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Girard442

(6,806 posts)
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 06:19 PM Oct 22

The next president should dynamite the Trump ballroom.

Preferably within seconds of taking the oath of office.

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yorkster

(3,628 posts)
7. A People's Center for Truth and Reconciliation,
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 07:13 PM
Oct 22

dedicated to exposing the Trump era lies and presenting the truth, with interactive exhibits, speakers, classes, etc. Or call it the White House Visitors Center for Truth.
Include 1 or 2 restaurants, a theater, a large open atrium, as well as the important educational aspects listed above.

Either way, it must absolutely include everything yourout described.

Hey, a girl can dream.

rampartd

(3,416 posts)
3. the implosion of the ball room should be a platform plank.
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 06:26 PM
Oct 22

the white house is no longer viable as executive residence. we must assume it is bugged to the rafters and implode the whole thing.

Staph

(6,447 posts)
5. Not dynamite.
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 06:48 PM
Oct 22

Tear it down responsibly and use the remains to build housing for the unhoused or for veterans or any people who need inexpensive homes.

taxi

(2,665 posts)
9. It must come down otherwise we allow a legacy.
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 08:13 PM
Oct 22

Over time the meanings of things change and history is revised. Future generations will not understand how he could have been so bad if we allowed his legacy to continue. Not a toothpick or a piece of rubble should be kept from its destruction.

D_Master81

(2,331 posts)
10. Seriously
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 08:32 PM
Oct 22

If it’s just Trump and his billionaire buddies that are slush funding it it’s only going to upset a few people if it’s gone.

Escape

(354 posts)
11. It should become DEMOCRACY HALL...
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 09:12 PM
Oct 22

with photos, displays and documents of what Democracy looks like and what Trump and every Republican in the current House, Senate, Cabinet and Supreme Court did to try to destroy it.



yorkster

(3,628 posts)
18. Democracy Hall would be a great name.
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 08:19 AM
Oct 23

Good suggestions as well for a totally repurposed building.

Aussie105

(7,505 posts)
13. Better idea!
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 09:13 PM
Oct 22

Turn it into a holocaust like museum so that future generations can visit and get the message . . . NEVER AGAIN!

electric_blue68

(25,429 posts)
14. DEMOLISH IT! It's an Affront that it's being built, Especially Now that he's wrecking the East Wing!
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 09:23 PM
Oct 22

Efilroft Sul

(4,273 posts)
16. Exactly. The East Wing is being vandalized because Trump lied, and his lie -- the ballroom -- should not stand.
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 09:38 PM
Oct 22

Tear it down, tear out the Panera patio that paved over the Rose Garden, and restore the garden and the East Wing.

Because fuck Trump, that's why.

electric_blue68

(25,429 posts)
17. And, Yes, The Rose Garden as well!...
Wed Oct 22, 2025, 09:48 PM
Oct 22

Seeing this is even more aggravating; having in '94 visited the WH in the summer. Tourists enter the East Wing, and go through the hallway where you look out onto the (then) Rose Garden.
It was all green, and the roses, other flowers were blooming. It was so pretty!

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