Rather than BULLDOZE Trump's $200 Million ballroom in 2028, why not convert it into something...

[Miles Archer]

...that would not only be USEFUL, but also something he would HATE? Something that would make Stephen Miller throw the grand mother of all tantrums?

I'd leave the structure standing, but I'd gut the inside to remove the gold and marble and any other Saddam Hussein "bling" he added. I'd start with four walls and that's it.

How about a hall to HONOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS of non-white athletes and Civil Rights figures that Trump had expunged from government websites?

I'd isolate every good thing in this country that Trump and Miller and his goons TORE DOWN, and make it the focal point. NAME it after Jesse Owens or Rosa Parks or any other prominent figure who wasn't a white "conservative" and found themselves erased from the history books by Trump.

And yes, I would restore Jackie Kennedy's Rose Garden.

But the "ballroom" has potential.

[PJMcK]

1. Let's see if it actually gets built (n/t)

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Here's hoping the Era of the Restoration

is a clean sweep. We must eradicate it all, but it depends on the power of the political majority and whether they wish to spend money which will be sorely lacking.

[Diamond_Dog]

3. That's not a bad idea, Miles Archer.

A museum dedicated to minorities and their accomplishments is a great idea.

How about a food pantry …. a performing arts center that reflects our nation’s diversity, an educational center focused on voting rights and civil rights ….. a place for social justice leaders to give speeches …..
Free concerts…… (no MAGA musicians allowed)

Absolutely that ugly cement food court patio should be restored back to Jackie’s beautiful rose garden.

[quaint]

4. Education, arts, and daycare for DC people.

[Indyfan53]

5. Turn the ball room into a homeless shelter

But this is assuming Dems will ever win back the White House…

[taxi]

6. Disagree. Doing so would create a positive image of him in the future.

We cannot forget that he and the Republicans stand only for greed and grift.

[oasis]

7. Put Leticia James in charge of the restoration.

[Emile]

8. Museum to display the Epstein files and pictures of Trump

on Epstein Island.

[karynnj]

9. My thoughts

Remove the gilt that will likely be there and replace it with the quiet tasteful molding similar to what the White House had. Then restructure the huge room to be a more moderate dining room for state dinners and a White House museum could fill the rest.

Many smaller museums have areas people can use for weddings etc. This could, especially if redone specifically to support it, work nicely as a museum and a place for state dinners.

Trump size is probably way too large as it would lose the intimacy, for lack of a better word, of previous state dinners. Remember that some past state dinners were in large tents on the ground that probably will be where the ballroom is.

This would be a gracious way to create a space more in keeping with the White House, but using what can be used. What I still would not like is that the design creates a building higher than the White House. As the White House is iconic, it would be better if the addition were done in a way that made it not visible from the front. That does not seem to be the plan.

The other hard thing to do is to get rid of the patio that looks more like a generic patio around a resort pool. The grace and beauty of the rose garden added to the White House. The patio cheapens it.

[lame54]

10. Soup kitchen

[crud]

11. Museum of the Presidents

Every one of them except the criminal one. Also a special section for Obama, featuring video of his "amazing grace" speech.

[Dave says]

12. It should be bulldozed just on principal

[indusurb]

13. It's going to be larger than the White House,

A God awful monstrosity tacked on to a lovely building. Let Habitat for Humanity come in and salvage all the building material they can, then bulldoze the building and return the South Lawn to exactly that, a lawn.

[harumph]

14. It should display pictures of the children that have died or will have died because USAID was killed.

Along the walls. Keep all the gold crap up as well. Pile the chairs and tables in the middle of the room and let them
collect dust and rot in perpetuity. Make it a memorial to the consequences of unregulated greed. Designate it a national monument to shame.

[Red Mountain]

15. Make it a campaign issue

Solicit the best ideas from the public and crowd source the funding. Slogan idea......'Make it the PEOPLE'S house again'. And fix the Rose Garden. Elect a Democrat and bring dignity back to the White House.

[Jersey Devil]

16. They could just reconfigure it as additional office space

From what I understand, the White House really doesn't have enough office space and thus some functions have to be farmed out to other locations.

[GoCubsGo]

17. Because, it's only "potential" is to be a death trap.

Flimsy, mostly glass walls, a huge roof with no support from underneath. The first big snow, and down it comes. And, I'm sure it will be the same cheap materials and shoddy construction we see in all of his other properties. Just do the country a favor, and tear the damn thing down--if it ever gets built. It will be a liability, as much as it will be an eyesore.