Trump says people have been wanting a "ballroom' for 150 years ?

[kentuck]

I have lived more than half of those years and I cannot recall even one person ever saying anything about a "ballroom" at the White House?

So now, everyone stands idly by as he demolishes the entire east Room of the White House. It's sad and it's maddening.

Because we know he could not do these things on his own. Sometimes he gets approval from the courts. If he doesn't, he goes ahead and does it anyway. Then he takes it to court. It's an insane circle of lies and crimes.

Unfortunately, he can do no wrong in the eyes of most Republicans. No matter what he does, they will not criticize him for it. They are as silent as a church mouse when it comes to criticism of Donald Trump.

He can send in the military to harass and kidnap American citizens, wrestle them to the ground, and drag them to waiting vans, to carry them away. No problem.

He can bomb boats off the coasts of other nations and he gets away with it. He is suing the DOJ for $230 million dollars because he needs to re-write history for his legacy. He was a victim on January 6th, as were all those criminals he pardoned. The Russian investigation and the search warrant of his home in Mar-a-Lago were all illegal, he says. And he should be re-imbursed by himself, through his puppets at the DOJ.

In his view, he can never receive the credit he deserves and craves until history has been re-written. IF he can get a settlement of $230 million dollars, that will pretty much be all the evidence that he will need to prove that he was innocent and he was the victim all along.

America has gone totally insane.

[LiberalArkie]

1. The White House has had one - The East Wing

[Emile]

2. Same age as you kentuck, and that's first time I heard

anyone say that.

[Dave Id]

19. Sure Donald

Just another one of you pure bullshit claims: "many people tell me". Only your hand picked sycophants may tell you to gain favors. Here in reality, we want you to drop fucking dead asap.

[haele]

3. Ummm? There was one there already.

If a larger ballroom was needed to host massive diplomatic or celebrity events, there was also room to expand it as early as, say, the Kennedy or Reagan Era when there was a greater public interest in glamor and celebrity in the White House.
No need for a throne room/banquet hall that could fit the full UN General Assembly.

[Ping Tung]

4. I'm 81 years old. I must have missed the millions of people clamoring for a WH ballroom.

I guess they've all been unpatriotic Americans who should be deported to some backward country that doesn't even have a dance hall.

[Biophilic]

5. No, America has not gone totally insane.

The republicans and trump have gone totally insane. Please, give credit where credit is due.

[BaronChocula]

16. Thank you!

AMERICA took to the streets a few days ago in opposition to this cabal. Don't give them the upper hand.

[mdbl]

18. I hope you're including voters who put them in office

in that case, a majority of Americans ARE insane, at least in the last election.

[allegorical oracle]

6. Yeah, Queen Victoria was truly vexed at the teensy WH ballroom. And Travolta had

to dance with Princess Diana in the WH kitchen.

[Mossfern]

7. According to Trump

"People" is himself - and he hasn't been around for 150 years.

[BadgerMom]

9. Feels like he has.

[Aristus]

17. That's for sure.

I'm so exhausted. The Trump Era is the most draining, fatiguing, corrosive period I've ever lived through. The shit-covered, anti-Clinton howler monkeys were as nothing to this time of chaotic, yet somehow systematic dismantling of everything good and decent about this country.

I'm losing the will to live...

[BadgerMom]

20. I've felt equally bereft at times.

I hope that you have support, Aristus. If I didn’t have a circle of family and like-minded non-virtual friends, I’d be in very serious trouble.

[PatSeg]

8. Those "people" tend to be the voices in his head

They are the same people who get tears in their eyes and call him "sir".

[twodogsbarking]

10. People have embraced democracy for 250 years. You lose, again, like always, lose, like a loser.

[rsdsharp]

11. Yup, as he was preparing to leave the White House, Grant bemoaned the fact that there was no ballroom,

but the immortal Rutherford B Hayes succeeded him, and the dream died. Teddy Roosevelt (and Congress) chose to build office space instead, and his cousin added to it, but now, NOW! our nation’s dream will be realized!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

13. Thank you for that fine history of "America Pining for a Ballroom"

It all makes sense now.

[allegorical oracle]

21. Yup -- djt's a real fan of dancing. But how much space does jiggling around in

one spot while bobbing your head and pumping your fists require?

[rsdsharp]

22. I think you're misunderstanding Dumpie's plans for a "ball" room.

[allegorical oracle]

26. You mean with massage tables? Enquiring minds want to know. nt

[Initech]

12. Literally no one has except him.

I have my champagne on ice for when he finally kicks the proverbial bucket.

[Prairie Gates]

14. It's been the most pressing issue of the last forty Presidential campaigns

Obvs

[IronLionZion]

15. His balls probably don't need much room

he's compensating for something, as always

[lame54]

23. A common complaint...

The elected elite don't party enough on our dime

[Boomerproud]

24. I was watching an episode of "The Roosevelt's-an Intimate History" on PBS yesterday

Regarding the New Deal programs, when they were getting started, someone said "You're either going down as the greatest president or the worst.". FDR replied "If I fail, I will be the last president." All the chaos going on, 99.9% created by him, shows me he believes he will be president forever.

[Blue Full Moon]

25. It already has one

[wcmagumba]

27. I've never heard of a "ballroom demand" in my lifetime (late 60s)...Besides, TSF can barely walk...

Why does "it" need a ballroom?