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Eugene

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Thu Oct 16, 2025, 10:24 AM Oct 2025

Trump Aides Reveal Just How Obsessed He Is With His White House MAGA Makeover [View all]

Trump Aides Reveal Just How Obsessed He Is With His White House MAGA Makeover (The Daily Beast)

Aides say Donald Trump has spent hours poring over the details of his $250 million White House facelift—breaking for impromptu design sessions, interrupting meetings, and fidgeting with 3D models over meals.

Trump is “literally the project manager,” one person close to Trump told Axios, as the president personally chooses marble patterns, lighting, and floor layouts across 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

They are all part of a splashy remake anchored by a new ballroom budgeted at $200 million by the White House in July, though advisers now peg it at about $250 million, the outlet reported.


https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-aides-reveal-just-obsessed-112301266.html

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my impressions from the rendering: MF47 wants a freaking royal palace
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He finlly found something he's capable of. Turbineguy Oct 2025 #1
Looks to me like he's planning on staying there gab13by13 Oct 2025 #2
No, his concerns about his legacy & heaven means he has short time. Hand treatments, 2nd "annual". Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2025 #10
Thiel thinks the Second Coming / End Times are already in motion, so he doesn't care. COL Mustard Oct 2025 #17
A part of me thinks Biden should have demolished it before the orange convict got his tiny hands on it. Hotler Oct 2025 #3
That over-decorated arch dwarfs the Lincoln Memorial. greatauntoftriplets Oct 2025 #4
Doesn't matter cuz his donors are paying for it! CrispyQ Oct 2025 #11
All Trump renovations need to be dismantled and materials donated to needy organizations. aeromanKC Oct 2025 #5
I think we should doze the entire White House & compound, & rebuild The People's House with union labor. CrispyQ Oct 2025 #15
Enslaved People Built It JustAnotherGen Oct 2025 #21
Or he delights in knowing that black people built the White House. CrispyQ Oct 2025 #29
The Capitol should be moved to the center of the country... kentuck Oct 2025 #6
Meanwhile, he's screwing up a Federal Period designed structure Historic NY Oct 2025 #7
I once worked for an EVP NCDem47 Oct 2025 #8
The final result: Dave Bowman Oct 2025 #9
Needs a suitably gaudy and tasteless neon sign. nt Buns_of_Fire Oct 2025 #12
Biff Tannen's Pleasure Paradise Norrrm Oct 2025 #28
Needs the Eye of Sauron. Efilroft Sul Oct 2025 #23
In his case it's the Eye of Mauron. Dave Bowman Oct 2025 #26
PEDO47 Wants Ballrooms For Ballin' Children - I Guarantee It! MayReasonRule Oct 2025 #13
Nero fiddled, Disaffected Oct 2025 #14
Can we invite the British Army to fix this? ThoughtCriminal Oct 2025 #16
Let's go full Godwin: As the Russian Army approached Berlin in 1945.. NNadir Oct 2025 #18
This monstrousity will not be finished by 2029. ... aggiesal Oct 2025 #19
If he is permitted to carry this out Hope22 Oct 2025 #20
The tyrant will not leave voluntarily in 2029. dalton99a Oct 2025 #22
There is a precedent Cirsium Oct 2025 #24
Hitler had the same obsession with Berlin... JCMach1 Oct 2025 #25
The Whitehouse is a govt building paid for by taxes. Klarkashton Oct 2025 #27
Why isn't there a historical commission of some sort overseeing this? He's making the place look like a palace/ Vinca Oct 2025 #30
Is there an alternate reality where he became a successful architect or interior designer, tanyev Oct 2025 #31
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