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question everything

(50,836 posts)
Sat Aug 2, 2025, 06:45 PM Aug 2

He will make the White House his second home. Will never leave it. Not under his free wil

President Donald Trump is continuing his Mar-a-Lago–style makeover of the White House.

Earlier this year, he revealed that large swaths of the beloved Rose Garden would be transformed with hardscaping, reminiscent of outdoor areas at his Palm Beach club. The Oval Office, where he works day-to-day, is now sheathed in gilded accents. And this week came the announcement that a $200 million ballroom designed by McCrery Architects will soon begin construction on White House grounds, specifically where the East Wing stands today.

https://www.elledecor.com/life-culture/a65575038/white-house-trump-ballroom/

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He will make the White House his second home. Will never leave it. Not under his free wil (Original Post) question everything Aug 2 OP
When Democrats hildegaard28 Aug 2 #1
Agreed. Dulcinea Aug 2 #8
He shits all over our country montanacowboy Aug 2 #2
hardscaping- also kmown as paving over i.e. he paved over the rose garden. Is everything a euphemism these days? Blues Heron Aug 2 #3
The organ grinder's monkey. Norrrm Aug 2 #4
Anyone thinking this fascist will B.See Aug 2 #5
Kit Kat enid602 Aug 2 #6
The re-remodeling will begin on January 20, 2029. Fiendish Thingy Aug 2 #7
Get out the wrecking balls. The cost won't matter. oasis Aug 2 #9
Get Elon to pay for it Fiendish Thingy Aug 2 #11
Yes he will TnDem Aug 2 #10

hildegaard28

(736 posts)
1. When Democrats
Sat Aug 2, 2025, 06:52 PM
Aug 2

Take back everything, they can send the military to drag him out in handcuffs. If he's still alive, that is. It's looking doubtful that he will make it to 2028. Whatever medical issue he has that they're hiding from the public will probably take him out within a year.

Dulcinea

(8,969 posts)
8. Agreed.
Sat Aug 2, 2025, 11:25 PM
Aug 2

I'm not a doctor or a medical professional, but he shows a lot of the signs of CHF, which no one survives for very long. Plus, he's overweight & has a notoriously bad diet, which doesn't bode well for him.

montanacowboy

(6,566 posts)
2. He shits all over our country
Sat Aug 2, 2025, 06:52 PM
Aug 2

with his cheap tawdry decorating. Gone is the beautiful rose garden plastered over in concrete. The cheap brass like gold ornamentation slathered over the Oval office. His putrid stench lines the hallways. When and if he ever leaves either voluntarily or feet first Stanley Steamer has their work cut out for them. He is such low class.

Blues Heron

(7,335 posts)
3. hardscaping- also kmown as paving over i.e. he paved over the rose garden. Is everything a euphemism these days?
Sat Aug 2, 2025, 06:52 PM
Aug 2

Norrrm

(2,748 posts)
4. The organ grinder's monkey.
Sat Aug 2, 2025, 07:09 PM
Aug 2

The organ grinder's monkey... Our grandfather told a tale of a rented house somewhere down in the area of Goulette's garage and the old shoe shop. The tenants had stopped paying rent and the landlord wanted to take the house back. Apparently the courts would take too long. He could not just go in because they would always leave somebody home even if it was just a kid. He hired an organ grinder with a monkey to set up a street or two away. Everyone in the house cleared out to go see that, which gave him the chance to jump right in and lock the doors. Now he had possession. I don't remember if Grandfather said what year so I'm guessing 1920s or 1930s.

B.See

(6,246 posts)
5. Anyone thinking this fascist will
Sat Aug 2, 2025, 07:34 PM
Aug 2

EVER leave willingly or peacefully is living in a fools paradise. He didn't leave willingly or peacefully BEFORE he'd totally undermined Democracy.

enid602

(9,515 posts)
6. Kit Kat
Sat Aug 2, 2025, 07:51 PM
Aug 2

Maybe he’ll open up a new Kit Kat Klub in the ballroom. To introduce billionaires to very young Eastern European models.

oasis

(52,774 posts)
9. Get out the wrecking balls. The cost won't matter.
Sat Aug 2, 2025, 11:33 PM
Aug 2

Americans will be so sick of Trump they’ll pay any price to get rid of the stench of him.

 

TnDem

(1,390 posts)
10. Yes he will
Sat Aug 2, 2025, 11:35 PM
Aug 2

Just like everyone before him....He may bluster and blow, but this is not sub-saharan Africa where a new Idi Amin makes himself "President for Life"

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