Please tell me this is all a bad dream.

[Botany]

Trump is is tearing down the East Wing of the White House in order to build an unneeded
ballroom that is almost 50% larger than the original White House and the first drawings
of the interior of the building has shit tons of gold crap.*

Where are the crowds with pitchforks and torches?


* https://democraticunderground.com/100220742593

[rzemanfl]

1. The psyop has entered the real world with stormtroopers and collaborators galore.

These people need to be stopped.

[31st Street Bridge]

31. Felon-47 could destroy every monument in DC

...and nothing would be done. It's obvious that nothing short of revolution or mass secession will stop this assault on this former-nation. Signs and frog costumes didn't defeat Hitler.

[forgotmylogin]

41. He literally enjoys when his actions hurt Democrats. n/t

[Irish_Dem]

2. The majority of Americans appear to like it or don't care.

30% love Trump and whatever he does is great with them.
30% don't care in the least.
30% care but have no power.

[LuvLoogie]

3. We will deserve our demise.

The premise was a lie.

[Irish_Dem]

4. We found out it was all a house of cards, a mirage.

Held together with spit and a prayer.

[B.See]

6. Held together by SOME far

nobler people who once had a dream, founded upon ideas like principles, duty, honour, and integrity.

Things Trump and his cult of fascists, Insurrectionists, anarchists, and saboteurs know NOTHING about.

'Deplorables' doesn't quite capture their... ESSENCE.

[Irish_Dem]

8. They assumed people would always want to be free.

To live in a democracy with rule of law, bill of rights, a constitution.

It did not occur to them that We The People would trash the entire system.
And elect a fascist leader.

yes greatest moral collapse in US history.

[IbogaProject]

35. Hate to say it but it is a twisted Karma visiting us

The USA has overturned many governments and trained many secret police. Unfortunately the wealthy who benefited of that eport of evil are not the ones receiving this "Karma". I just hope it helps some or all of the rest of the world improve towards justice and compassion with our bully country being reduced in power.

[BComplex]

43. I will never for a second believe this country honestly & fairly elected him.

Not a chance in hell.

[Irish_Dem]

44. I agree.

[czarjak]

53. He had help from friends in low places.

[electric_blue68]

32. No We Don't, Despite the USA's flaws. A serious % of us still try to improve it!

[LuvLoogie]

37. I hear you. I just don't think we are up to it collectively as a people.

The greed and the hate just consume and destroy. I am tired of protecting hateful stupid people from the manipulations of greed, sociopaths, narcissists, and Nazis. I mean members of my own fucking extended family voted for this and are still all in, waiting for JD.
I don't care about the racist farmers, I don't care about the corporate persons. They don't even consider you human if you aren't in their corner of the DNA diaspora or can add to their bottom line. The religious and racial bigotry are as chronic and metastasized as the gun culture/violence in America.

I will go down swinging and loving. But fuck the MAGA and their officials.

And fuck the Super Bowl. It's a Bad Bunny concert.

[Irish_Dem]

49. Facts are facts. A majority of the US population loves Trump or doesn't care.

One third of the US population voted for Trump. They like him and his crimes.
One third didn't vote at all, they don't give a damn.
One third voted for Harris.

So 2/3rds of the US population like Trump or don't care either way.
This is a majority of the US population.

[markodochartaigh]

47. Yes

this is the sort of bad dream a country has when one third of the electorate has been asleep.

[Irish_Dem]

55. They will pay a very high price for their slumber.

[Farmer-Rick]

5. Our silence is his favorite sound

He wants silent submission to all his demented ideas. I think we need protests every week.......you know in the end we will have to have them every day.

[Botany]

13. "protests every week.......you know in the end we will have to have them every day."

Yup! I am going to stand on a street corner (E.N. Broadway and High Street in Columbus, OH @ noon
today) with my American Flag. We need to use the American Flag as our symbol of resistance and real patriotism.

[NJCher]

19. that's sorta' how I started a protest

It was back when the rw nutz were harrassing the daylights out of Clinton. I went to the streets of downtown Newark with a sign and people joined me. Never mind their signs were made from a flap off a cardboard box, it was their presence that counted.

[electric_blue68]

33. Good on you!

[yellow dahlia]

26. Absolutely!

I say the same thing. Take back our symbols of patriotism.

