Trump Aides Reveal Just How Obsessed He Is With His White House MAGA Makeover

[Eugene]

Trump Aides Reveal Just How Obsessed He Is With His White House MAGA Makeover (The Daily Beast)

Aides say Donald Trump has spent hours poring over the details of his $250 million White House facelift—breaking for impromptu design sessions, interrupting meetings, and fidgeting with 3D models over meals.

Trump is “literally the project manager,” one person close to Trump told Axios, as the president personally chooses marble patterns, lighting, and floor layouts across 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

They are all part of a splashy remake anchored by a new ballroom budgeted at $200 million by the White House in July, though advisers now peg it at about $250 million, the outlet reported.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-aides-reveal-just-obsessed-112301266.html

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my impressions from the rendering: MF47 wants a freaking royal palace

[Turbineguy]

1. He finlly found something he's capable of.

Bad taste.

[gab13by13]

2. Looks to me like he's planning on staying there

for a very long time.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. No, his concerns about his legacy & heaven means he has short time. Hand treatments, 2nd "annual".

Doctors told him some very bad news, maybe last year or early this year.
(My best guesses)

It's Vance who thinks he can stay a long time.

Thiel thinks the Second Coming / End Times are already in motion, so he doesn't care.

[COL Mustard]

17. Thiel thinks the Second Coming / End Times are already in motion, so he doesn't care.

I know who I think is the Antichrist. That's all I'm sayin'.

[Hotler]

3. A part of me thinks Biden should have demolished it before the orange convict got his tiny hands on it.

Removed all the antiques and art work and hidden them somewhere.

[greatauntoftriplets]

4. That over-decorated arch dwarfs the Lincoln Memorial.

Makes it look small and insignificant, which may be his intention. Is there any estimate of the cost to build that boondoggle?

[CrispyQ]

11. Doesn't matter cuz his donors are paying for it!

We'll never see an itemized list of names & amounts, but trust Donald, they are paying for it, not the taxpayers. ~wink, wink, snicker, snicker. Just like the second $20 billion we're giving to Argentina. You guessed it Donors!! Not taxpayers.

We have such generous billionaires, wouldn't you agree?

[aeromanKC]

5. All Trump renovations need to be dismantled and materials donated to needy organizations.

AND the Rose Garden restored to its original design.

[CrispyQ]

15. I think we should doze the entire White House & compound, & rebuild The People's House with union labor.

Maybe have a national architectural contest for the new design. Then we'll bring back Michelle Obama's garden only supersize it! United Farm Workers will manage it & sponsor educational programs for kids. 🐰 🥕🍎🌽 🍆 🍅🐸

[JustAnotherGen]

21. Enslaved People Built It

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It must stick in that guy's craw.

[CrispyQ]

29. Or he delights in knowing that black people built the White House.

I find the name White House so boring. IDK the history of the name, I should look it up, but what a yawn. Really? They couldn't come up with a better name than to name a white house White House?

on edit: LOL, so I was right. But there is some interesting history.

The White House gets its name from its white-painted sandstone exterior and a subsequent official declaration by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1901. The popular myth that the building was painted white to cover scorch marks from the War of 1812 is not accurate.

The nickname origin

Protection, not fire damage: The building, originally constructed from porous, gray sandstone, was first covered with a white lime-based wash in 1798. This was done to protect the stone walls from moisture and cracking during freezing temperatures.

A descriptive nickname: The white exterior stood out from the surrounding red brick buildings in the new capital, and the public quickly began referring to it as "the White House".

Pre-dates the fire: The use of the nickname was documented years before British troops burned the building during the War of 1812 in 1814. After the fire, the structure was rebuilt and repainted white, which only reinforced the public's nickname for the residence.

Official name change

Previous names: The president's residence was officially known by a variety of names throughout the 19th century, including the "President's Palace," the "President's House," and the "Executive Mansion".

