WH announces construction of 90,000 sq foot ballroom to WH

[Anonymous]

I don't understand the event size estimates given by the WH. They're saying they need events for up to 999 seated people but a 90,000 square foot ballroom is gigantic. It could fit way more people than that. So now the American taxpayer has to foot the bill for these huge events with thousands of people? Trump lies and lies. You can never get to the truth with him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I don't like Trump, but I don't think ball room is a bad idea. Most national palaces have a grand ballroom of some kind, and the East Room is too small. This is also one area where Trump's opulent sense of taste may suitable.

Except, thanks to Trump, we are no longer the global hegemon, we no longer have an economy that is the envy of the world and we are flouting democratic norms. So, no need for extra space.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No money for healthcare for Americans, but plenty of money to bulldoze the White House so Trump can build a palace.

Not sure how I feel about the ballroom, but you do know it's not being paid for by taxpayers, right? Private donations are being used for this.

You think private funds are paying for the ballroom because Trump said so? I bet those donations go to his “library.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would think the White House would have a process for getting approval before ripping out parts of a building that's more than 100 years old and seeped in history.

But this is Trump. He doesn't care about laws or history; only what he wants.

I hope Bowser is taking notes. Maybe we can be like other countries and build things without lawyers getting paid for a decade or two.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No money for healthcare for Americans, but plenty of money to bulldoze the White House so Trump can build a palace.

Not sure how I feel about the ballroom, but you do know it's not being paid for by taxpayers, right? Private donations are being used for this.

Yes, how do you feel about those on the Epstein list, Saudi princes contributing to building a ballroom for "The People's House," and getting a plaque inside the ballroom for it?

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Anonymous wrote:I would think the White House would have a process for getting approval before ripping out parts of a building that's more than 100 years old and seeped in history.

But this is Trump. He doesn't care about laws or history; only what he wants.

I hope Bowser is taking notes. Maybe we can be like other countries and build things without lawyers getting paid for a decade or two.

He could quite literally knock down the entire White House if he wanted. There is no law, agency, government branch, or person who could stop him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand the event size estimates given by the WH. They're saying they need events for up to 999 seated people but a 90,000 square foot ballroom is gigantic. It could fit way more people than that. So now the American taxpayer has to foot the bill for these huge events with thousands of people? Trump lies and lies. You can never get to the truth with him.

This is what I don't understand.

You could seat 500 for dinner in 1/10 of the planned space.

90,000 sq ft is like a convention center.

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Anonymous wrote:I would think the White House would have a process for getting approval before ripping out parts of a building that's more than 100 years old and seeped in history.

But this is Trump. He doesn't care about laws or history; only what he wants.

Its called the National Capital Planning Commission, but they are mostly Trump appointees at this point, so...

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Anonymous wrote:The images of the destruction of the East Wing, which everyone promised, wouldn't be touched, is heart wrenching.

Only Trump could destroy the White House grounds and everything it stood for.

Chinese machinery.

MAGA, right?

[Anonymous]

Trump is aware he is a temporary resident of the White House? Why can’t this man just run the government, which he was elected to do not renovations.

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Anonymous wrote:I can’t wait until we take the White House and rename it. I’m thinking the George Floyd ballroom and have the new ribbon cutting done by Hunter Biden.

Screw that, take it all down and restore it to what it was, and the Rose garden too. He is turning the White House into MarALago north.

I'm confused will the UFC fights be in the ballroom or on the lawn. I'm getting all these trashy events mixed up

[Anonymous]

Meanwhile TSA and other essential workers are being forced to work without pay.

[Anonymous]

Everything he destroys will be rebuilt.

The only thing he will be remembered for is destruction of everything this country stood for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would think the White House would have a process for getting approval before ripping out parts of a building that's more than 100 years old and seeped in history.

But this is Trump. He doesn't care about laws or history; only what he wants.

I hope Bowser is taking notes. Maybe we can be like other countries and build things without lawyers getting paid for a decade or two.

He could quite literally knock down the entire White House if he wanted. There is no law, agency, government branch, or person who could stop him.

and we know ethics and decency won't stop him because he has neither.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I don't like Trump, but I don't think ball room is a bad idea. Most national palaces have a grand ballroom of some kind, and the East Room is too small. This is also one area where Trump's opulent sense of taste may suitable.

Except, thanks to Trump, we are no longer the global hegemon, we no longer have an economy that is the envy of the world and we are flouting democratic norms. So, no need for extra space.

He needs lots of room for all the corrupt business people who will come to pay their bribes.