I also think we need to keep the protests and visibility up. One or a few people is still a visibility event.

Mr. Dahlia and I attend a rally once week. We have been doing so since April.

I don't know anybody in Columbus - if I did I would suggest they join you.

[viva la]

7. I was listening to Dr. Gartner about Trump's mental condition--

And he said that the next step would be for Trump to start doing catastrophic things because of his delusions of grandeur and dementia and sadism-- like taking out fishing boats with bombs. The sudden and unapproved destruction of the East Wing is another one. AND NO ONE IN THE WHITE HOUSE OR CONGRESS IS STOPPING HIM.

[NJCher]

20. he's the guy from Shrinking Trump

I like to hear what he has to say, too.

[Escape]

9. Haven't seen it mentioned anywhere...

but, I wonder if any important documents----you know, EVIDENCE---is being discarded or destroyed in this spontaneous destruction of government property? What all did they smash, crash and throw out the window?

Looky there...I just started a new Conspiracy Theory....

[txwhitedove]

14. No. I mentioned in another thread hoping the artifacts were labeled and stored safely so they

didn't end up at a golf course. Then again, in another thread there was a bit of a pile on by those saying it's just a building and not murdered people. I am just one old American in daily shock and grief over ALL of this lunacy.

[markodochartaigh]

48. A thing that I haven't seen mentioned is

the Presidential Communications Room under the East Wing. I wonder if Putin's communications experts will somehow get access to systems there.

[Martin Eden]

10. The pot of water is boiling

Is it too late for the frog to jump out?

[Puppyjive]

11. We are eating cake

of course!

[Ohioboy]

12. He also wants to build himself an arch

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy7e8lv176go

[Botany]

15. We are going to need warriors to stop that nonsense. A human shield if you like.

Ice agents are the Indians working for the British with the clubs and the protesters are the American People opposed to Trump.

[ColoringFool]

16. Oh, That Arch Will Be Built

Trump always telegraphs, either explicitly, implicitly, or by projection, what he is going to do.

He's already chosen his preference of the three mock-ups he was given. The largest, of course.

Here's hoping all the majestic horses in his Bigger Than Anyone's Ever funeral procession (you know there will be one) leading from the Arc de Trump to the Gilded Ballroom, defecate profusely in front of his hearse.

[ananda]

17. Yes, we are enduring a continual living nightmare.

I'd have a hard time thinking of a worse sleeping one.

[yorkster]

18. Last night I looked at CNN briefly and saw

a mockup of the intended building. The picture was a closeup, so I couldn't tell if it was taken in the Offal Office. It conveyed more clearly than any rendering how massive this thing is.

As has been recently stated, it really does dwarf the White House.

[BH liberal]

21. Once El Trumpi departs...

how often will the ballroom even be used? Since it won't be done for a long time, will Trump even be around to christen it?

[kimbutgar]

22. And don't forget he is demanding $230 million for all the pain and suffering he experienced with the

Investigations, impeachments and convictions he experienced during his first reign of terror

[rubbersole]

23. His serious mental decline is on display for only asking for $230 million.

He got the Qatari jet ($400+ million) and billions in crypto bribes from the Middle East. C'mon donnie - get your head in the game! Ft Knox is all yours!

[Wednesdays]

24. "Where are the crowds with pitchforks and torches?"

There was 8 million of us out on the streets last weekend. Even though we didn't bring pitchforks and torches.

[yellow dahlia]

29. Once the supposed conservatives realize what is going on,

I wonder if they will react with something more than inflatable frog costumes and peace signs.

They're more of the pitchfork (weaponry) type. But then they would have to admit they are wrong.

[Farmer-Rick]

36. Sooo, the white house still gives tours

You have to go through your Congress Critter to get it booked. But I don't see that being a big problem. So many people hate my Republicon members that the Congress member will be glad for the attention. Or they may sell those tours for a donation since my Congress Critters are so money hungry.

But here is the info. I want to see what damage demented pedo Trump has done. I toured the White House back in the 1980s.

Tours of The White House include the public rooms in the East Wing and the Residence, which include the Vermeil Room, the Library, the China Room, the Blue Room, Red Room, Green Room, the State Dining Room, and a view of the White House Kennedy Garden. Secret Service Officers are stationed along the tour route and are available to answer questions about each room’s history, art, furnishings, current uses, and beyond.

