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global1

(26,507 posts)
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 11:33 AM Oct 2025

Tr**p Was Talking About Building A Ballroom On WH Grounds - Months Ago - Before He Started The Demo On The East Wing....

Why is it that only now - after the demo had been started - and the East Wing is totally demolished that all these Historic Preservation and Architectural Organizations wrote letters - saying that he needed to get approval of his plans - put the project on hold.

That is just too little - too late!!!

When their letters could have helped - they ignored his threats to build this ballroom. Haven't we learned that Tr**p doesn't ask for permission - nor forgiveness.

These Preservation and Architectural Organizations dropped the ball - when they maybe could have made a difference.

Will we ever learn?

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Tr**p Was Talking About Building A Ballroom On WH Grounds - Months Ago - Before He Started The Demo On The East Wing.... (Original Post) global1 Oct 2025 OP
I don't think he ever mentioned it when he was campaigning. Walleye Oct 2025 #1
He wanted Obama to do it in 2010. maxsolomon Oct 2025 #2
He offered Obama $100 million to fund it in 2010 womanofthehills Oct 2025 #5
In denial ,asleep at the wheel, no imagination about how bad this can get etc. they are slowly getting woked Blues Heron Oct 2025 #3
I just thought of something nocoincidences Oct 2025 #4

Walleye

(45,179 posts)
1. I don't think he ever mentioned it when he was campaigning.
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 11:39 AM
Oct 2025

Therefore, his election victory doesn’t count toward making a ballroom

womanofthehills

(11,002 posts)
5. He offered Obama $100 million to fund it in 2010
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 02:43 PM
Oct 2025

Obama declined. Alexrod, Obama’s Senior Advisor, recounts this in his memoir. Trump is quoted as saying “he didn’t like “the shit little tents “ used for events.

Blues Heron

(8,938 posts)
3. In denial ,asleep at the wheel, no imagination about how bad this can get etc. they are slowly getting woked
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 11:45 AM
Oct 2025

The woking process can be extremely painful mentally for some.

nocoincidences

(2,491 posts)
4. I just thought of something
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 01:32 PM
Oct 2025

Remember a few months ago when people were seen tossing things out of the second story window of the WH?

I wonder if that was part of the process of cleaning out before the demolition began?

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