Trump responds to the AFFORDABILITY CRISIS: "It's so special. Uh, it will be like the one in, in Paris, but..."

[Miles Archer]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/billionaire-donald-trump-79-reveals-unhinged-white-house-priority-as-prices-surge/

Speaking at a holiday party on Sunday, the president described his aspirations for a triumphal arch in Washington, D.C., as White House Domestic Policy Council head Vince Haley’s “primary thing.”

“It’s something that is so special. Uh, it will be like the one in, in Paris, but to be honest with you, it blows it away. Blows it away in every way,” Trump said. “And Vince came in one day and his eyes were teeming. I mean, he couldn’t believe how beautiful it was. He saw it and he wanted to do that. That’s your primary thing.”

Trump has spent months attempting to remake D.C. in his MAGAfied image, including paving over the White House Rose Garden, demolishing the East Wing, breaking ground on a $300 million ballroom, and announcing plans for other new construction around the nation’s capital—none of which has undergone the necessary legal reviews.

In October, he announced he wanted to build a knock-off of the Arc de Triomphe that would rival the Lincoln Memorial in scale. Sources say Trump has been presented with three different designs, but unsurprisingly he is reportedly most excited about a $100 million white-and-gold monstrosity.

[Walleye]

1. The man is mentally ill. If we deported him, the whole country would be a lot better off.

Seems like he wants credit for going to these lavish parties like this is his “work“ and he thinks demolishing DC is part of his job

[Miles Archer]

3. I just hope that when it's time for Grampy's dirt nap...

...the powers that be in Washington don't decide that they need to keep these monstrosities standing "out of respect" for Trump.

Because I think we all know that's how Washington "minds" often work.

No talk about Trump or his "patriot donors" coughing up the $100 million for this, so I assume the cost will fully be on taxpayers.

[ColoringFool]

7. Nothing Of DJT's Will Be Demolished. That Literal Upheaval Is Not...

Going to happen.

[KS Toronado]

17. Betty White's Crystal Ball sees voters demanding the ballroom comes down

and the East Wing rebuilt.

[MLWR]

11. "If we deported him, the whole country would be a lot better off."

All true. But what country is dumb enough to take him?

[ProudMNDemocrat]

12. I can think of a few..

Russia
N.Korea
Hungary
Argentina

But then, maybe not. I doubt Saudi Arabia would either. NONE of the Trump family knows that Arab culture does not allow women to have rights.

[wolfie001]

15. Add Chile

I guess the voters there forgot about all those one-way oceanic helicopter trips

[PatSeg]

19. I'm not so sure that any of those

countries would want him after he has no power. It's not like anyone, anywhere cares about him; they only care about what he can do for them.

[druidity33]

2. I'm remembering something else that

happened in France and Paris around a couple hundred years ago...

Just sayin'.

[lastlib]

4. C'mon, History, Repeat!

I know how we can get the rust off of a guillotine blade.......

[BH liberal]

5. I believe that Canada...

still has one of the few working models of the old guillotines in some museum. They would likely be happy to lend it to us at this point.

[Historic NY]

8. maybe he will loan us this one

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-44801660]

[BH liberal]

10. Looks like...

that guillotine would do the job nicely. Actually, they should just leave the wooden blade guard in place when they do Trumpenstein for better effect.

[HarryM]

16. Nah, this is the 21st century

Forget the guillotine, use a wood chipper.

[mountain grammy]

6. Madman

[newdeal2]

9. These are vanity legacy projects. He must be close to death

Even if he skips permitting, you cannot build something like this in a year or two. Takes a long time to design, line up all the subcontractors, find materials and build. Even longer when you have a micromanager client like Trump.

[BH liberal]

13. The Hitler/Trump parallels...

continue to surface. Adolf ordered a flurry of building in Germany to celebrate his 1000 year Reich fantasy.

[thucythucy]

21. I was thinking the same thing.

And "Vince" will be the new Albert Speer.

[wolfie001]

14. We should use $ going to red states (esp. Florida and Texas) to remove every sign that tRUMP was ever there

Executive power. Use it when we get it back.

[Blue Full Moon]

18. Can we skip to the end where he dies in the bunker?

[Martin Eden]

20. Two monstrosities to tear down. Sigh.

It's bad enough that all the tacky gold has to be removed from the Oval Office and who knows where else in the enshitified White House.

Of course, we first have to tear down the Orange Monstrosity or whoever the Greedy Old Pigs party nominates in 2028.

[dalton99a]

22. So much originality:

[central scrutinizer]

23. Reminds me of