Roosevelt's decree: The nickname was made official in 1901 by President Theodore Roosevelt. He issued an executive order to change the heading on all official papers from "Executive Mansion" to "The White House".

Distinguishing the residence: Roosevelt believed the new name was necessary to distinguish the presidential residence from state governors' residences, which were also called "executive mansions".

[kentuck]

6. The Capitol should be moved to the center of the country...

...perhaps Independence, Missouri?

Otherwise, we and all future generations will have to be reminded of this gaudy wreck of a human that once led this country.

[Historic NY]

7. Meanwhile, he's screwing up a Federal Period designed structure

Meanwhile, he's screwing up a Federal Period designed structure that was painstakingly reconstructed twice, once after the British burned it and again when Truman's lived there. Jackie Kennedy strived to furnish it with period pieces, fitting the various families the inhabited it.

ItS not tRUMP pALACE.

[NCDem47]

8. I once worked for an EVP

Nothing lit her up like being on the Interiors Committee. Total lightweight and had much bigger things to spend time on. In position due to connections. Trump reminds me of her.

[Dave Bowman]

9. The final result:

[Buns_of_Fire]

12. Needs a suitably gaudy and tasteless neon sign. nt

[Norrrm]

28. Biff Tannen's Pleasure Paradise

[Efilroft Sul]

23. Needs the Eye of Sauron.

[Dave Bowman]

26. In his case it's the Eye of Mauron.

[MayReasonRule]

13. PEDO47 Wants Ballrooms For Ballin' Children - I Guarantee It!

PEDO47 is a child rapist.

May he suffer till he dies.

[Disaffected]

14. Nero fiddled,

Trump ruined the Whitehouse.

[ThoughtCriminal]

16. Can we invite the British Army to fix this?

But we should prefer to hire local.

[NNadir]

18. Let's go full Godwin: As the Russian Army approached Berlin in 1945..

...Hitler spent hours with Albert Speer studying models of his architectural plans of rebuilt Berlin.

It will be almost as difficult to restore the White House as well as Democracy when Orrex's dream comes through and the orange pedophile "shuffles off his mortal coil" as it was for Germany after Hitler solved his problems with a bullet to his brain.

[aggiesal]

19. This monstrousity will not be finished by 2029. ...

But, then again, he doesn't expect to ever leave the White House.
This building will be bigger than the White House itself.

In this image the White House is to the far right. You can see the walkway between the 2 buildings.


In this image, you can see the White House to the left and the Ballroom to the right.

[Hope22]

20. If he is permitted to carry this out

The WH will have to be scraped off the lot when he is finally gone. What a phenomenal waste.

[dalton99a]

22. The tyrant will not leave voluntarily in 2029.

[Cirsium]

24. There is a precedent

Hitler had long been obsessed with the idea of completely rebuilding Berlin, as he implies in Mein Kampf. In the summer of 1926 Goebbels spoke of Hitler’s determination to shape ‘the country’s future architectural image’. On 3 February 1932 Goebbels wrote that for a long time Hitler had been planning how to rebuild the city. ‘In his leisure hours the Führer occupies himself with plans for a new party headquarters and the grandiose rebuilding of the Reich’s capital. He has the whole thing all set. One is amazed at the expert way in which he deals with so many problems.’

https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.12987/9780300216004-007/html

[JCMach1]

25. Hitler had the same obsession with Berlin...

Detailed in Spear's, "Inside the Third Reich"

[Klarkashton]

27. The Whitehouse is a govt building paid for by taxes.

In the past that fact has been kept in mind. It's supposed to be adequate for the purpose but not extravagant in order to pay respect to the citizens
That have to actually pay for it and maintain it.

[Vinca]

30. Why isn't there a historical commission of some sort overseeing this? He's making the place look like a palace/

brothel. All the character of the White House has been replaced by cheesy gold ornamentation.

[tanyev]

31. Is there an alternate reality where he became a successful architect or interior designer,

and the United States of America made its way to a healthy democracy with liberal policies?