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Ocelot II

(131,227 posts)
1. He did. But he didn't tear down a third of it to add a whole new building
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 11:57 AM
Oct 2025

for the purpose of entertaining wealthy donors.

dflprincess

(29,417 posts)
6. After the leg of Margaret Truman's piano fell through the floor of her room
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 12:17 PM
Oct 2025

Helping to prove the structure was unsound. One engineer said the White House was standing only "out of habit".

LeftinOH

(5,673 posts)
8. The GOP-majority Congress at the time approved it. The rebuild
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 12:54 PM
Oct 2025

was universally recognized as necessary. Truman just happened to be President at the time; if the rebuild didn't happen then, it would have been done during Eisenhower's term - at the latest.

Botany

(77,861 posts)
9. Truman renovated, restored, and modernized the White House however Trump is destroying it and its ....
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 12:57 PM
Oct 2025

…grounds. Truman had that work done by architects, engineers, and craftsmen and women Krasnov
has brought in a demolition company with backhoes and has not submitted any of the plans for his
golden ballroom which is larger than the original White House (prior to its destruction) by almost
100% to any kind of professional review.

Btw the White House already had an exquisite ballroom.

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