #12
He looks just like his mother. Mblaze Aug 2025 #8
Exactly! Traitor Anntonette! Cha Aug 2025 #10
And, Ya Think! Traitor is Grabbing all the Money Cha Aug 2025 #11
I think this may be photo shopped. His boobs are bigger. twodogsbarking Aug 2025 #13
. . . Dem2theMax Aug 2025 #16
Or as Dave Bautista said "He's got jugs, big ones, like Dolly Parton." Swede Aug 2025 #17
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Jack Valentino Aug 2025 #18
I was thinking Caligula jmowreader Aug 2025 #19

AZJonnie

(3,799 posts)
1. I don't think that's kind of cake that the quote refers to, but point taken, and yeah, he is quite like her
Sat Aug 16, 2025, 02:08 PM
Aug 2025

at least how she is portrayed in the history textbooks.

Only worse, really

9. Here's a DIY YouTube on how to build
Sat Aug 16, 2025, 04:53 PM
Aug 2025

a cardboard guillotine.



I'm not stupid enough to show one of the many videos on building a real device. I don't want Felon47's personal militia attacking my house and family, or to receive a visit from the Secret Service.

I don't think we're going to have to wait long for him to be deposed. The madness of King Don is becoming more obvious each day -- except to his MAGA cult.

GiqueCee

(4,474 posts)
14. I was...
Sat Aug 16, 2025, 06:15 PM
Aug 2025

... being facetious... kinda. But a guillotine as a metaphor for terminating a Republican's political career, sure, I can work with that.

Dem2theMax

(11,005 posts)
4. I still vote for trebuchet.
Sat Aug 16, 2025, 04:27 PM
Aug 2025

Directed at shark infested waters, because that's what he said he would choose. Sharks.

twodogsbarking

(19,012 posts)
5. Melaaaaaaniaaaaaaaaah can say "I don't care" in five languages with or without clothing.
Sat Aug 16, 2025, 04:34 PM
Aug 2025

That may be crude but I don't care.

littlemissmartypants

(34,033 posts)
7. Marie Antoinette never made the "Let them..." statement.
Sat Aug 16, 2025, 04:45 PM
Aug 2025
The phrase "let them eat cake" is often conventionally attributed to Marie Antoinette, but there is no evidence that she uttered it, and it is now generally regarded as a journalistic cliché.[227] This phrase originally appeared in Book VI of the first part of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's autobiographical work Les Confessions, finished in 1767 and published in 1782: "Enfin Je me rappelai le pis-aller d'une grande Princesse à qui l'on disait que les paysans n'avaient pas de pain, et qui répondit: Qu'ils mangent de la brioche". ("Finally I recalled the stopgap solution of a great princess who was told that the peasants had no bread, and who responded: 'Let them eat brioche'." ) Rousseau ascribes these words to a "great princess", but the purported writing date precedes Marie Antoinette's arrival in France. Some think that he invented it altogether.[2

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Antoinette

Cha

(319,610 posts)
11. And, Ya Think! Traitor is Grabbing all the Money
Sat Aug 16, 2025, 04:57 PM
Aug 2025

from Everybody, Everywhere, and Everything.. and Making sure Americans are Hurting.

Swede

(39,750 posts)
17. Or as Dave Bautista said "He's got jugs, big ones, like Dolly Parton."
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 08:31 PM
Aug 2025
&ab_channel=JimmyKimmelLive

jmowreader

(53,284 posts)
19. I was thinking Caligula
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 11:24 PM
Aug 2025

As far as I know Marie Antoinette didn’t display the sexual depravity Trump thrives on.

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