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Ocelot II

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11. Yes!

Reply to BeyondGeography (Original post)

Sat Dec 6, 2025, 07:27 PM

Dec 6

If it ever gets built - and I have my doubts - it's got to go. The WH already has a perfectly good ballroom that's been used for social events since the middle of the 19th century; the only reason Krasnov wants this monstrosity is so he can slap fake gold all over it and hold court like he was Louis XIV at Versailles, with an audience of oligarchs offering him tribute. Tear it down and hold an exorcism over the ground where it stood before rebuilding the East Wing.

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Never Trumper Joe Walsh: "Any Democrat running for President in 2028 must pledge to tear down Trump's ballroom." [View all] BeyondGeography Dec 6 OP

Love it! calimary Dec 6 #1

I've had this thought that every Democrat running in 2028 should treat the removal of Trump's idiotic ballroom as...... FadedMullet Dec 6 #2

AND charge the costs back to Trump MurrayDelph Dec 7 #42

Perfect. If he complains, tell him that, as a landlord himself, he should understand how this works. FadedMullet Dec 8 #47

I'd like to dig a 200 ft hole deep with the same width and length and just let it fall into the abyss. chouchou Dec 6 #3

They'd have to first dig out the Epstein-esque sex dungeon that Trump is having built underneath it. LudwigPastorius Dec 7 #37

Ah..Your words are logical and true. chouchou Dec 7 #39

And pass laws to make sure no one person Red Mountain Dec 6 #4

It's not a ballroom Mz Pip Dec 6 #5

First we hold our equivalent of the Nuremberg trials there, then we tear it down. Gaugamela Dec 6 #6

It's on my litmus test...along with four more justices. pecosbob Dec 6 #7

I'm going to bet that it won't get built. tinrobot Dec 6 #8

This reminds me of an old joke: what do tight pants and a cheap hotel have in common? CTyankee Dec 6 #9

K&R UTUSN Dec 6 #10

Yes! Ocelot II Dec 6 #11

It should be torn down blubunyip Dec 6 #28

I'm going to have to disagree. Xolodno Dec 6 #12

I don't care if it's finished entierly Boo1 Dec 6 #13

Finish it off modestly and call it Katcat Dec 6 #14

Charge Trump and his "investors" for doing it and rebuilding the East Wing as it was. Emrys Dec 6 #17

I agree, for different reasons. markodochartaigh Dec 6 #19

Turn it into a museum and dedicate it We the People JCMach1 Dec 6 #21

No, Fuck his vanity project fujiyamasan Dec 6 #23

Agree blubunyip Dec 6 #30

There will be a lot to undo. mdbl Dec 6 #15

Doubt it'll be finished. Callie1979 Dec 6 #16

Not just the ballroom LilElf70 Dec 6 #18

And those corporations who paid to build it should be required to tear it down. Squaredeal Dec 6 #20

they should be taxed. nt orleans Dec 6 #36

+1000. Tear down the ballroom... Paladin Dec 6 #22

While that would be a good symbolic message, there is so many more important and immediate Bev54 Dec 6 #24

Yes. Everything he builds, should be torn down. rickford66 Dec 6 #25

how stupifyingly infantile stopdiggin Dec 6 #26

I regret that I have but one rec to give your post. RandomNumbers Dec 7 #41

And unlike those things, it can be done and dusted quickly BeyondGeography Dec 7 #44

by all means let us do bread and circuses stopdiggin Dec 7 #45

ive been saying this for several weeks now . AllaN01Bear Dec 6 #27

And remove moreland01 Dec 6 #29

1st things 1st, get riid of that tacky garish "gold" crap Raine Dec 6 #31

These people are idiots. BlueTsunami2018 Dec 6 #32

Tear down the ballroom, rebuild the East Wing. . . DinahMoeHum Dec 6 #33

And restore the Rose Garden and developing law regards how and when the WH, Capital Bldg etc get altered. marble falls Dec 6 #34

I just hope he lives long enough to see his gilded ballroom razed to the ground. Midnight Writer Dec 6 #35

If it ever gets built. Right now, it's rubble, like everything he touches. Joinfortmill Dec 7 #38

Not necessarily the first priority RandomNumbers Dec 7 #40

but of course! as PART of a long (and profoundly depressing, but crucially necessary) LIST ... stopdiggin Dec 7 #46

I don't think we will have to worry, because I'm guessing that stupid ballroom is never going to get built. Initech Dec 7 #43