Construction Has Begun on Massive New White House Ballroom

[struggle4progress]

https://people.com/donald-trump-says-construction-has-begun-on-massive-new-white-house-ballroom-11809043

When we tear the eyesore down, let's dump the waste on Mar a Lago

[Irish_Dem]

1. Hungry children with no vaccines or healthcare.

But let's build a $200M tacky gold dancing space.

[Traildogbob]

3. He can't even dance on Cankles.

[Irish_Dem]

4. He can still get lap dances. :(

[Traildogbob]

6. Yea but damn, that can be done in a cheap closet.

No waste, fraud and whatever the other shit they been hell on ending.

[Irish_Dem]

15. Trump must have a $200 million ballroom for his lap dances.

And lots of bystanders watching.

Cheap closets are not up to his usual standards.

[Traildogbob]

2. So will

The cost of this shit show be brought up in the Government shut down debate coming????
Do I need the sarcasm thing here?

[RANDYWILDMAN]

5. I hope the next person

is a women (I know not likely )and burns it down and pisses on the ashes

[Mossfern]

14. Better yet

Make it a museum emphasizing DEI.

[maxsolomon]

7. How the fuck do they already have permits?

Did they have the drawings ready to submit on Inauguration Day?

McCrery Architects barely have a website:
https://www.mccreryarchitects.com/

[Retrograde]

9. Permits?

Permits are for little people, the sort that actually follow laws.

[maxsolomon]

13. I guess but I'm also curious.

A project like that would take my office a year to complete from Concept to Conformed Construction Set. McCrery busted out an addition to "The People's House" in a month and a half. It's got to have a huge commercial kitchen in it, too.

I wonder who the AHJ (Authority Having Jurisdiction) is.

On edit:

Federal building permits in Washington, D.C., are handled by the relevant federal agency responsible for the building or project, not by the District of Columbia Department of Buildings (DOB). The federal government enforces building codes and issues permits for its own buildings, military structures, and manufactured housing. To obtain a permit for a federal project, you must contact the specific federal agency involved in the construction or oversight of that building.

Thanks, AI! I bet they barely have a Schematic Set completed.

[electric_blue68]

8. Blargh. Raze it when he's out of the WH!

A sort of "monument" to his - cough, ack,
cough - "greatness". 😑

[J_William_Ryan]

10. "New White House Ballroom"

A pathetic attempt by Trump to leave a ‘legacy.’

‘Thus-and-such was done during the Trump administration.’

Narcissistic fool.

[democrank]

11. Why not?

Trump has stopped how many….7?….wars, his economy is humming along nicely, all our bridges have been repaired, no more homeless veterans or hungry children, everyone has affordable health care, FEMA is back, and the CDC rates about a 10.

So, why not? Let’s build a multimillion dollar ballroom and spray the crap out of it with gold. What better way to spend our extra tax dollars?

Count me in. I’m going to get me one of those flag pins all the Republican Patriots wear and tune in when those TrumpModels in the cabinet cut the ribbon with Miller.

[JHB]

12. Every piece of furniture fitted with a Russian bug.