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slightlv

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17. With all the backlash against this,
Sat Oct 25, 2025, 04:31 PM
Oct 2025

and now even a first lawsuit about it, I'm hoping this is the "one toke over the line" too many for the American people. This has hit them viscerally. The rose garden was one thing, but it seemed to affect the more genteel of us more than others. THIS destruction has hit everyone in the gut. I hopeful the damage that has been done so far will just sit there throughout 2026, a visual metaphor for what he's doing to our entire country. Command him to put the wing back the way it was before he touched it. If we can't afford to feed kids and old folks in this country, we certainly can't afford a $300 billion vanity project.

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It's the stairway to hev unnnn, twodogsbarking Oct 2025 #1
Heh! electric_blue68 Oct 2025 #16
Then it DEFINITELY is... COL Mustard Oct 2025 #19
Or hell. After all... ananda Oct 2025 #24
Staircase to nowhere is a metaphor? Colliding windows good for falling out of? cbabe Oct 2025 #2
Stairway for his grand entrance. republianmushroom Oct 2025 #3
My exact thoughts popsdenver Oct 2025 #7
Bet he makes an absolute nuisance of himself on the construction site. tanyev Oct 2025 #4
Another exercise in futility and stupidity. Ocelot II Oct 2025 #5
Chump only cares whether the carpets match the drapes FakeNoose Oct 2025 #6
true keroro gunsou Oct 2025 #12
Stairs to nowhere is a feature C_U_L8R Oct 2025 #8
It's The Trumpchester Mystery House AZJonnie Oct 2025 #9
Stairs that go nowhere, doors which open out onto drops sakabatou Oct 2025 #14
Trump removed the stairs Progressive dog Oct 2025 #10
He's managing this the same way he ran his businesses (i.e. 6 bankruptcies) groundloop Oct 2025 #11
The bankruptcies were a smart move. Dixiegrrrl Oct 2025 #20
Didn't he always say building things was his family business? ChicagoTeamster Oct 2025 #13
The stairs will lead to a throne Mysterian Oct 2025 #15
With all the backlash against this, slightlv Oct 2025 #17
That's what happens when you use AI to save $$$ on architects. littlemissmartypants Oct 2025 #18
Construction delayed... Yet destruction of the East Wing was hurried up, not delayed. Norrrm Oct 2025 #21
It's Muskrat's DOGEshit method BumRushDaShow Oct 2025 #22
At least it wasn't an escalator. SergeStorms Oct 2025 #23
The bunker (s?) need to be included. mahina Oct 2025 #25
The bunker is already there underground Captain Zero Oct 2025 #26
rump's as crazy as William Wirt Winchester's widow Sarah struggle4progress Oct 2025 #27
Spray-painted gold ornaments from Home Despot Blue Owl Oct 2025 #28
Suetonius on Nero CMell Oct 2025 #29
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