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OrwellwasRight

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22. The worst part is treating the White House as if it were private property.

Reply to gulliver (Original post)

Sat Oct 25, 2025, 02:57 PM

Oct 2025

Last edited Mon Nov 10, 2025, 05:19 AM - Edit history (1)

It’s not. It’s public property. And historical to boot. It’s not Mar-a-Lago. He doesn’t have any rights to make any structural changes.

It is one more example of turning up the heat on the boiling frog. One more thing for us to say “it’s no big deal, I can live with this.”

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A "ballroom" isn't such a terrible idea, imo [View all] gulliver Oct 2025 OP

Arlington Cemetery would make a nice Golf Course leftstreet Oct 2025 #1

I would not put it past the sick freak that is our President to defile Arlington dwayneb Oct 2025 #5

It's a distraction dwayneb Oct 2025 #2

Yeh, right. NoRethugFriends Oct 2025 #3

Check out Krugman's take. BootinUp Oct 2025 #4

Good article gulliver Oct 2025 #6

Quick, worthwhile read. Thanks. yonder Oct 2025 #12

Yes, tackiness and tyranny go hand in hand. ananda Oct 2025 #14

There already is a ballroom in the main White House. Ocelot II Oct 2025 #7

I didn't do the AI justice. gulliver Oct 2025 #8

LOL. Trump would not do that to the main White House residence building? Really? Seems I read some here claiming hlthe2b Oct 2025 #21

Trump does things to get reactions and suck up the oxygen, he doesn't use some kind of value BootinUp Oct 2025 #24

Yeah, demolition and erasure of everything tRump -- that'll be something good. Side benefit: a very good screwing of KPN Oct 2025 #27

Yes, it is a terrible idea. It is a symbol of Trump's dictatorship, his grifting, and will be corruptly funded. Doodley Oct 2025 #9

*THIS GUY* needs a $350 million ballroom? Blue Owl Oct 2025 #10

Let's name it the Epstein Ballroom until its demolition. Justice matters. Oct 2025 #17

Works for me! Blue Owl Oct 2025 #18

Sure, let's bulldoze everything that's not shiny and new. Who cares about things like history and tradition? sinkingfeeling Oct 2025 #11

I think I got Trump's basic motive down. ananda Oct 2025 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author UniqueUserName Oct 2025 #13

It's a money laundering operation. Tommy Carcetti Oct 2025 #16

Yup hlthe2b Oct 2025 #20

We do NOT need a gold-plated ballroom almost twice the size of existing WH residence! We do not need hlthe2b Oct 2025 #19

The worst part is treating the White House as if it were private property. OrwellwasRight Oct 2025 #22

Unrec yardwork Oct 2025 #23

it is FUCKING DISGUSTING Skittles Oct 2025 #25

Nonsense. It is a horrible idea. MineralMan Oct 2025 #26

It's capricious, disrespectful, ill-funded, probably a garish abomination once done gulliver Oct 2025 #32

I think the desecration snowybirdie Oct 2025 #28

What price comfort Keepthesoulalive Oct 2025 #29

He's turning the WH into a dues paying country club Diraven Oct 2025 #30

Jesus, Mary, and Joseph Prairie Gates Oct 2025 #31

It's a stupid idea NJCher Oct 2025 #33