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orangecrush

(31,138 posts)
Sun Oct 26, 2025, 09:12 PM Oct 2025

Will the next Democratic President tear down Trump's "ballroom"? (POLL)

From "Daily Kos" -
One of the best comments I've ever seen...


cminus
Don Dumitru
Oct 26, 2025 at 11:18:29 AM
SCENE: somewhere in Putin’s compound near Sochi.
PUTIN to OLIGARCH 1: “I tell you, he’ll do anything. Anything I say.”
OLIGARCH 1 to PUTIN: “Sure, he’s done a lot. But there have to be limits — you’ve got to be careful ...”
PUTIN to OLIGARCH 1: “No, I mean it. I’ll bet you a million dollars. If I say the word, he’ll do it.”
O1 to P: “How about … bulldoze the White House?”
P to O1: “Hand me the phone.”
(someone brought this to life in quaoar’s most recent Russian Stuff Blowing Up, IIRC).

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/10/26/2350339/-Trump-says-he-was-told-Sir-you-can-start-the-demolition-tonight#comment_92148806


43 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Unlimited
Yes, it will be a priority
15 (35%)
No, we only tore down Nazi buildings after WW2
0 (0%)
They will rationalize leaving it stand
21 (49%)
There will be no White House, there will be Trump Palace
2 (5%)
They will hold the trials there
3 (7%)
They will tear it down and have the rubble dumped at Mar a Lago
2 (5%)
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Will the next Democratic President tear down Trump's "ballroom"? (POLL) (Original Post) orangecrush Oct 2025 OP
Of course they should. Trump tore down the ballroom in the east wing so bulldoze Autumn Oct 2025 #1
It would be a huge waste of funds to destroy it afterwards... Jack Valentino Oct 2025 #2
I disagree orangecrush Oct 2025 #4
I say - Turn it into a REAL "Ballroom" ThoughtCriminal Oct 2025 #3
Trials bcbink Oct 2025 #5
Turn it into a food pantry for the poor LostOne4Ever Oct 2025 #6
They'd better, but I fear they won't. Crunchy Frog Oct 2025 #7
It'll be renamed and possibly redecorated Shrek Oct 2025 #8
other - surrealAmerican Oct 2025 #9

Autumn

(49,019 posts)
1. Of course they should. Trump tore down the ballroom in the east wing so bulldoze
Sun Oct 26, 2025, 09:26 PM
Oct 2025

his tawdry shit.

Jack Valentino

(5,244 posts)
2. It would be a huge waste of funds to destroy it afterwards...
Sun Oct 26, 2025, 09:32 PM
Oct 2025

I'm sure we can find an appropriate use for it, without spending more money to get rid of it!

ThoughtCriminal

(14,754 posts)
3. I say - Turn it into a REAL "Ballroom"
Sun Oct 26, 2025, 09:42 PM
Oct 2025


I figure filling it up half way with 3" pit balls would require about 200 million balls.

XKCD:
https://xkcd.com/150/

LostOne4Ever

(9,767 posts)
6. Turn it into a food pantry for the poor
Sun Oct 26, 2025, 10:06 PM
Oct 2025

Not only would that turn a symbol of greed into one of Compassion but I can’t imagine anything that would piss off Trump more than HIS BALLROOM helping poor people!

Shrek

(4,462 posts)
8. It'll be renamed and possibly redecorated
Mon Oct 27, 2025, 06:37 AM
Oct 2025

But the administration will be quietly grateful for the facilities and space.

surrealAmerican

(11,927 posts)
9. other -
Mon Oct 27, 2025, 07:37 AM
Oct 2025

This is a large construction project with not much of a plan. They will not actually build anything.

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