Reserve your tour
White House tour requests should be made through your Member of Congress, which may be submitted 7 – 90 days in advance of the requested tour date.
Tours are generally available 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday through Thursday as well as 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday through Saturday (excluding Federal holidays or unless otherwise noted). When possible, public tour hours will be extended based on the official White House schedule.

All White House tours are free of charge.
Tour schedules may change at any time, with little notice, due to inclement weather or scheduling conflicts, even after your tour is confirmed.

You may reach your Member of Congress through the United States Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 (TTY: 202-225-1904), or online at congress.gov/members.

Operating hours and timely updates can be found at the 24hr information line: 202-456-7041.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/visit/

[electric_blue68]

52. Hmm...back in summer ? '93, or '94 I didn't need to contact my Congress person...I think I did go to a separate...

small building to pick up a WH Tour tix, and then went over to (sigh) the East Wing to enter, and be checked by security. Them off to the tour.

[Farmer-Rick]

56. Yeah, I didn't go through

My congressman back in the 1980s either. I just signed up in DC when I first got there 3 days before the tour.

I was just surprised they still did tours. And I thought if I could witness the damage up close, it would mean something.

He tore down the colonnade and the Jacqueline Kennedy garden too. My heart breaks. What I would have paid for a cornice piece or medallion from the wing; maybe a bush or plant from the garden. But no, it all had to be destroyed. It all had to be bulldozed into scrap and ruins.

[electric_blue68]

57. It's infuriating!

[KS Toronado]

25. We are all bothered by this!

[bdamomma]

28. Thats

The burning question.

[gab13by13]

30. Botany, you have nailed it.

It will be up to us, the people, to throw out the billionaires and hopefully, we will get a significant number of unwashed Magats to join us.

I wanted Dems to vote no to the CR back in March.

I wanted all of our social safety net protected before the government was funded. I was attacked here for being anti-Democrat.

Now Dems voted no and we only have one main issue to fight for, reimbursements to Obamacare, a worthy goal to fight for but;
Since March, Magats passed the Big Ugly Death Bill that will gut Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP, the VA, with worst of the cuts taking effect Dec 1, 2026, after the election.

Time Mattered.

[generalbetrayus]

34. I decided a long time ago that the day Orange Julius Caesar won the 2016 election that we had been hurled

into an evil, alternate universe that we have been unable to escape since.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

38. Democrats need to run on tearing down the grotesque ballroom.

I see it as an umbrella issue for all others needed for refurbishing and restoration of the Republic trashed by the Trump regime.

[RandiFan1290]

39. Where are the 'centrists?' nt

[BigmanPigman]

40. Mel Brooks, "It's good to be da king"

tRump is building his own Palace of Versailles He is the KING and Melania is Marie Antoinette.

The fucking moron doesn't read so maybe he should watch the film "The History of The World, Part 1".

Things don't end well for the KING and his wifey.

[Half-step]

42. It's alright... (sarcasm alert)

I heard that Melania wasn't really using the offices in the East Wing, anyway.

[ancianita]

45. By now, any street protests

make Americans feel sympathetic about the travesty of destruction, but that's it.
Trump would love to show the optics of that on his platforms.

"Where are ... pitchforks and torches?" You know why.
1. They're not allowed on WH grounds.
2. The 19th Cent. image is kinda weak.

Reality is taking him to court to make him pay for damages to the People's House.

[myohmy2]

46. anytime...

...the Republicans want to stop, impeach and convict trump they can but they won't because they're all part of the same fascist movement sweeping the country and world...

...until we build and have a stronger countervailing movement to meet and beat these fascists this horrendous spectacle and destruction of our country will continue unabated...sorry

...many saw this coming but few took it seriously...

...hang in there...

[SunSeeker]

50. Working people are too busy holding down 2 jobs to pay for a pound of hamburger.

If we want to get their attention, we need to tell them how we will make their lives better. Our problem has always been getting our message out through the wall of Republican lies.

[Bread and Circuses]

51. He's flooding the world with hate, lies, chaos, crimes, violence and stupidity. ...

He and ALL republicans are evil .

We are under attack !

[Bluepinky]

54. Not even George Orwell could have imagined this nightmare scenario.