Orange Rapin' Felon Grampy parts ways with Epstein Ballroom architect who couldn't handle the bigly yugeness of it all

[Miles Archer]

Trump fired his own ballroom architect after clashing with an architect over expanding the project.

The boutique architecture firm led by James McCrery II was reportedly replaced after three months when questions surfaced over whether the group could manage the large-scale plan, The Washington Post reported Thursday.

"It is unclear whether McCrery stepped back voluntarily, but the men parted on good terms and remain so, according to one of the people familiar with the project, all of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal conversations," The Post reported.

Trump apparently wanted to increase the size and scope of the project, "but it was McCrery’s firm’s small workforce and inability to hit deadlines that became the decisive factor in him leaving," a source told the outlet.

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-ballroom-2674371128/

[Irish_Dem]

1. I wonder if Trump ordered him to knock down the entire White House now.

No one seems to care about destroying the East Wing, why not the whole damn White House.
And of course it must be called the TRUMP HOUSE.

[newdeal2]

3. He wants to paint the Eisenhower executive building white

On a whim. Even though that building is granite and painting over it would be a disaster and crime.

[Irish_Dem]

4. I had not heard this one. Jebus.

Trump is batshit crazy.
Period.

[maxsolomon]

10. End quote from yesterday's NYT article on this debacle:

"I'm considered an important designer".
-President Bullshit Artist

[Irish_Dem]

11. He is delulu. Completely delusional.

[Miles Archer]

5. I had to read the "he wanted it BIGGER" part a couple of times to make sure I'd read it correctly

It's not a good sign that he wants it "BIGGER THAN THE FORMER EAST WING."

He's also trolling the idea of renaming the Kennedy Center "The Trump Center."

Let's hope nature does its thing before any of this sees the light of day.

[Irish_Dem]

8. I read that that Trump wanted the ballroom to be bigger than the WH.

And the design firm refused because it is a design principle not to overshadow the historic
and primary buildings when making an addition.

So Trump fired them.

Trump wants everything named after him.

[tinrobot]

2. I'm betting that atrocity of a ballroom is NEVER built.

But he'll still raise hundreds of million in "donations" for the construction.

Another day, another grift.

[Miles Archer]

6. I've assumed the same

Three years is gonna seem like a small eternity if he's with us for all three, but it will still go by faster than people think.

[Irish_Dem]

7. He could pocket the money, make the contractors build the building and then stiff them.

[maxsolomon]

9. McCrery laid down with dogs and now he's got fleas.

His tiny firm was never going to be able to handle a fast-paced, professional asshole of a client project like this - according to President Bullshit Artist, they're already shoring up the hole.

Shalom Baranes Assoc. is a legit DC firm, and looks to be mid-size. 11 Principals, so maybe 40, 50 total staff? Their portfolio is NOT Neo-Classical. No one's is.
https://www.sbaranes.com/

Of course, taking this on will destroy them. The Leadership doesn't look like Repukes, either.

[Klarkashton]

13. McCrery was getting heat from the AIA and other

Professional organizations about his involvement with this travesty. It was time to bail
The new firm will get the same treatment.

[maxsolomon]

15. The founder is Shalom Baranes

He wrote an op-ed in the WaPo in 2017 about being an immigrant who remodeled the Pentagon:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/03/23/i-came-here-as-a-refugee-and-then-i-rebuilt-the-pentagon-after-911/

It's paywalled so I can't read it, but it features a picture of Bibi Netanyahu and Sen. Graham. I'd wager he's Likud and Repuke-friendly and that led Bullshit Artist to his firm.

[Hugin]

14. #ETTD...

(Everything Trump Touches Dies)

QED

[flvegan]

12. Trump probably refused to pay the man.

That's his style, anyway.

[maxsolomon]

16. McCrery tried to tell MFer no.

He got cold feet when the program changed to accommodate 1,350 and he realized Trump wanted a convention center.