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justhanginon

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18. It seems that there is nothing connected to trump in any way that

Reply to syringis (Reply #8)

Thu Aug 17, 2017, 04:05 PM

Aug 2017

does not have some sense of vulgarity attached to it. He surrounds himself with it. Whether it be his rediculously overdecorated
ostentatiously golden home in Trump Tower or Mara-Lago which looks like a bordello on steroids, they reek with a lack of taste. With Republicans in general I have found they are basically a disaster for the arts because they simply cannot make a direct correlation between the aesthetic and their lust for money and power.

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When Donald Destroyed Historic Art to Build Trump Tower [View all] Miles Archer Aug 2017 OP

Kick. dalton99a Aug 2017 #1

Same thing MFM008 Aug 2017 #2

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We can both thank David Corn Miles Archer Aug 2017 #7

I'd heard that it had happened and it didn't surprise me, but... LisaM Aug 2017 #20

The man is a sociopath. madaboutharry Aug 2017 #4

Pics annabanana Aug 2017 #5

Instead... syringis Aug 2017 #8

It seems that there is nothing connected to trump in any way that justhanginon Aug 2017 #18

LOL I love "bordello on steroids" syringis Aug 2017 #19

Gorgeous! Thanks for posting the pics! mtngirl47 Aug 2017 #16

Thank you for that, anna. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2017 #21

I remember an article about that syringis Aug 2017 #6

That John Baron guy is a real piece of shit Blue Owl Aug 2017 #9

tRump liked his alter ego so much he named his youngest after him flibbitygiblets Aug 2017 #10

I remember how much my friends in NYC hated him for doing this BigmanPigman Aug 2017 #11

Tragic in this instance, telling in his attitude toward art and historic preservation generally. suffragette Aug 2017 #12

Was this before the Trump Foundation could have paid him for them? keithbvadu2 Aug 2017 #13

What do you want to bet the contractor doing the demolition didn't get paid, either? Hugin Aug 2017 #14

The Bonwit Teller Building (1929-1980) sandensea Aug 2017 #15

Our country is now the rare piece of art that he is shamelessly destroying. NRaleighLiberal Aug 2017 #17