So I suppose this answers my question if Trump bothered to save the antique American furnishings and art from the West Wing.

“In 1979, Trump received approval from the city to purchase the Bonwit Teller building, an Art Deco mainstay on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, which would eventually be demolished for a 68-story, mixed-use property now known as Trump Tower, Forbes reported.
Trump recalled that the Metropolitan Museum of Art asked him to donate several friezes from the 1929 building before it was razed, in his 1987 book, “The Art of the Deal.”

The real estate developer agreed that he would save two, 15-foot Art Deco sculptures of nearly nude goddesses, as well as a 15- foot by 25-foot, nickel-plated grille, from the condemned building’s facade.

“I said that if the friezes could be saved, I’d be happy to donate them to the museum,” Trump wrote.

However, a year later, the “sculptures were smashed by jackhammers” and the grillwork went missing, Preservation News, a publication of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, reported in 1980.”

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Anonymous wrote:Who is collecting the money for the ballroom since it’s private donations?

The Trust for the National Mall because they forgot their mission statement.

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Anonymous wrote:I read an architectural analysis of what’s been announced and it makes no sense, especially the square footage. There are no fully fleshed out plans, just intern-level renderings (where the inside and the outside done even add up) The announced price keeps going up. They can’t build what they’re planning. So I think it’s just a huge money grab for Trump. He’s going to skim the money off of the “foundation” and the building will run into “huge delays” and will be unfinished in 2029. They will claim that they ran into “unexpected issues” and “ran out of money” and will stick it to the US taxpayer to finish rebuilding the WH.

This is 100% his MO. Excellent analysis.

I can’t believe anyone thinks he’d
build something that he won’t even get to use. Either he plans on staying, or he plans on using it to steal the money.

I’d go with the grift. He can’t golf in a bunker.

Always a safe bet with this guy.

Who is collecting the money for the ballroom since it’s private donations?

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Anonymous wrote:I read an architectural analysis of what’s been announced and it makes no sense, especially the square footage. There are no fully fleshed out plans, just intern-level renderings (where the inside and the outside done even add up) The announced price keeps going up. They can’t build what they’re planning. So I think it’s just a huge money grab for Trump. He’s going to skim the money off of the “foundation” and the building will run into “huge delays” and will be unfinished in 2029. They will claim that they ran into “unexpected issues” and “ran out of money” and will stick it to the US taxpayer to finish rebuilding the WH.

This is 100% his MO. Excellent analysis.

I can’t believe anyone thinks he’d
build something that he won’t even get to use. Either he plans on staying, or he plans on using it to steal the money.

I’d go with the grift. He can’t golf in a bunker.

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Anonymous wrote:Karoline Leavitt was asked if "the president is looking at any other renovations" at the White House?

Karoline answered: "At this moment in time of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."

This is how easily Democrats lie about stupid stuff.

So nothing about the bunker then?

I wonder if she’s aware that Hitler also built a giant ballroom above a bunker that later became very famous. There more to the new Epstein wing than meets the eye.

The White House said they wouldn't touch the current structure. The East Wing looks pretty touched to me.

I don't know why anyone is continuing to report statements from White House officials as being credible sources of information.

Noway the math works.. this is a money laundering scheme and a chance to reinforce and update the bunker. Period.

Anonymous wrote:Karoline Leavitt was asked if "the president is looking at any other renovations" at the White House?

Karoline answered: "At this moment in time of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."

This is how easily Democrats lie about stupid stuff.

Is a MAGA seriously complaining about someone else taking things out of context?

Anonymous wrote:Karoline Leavitt was asked if "the president is looking at any other renovations" at the White House?

Karoline answered: "At this moment in time of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."

This is how easily Democrats lie about stupid stuff.

So nothing about the bunker then?

Anonymous wrote:Karoline Leavitt was asked if "the president is looking at any other renovations" at the White House?

Karoline answered: "At this moment in time of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."

This is how easily Democrats lie about stupid stuff.

At this moment in time while the government is shut down? While our deficit is the highest it’s been? With Americans crowd sourcing their groceries? While soybean farmers fear they’re going bankrupt?

IDFC because no president should be focusing one second on a ballroom project.

But, as another poster said it looks like Trump is First Lady of the US. Where’s your outrage now since you were furious Biden was only a figurehead?

Anonymous wrote:Even Chuckie piles on to this lie

Oh, Chucky fits her as a nickname. She’s got the crazy smile down

Anonymous wrote:Karoline Leavitt was asked if "the president is looking at any other renovations" at the White House?

Karoline answered: "At this moment in time of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."

This is how easily Democrats lie about stupid stuff.

I know! Trump has been relentless in trying to reopen the government and figuring out how to lower prices. It’s all he talks about. He hasn’t even been golfing or anything!

Stupid maga clown

Even Chuckie piles on to this lie

Anonymous wrote:Karoline Leavitt was asked if "the president is looking at any other renovations" at the White House?

Karoline answered: "At this moment in time of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."

This is how easily Democrats lie about stupid stuff.

No, that's what the PR firms do to run cynical ads of misleading snippets to bamboozle voters across the spectrum.

That's why it's funny. As spokesperson, part of Leavitt's job is not making the mistake of uttering vulnerable snippets.

She made it easy for the PR parasites with this one.