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CaptainTruth

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17. I have experience with architectural salvage...

Reply to cachukis (Original post)

Fri Oct 24, 2025, 08:02 AM

Oct 24

...and you're right. Everything salvageable should have been removed before demolition of the structure. Clearly it wasn't.

I think Trump just wanted to do it quickly before people realized what was happening. He didn't want to take a chance that anyone could stop it.

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Having done some restoration work on 17th and 18th [View all] cachukis Oct 23 OP

We can assume anything of value Trump took into his possession. Irish_Dem Oct 23 #1

Why Not? MissouriDem47 Oct 23 #2

He used to steal art work from the American embassies when visiting them. Irish_Dem Oct 23 #3

Good point -- we need ACCOUNTING for the East Wing contents (nt) William Seger Oct 23 #9

Why? No one cares or no one will do anything. Irish_Dem Oct 24 #14

He did literally destroy the Bonwit Teller building... Chemical Bill Oct 24 #15

He gets off on the destruction of priceless objects, values, beliefs, etc. Irish_Dem Oct 24 #16

These are the @$$h0l3$ who referred to the native Americans as savages. ChicagoTeamster Oct 23 #4

What's amazing is that Trump didn't come up with a scam Raven123 Oct 23 #5

The Notsee Cabal is out to destroy everything FD Roosevelt. Clouds Passing Oct 23 #6

Probably multiple reasons, but the destruction is absolutely deliberate, not thoughtless William Seger Oct 23 #10

I read that the wretched Josh Hawley likened the destruction of the East Wing . . . John1956PA Oct 23 #7

It would be a shitty argument even if it WERE a remotely valid comparison William Seger Oct 23 #11

He has a history TexLaProgressive Oct 23 #8

The colonade from the Residence to the East Wing was from 1902. Igel Oct 23 #12

May the Epstein Ballroom have a very short lifetime. Crunchy Frog Oct 23 #13

I have experience with architectural salvage... CaptainTruth Oct 24 #17