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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMAGA Is Saying Truman Renovated The White House Too
That was because it was falling apart.
Ocelot II
(131,227 posts)for the purpose of entertaining wealthy donors.
eppur_se_muova
(42,513 posts)stopdiggin
(15,638 posts)C_U_L8R
(49,527 posts)eShirl
(20,430 posts)dflprincess
(29,417 posts)Helping to prove the structure was unsound. One engineer said the White House was standing only "out of habit".
sinkingfeeling
(58,038 posts)LeftinOH
(5,673 posts)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)
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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