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reACTIONary

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16. That's the ellipse in front of the white house grounds....
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 11:53 AM
7 hrs ago

.... My understanding, I did not watch, is that that is where they set up large screen tvs for the proletariat, who were not invited to the ring side event, to watch the proceedings.

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I'm confused... jmbar2 8 hrs ago #1
That's where the bleachers were erected for the spectators. yardwork 8 hrs ago #3
Spectators for what? What did they have there? There was never anything on the news except the jumping bikes? Srkdqltr 8 hrs ago #6
They had jumbotrons there too BumRushDaShow 7 hrs ago #20
It looks like the overflow lot for Nazis with net worth less than $1 billion Bluetus 6 hrs ago #35
What a collection of incel losers Aviation Pro 6 hrs ago #40
Really, that image says it all. sop 5 hrs ago #51
One woman EarthAbides 5 hrs ago #55
My first thought too and that is probably why the photographer took that shot BumRushDaShow 4 hrs ago #56
Thanks - I missed that part of it jmbar2 8 hrs ago #7
That's the ellipse in front of the white house grounds.... reACTIONary 7 hrs ago #16
lol proletariat. Funny not funny as it is true. ALBliberal 7 hrs ago #27
The Lumpenproletariat... sop 5 hrs ago #52
Oh! I missed that, too ... electric_blue68 6 hrs ago #31
That's the ellipse where they had big screens for additional viewing Wiz Imp 1 hr ago #59
A million dollars to fix the grass. Figures. twodogsbarking 8 hrs ago #2
Yep...once all that UFC crap is taken down that grass will be fucking toast Bengus81 8 hrs ago #5
Why bother? quakerboy 6 hrs ago #34
Definitely don't bother until the asshole is gone. erronis 6 hrs ago #38
Nah...Trump will want a grift on this one just like the reflecting pool Bengus81 1 hr ago #61
Same thing with his fascist birthday parade last year where they had to fix the road Galraedia 6 hrs ago #37
I haven't heard anything about actual physical attendance at the event. Hugin 8 hrs ago #4
There were large screen watch parties. underpants 6 hrs ago #44
Left wing radical vandals!😏 Floyd R. Turbo 8 hrs ago #8
A spoiled child leaves his toys where they fall. Ford_Prefect 7 hrs ago #9
And THIS child PatSeg 7 hrs ago #12
Map of the White House grounds (aerial view) FakeNoose 7 hrs ago #10
Yeah, hard to see why they tore up the ellipse as well PatSeg 7 hrs ago #11
The area in front of the stage was for limited attendance The Ellipse is where several thousand others watched it from. onenote 7 hrs ago #13
I don't think they saw much from that far away FakeNoose 7 hrs ago #15
They set jumbotrons or large screen tvs. reACTIONary 7 hrs ago #18
Yes the had watch parties underpants 6 hrs ago #43
Big TV screens? AZJonnie 7 hrs ago #19
The ellipse was the location of the "watch party". The original plans were for 10 jumbotrons and several smaller screens onenote 7 hrs ago #21
Do you remember seeing the motorcycles flying through the air Bengus81 7 hrs ago #17
The bare Ellipse just screams for a tarp. Sneederbunk 7 hrs ago #14
Another Example MissouriDem47 7 hrs ago #22
He'll be moving in the old refrigerators and the abandoned trucks on cinder blocks soon. Scrivener7 7 hrs ago #23
"Gasps?" Should be screams of horror. efhmc 7 hrs ago #24
What did people expect? ananda 7 hrs ago #25
Quick. somebody get a tarp! not a texan 7 hrs ago #26
Let white trash relogic 7 hrs ago #28
The whole thing was ugly inappropriate trash and guess what, we are paying for the cleanup... wcmagumba 7 hrs ago #29
Thus "mission accomplished" erronis 6 hrs ago #39
Everything he does/touches is left in horrible condition. efhmc 7 hrs ago #30
Everything he does is for Putin popsdenver 4 hrs ago #58
Idiopathic Idiocracy Bo Zarts 6 hrs ago #32
Trump's MAGAts came to his birthday bash.. Dave Id 6 hrs ago #33
Watch that $1 million go to $10 million and then be given to a Trump donor in a no bid contract. Galraedia 6 hrs ago #36
Wouldn't it have been cheaper and easier to set this up in Capitol One Arena? Or maybe Nationals Park? cab67 6 hrs ago #41
That wasn't the point GenThePerservering 5 hrs ago #46
I know. cab67 5 hrs ago #47
Just wait until after the WH grounds NASCAR event. Traildogbob 6 hrs ago #42
Trump Murica is Idiocracy. aeromanKC 5 hrs ago #45
EVERYTHING he involves himself in, DIES Pas-de-Calais 5 hrs ago #48
Looks like a plague of locusts moved in...... Bayard 5 hrs ago #49
Needs MOAR Brawndo! RetiredParatrooper 5 hrs ago #50
I think the UFC cage and the ballroom hole in the ground Doc_Technical 5 hrs ago #53
The destruction is deliberate. Trump hates America, our government and us delisen 5 hrs ago #54
F*ck that! Get his kids out there to clean that yard. Buddyzbuddy 4 hrs ago #57
Ok...10 years for all the f"cks purr-rat beauty 1 hr ago #60
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