Conservatives are defending president Trump’s $250,000,000 ballroom by drawing comparisons to Barack Obama’s instillation of basketball hoops. One requires the demolition of the historic east wing, whilst the other was built on previously existing tennis courts.
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These are the people that lost their minds when cracker barrel considered slightly changing its logo. They are stupid and craven and hate America
Conservatives never argue in good faith.
Headline is bad, it’s $300,000,000 now.
The MAGA people have absolutely no facts to stand on. Even using a whataboutism requires they acceptance that modifying the white house no matter how minor is wrong .
They are trying to distract from the very thing they think is wrong because “Trump”. That is purposeful deceit and pure Infidelity of the Mind.
They know its wrong. They know its really bad. They point to a thing they found objectionable and yelled about only to use that as justification for demolishing 30% of the White House complex.
How insane.
>$250,000,000
Trump update the price of his golden goon den to $300,000,000.00
This is more embarrassing than saying nothing at all.
How many hundreds of millions were those basketball hoops?
How much was the hoops? Just for comparison!
This is absolutely pathetic. Not to even mention that the ballroom’s sole purpose is for Trump to glorify himself.
300 million now. Check back in two weeks, when it’s an even billion
They also keep showing pix of the post-war renovations and claim it’s what Obama did. FALSE.
these are not serious, genuine, or even reasonable people.
I am not surprised. Negative IQ MAGAs always come up with the dumbest most far-reaching whataboutisms and comparisons. It’s only going to get worse and more comical with the Department of Education gone.
**There is no defense conservatives can make to justify destroying part of the White House** to make room for a ballroom, that can be reasoned nobody wanted to be constructed in the first place.
It’s only happening because Rep Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House in question, negligence.
If white supremacy isn’t being respected, the supporters of President Trump will be angry.
That’s it.
Those hoops cost less to install than just *one* of Trump’s trips to Mar a largo.
Did the basketball hoops cost $250M?
Did Obama actually use the basketball hoops by, you know, playing basketball?
Can Trump dance? (it’s a ballroom, it’s for dancing)
They absolutely do hate America. Anyone capable of basic critical thinking should see this.
“As national debt accelerates to $38 trillion, watchdog warns it’s ‘no way for a great nation like America to run its finances’”
Conservatives are cucks.
GW installed the court and Obama extended it and neither one of them destroyed anything to do it.
Also, who the fuck cares what “republicans” – by which I mean bots – think or say?
The two things aren’t even remotely comparable in scale, cost, destruction etc.
Defending the undefendable: The movie.
Also, it’s $300m now.
Keep in mind he LIED AGAIN saying no portion of the existing building would be touched
It’s cause their base is racist. Make them angry about the black guy and maybe they won’t realize trump is screwing them over.
Conservatives are fucking idiots
Removable hoops, so tennis could still be played.
Aaand the hoops passed the oversight process.
Barack Obama could have added solar panels, geothermal heating & cooling and wind turbines and they’d still find it to be a “waste” because they are anti-environmentalism and anti-black.
Republicans are the most unethical, hypocritical people in the usa
Obama wore a tan suit that one time
I’d assume though that Obama ‘s basketball hoops went through all the proper channels and we’re legally confirmed and inspected. Trump just decided to demolish without consulting anyone.
Next week Trump will have a construction crew to tear down Congress and SCOTUS N
Republicans doing what they do best which is government waste, fraud, abuse, and protecting pedophiles.
It bears repeating.
A deeply unserious party full of deeply unserious people.
One is the equivalent of buying a stair master for a gym. The other is demolishing the gym and building a night club (most likely for money laundering).
well, conservative arguments are routinely and egregiously disingenuous, so…
Release the Epstein files
The White House will become one big ball room for the new price of $300M! Basketball hoops are maybe $500-1000? They can be easily removed.
Newsweek October 23, 2025.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday raised the estimated cost of the new ballroom being added to the White House, saying the price tag would be ***“about $300 million.”***
The amount is a $100 million jump from the $200 million price tag announced by the White House in July. Trump previously i[ncreased](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXkke7nTqDo&t=639s) that estimate in September, telling reporters he thought it would cost $250 million.
Construction crews began tearing down the facade of the East Wing on Monday, [setting off backlash from critics](https://www.newsweek.com/white-house-ballroom-east-wing-renovation-demolition-trump-10915364) who say the ballroom is an unnecessary vanity project.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation has urged the Trump administration to pause the demolition until a planning commission review was completed, expressing concern that the proposedConstruction crews began tearing down the facade of the East Wing on Monday, [setting off backlash from critics](https://www.newsweek.com/white-house-ballroom-east-wing-renovation-demolition-trump-10915364) who say the ballroom is an unnecessary vanity project.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation has urged the Trump administration to pause the demolition until a planning commission review was completed, expressing concern that the proposed **90,000-square-foot ballroom “will overwhelm the White House itself.”**
**The White House is 55,000 square feet.**
Republicans defending Trump do so on a daily sometimes hourly basis. It’s gotten to the point that they all say the same words. They call them talking points. It’s obviously scripted maybe by the White House or the speaker’s office. From my perspective it falls on deaf ears when MTG breaks ranks on the Epstein and then on the cost of living that was significant and got my attention.
Conservatism is poison. No truth. No ideas. No empathy for others. F*&k ‘em all.
Once “Little Hands” TACO is no longer president, the next president needs to freeze and confiscate all assets endorsed & profited during his term to pay for all damages incurred.
The basket ball court also did not damage the integrity of the building
Assholes, all of them justifying this. The White house is not Trump’s property. It belongs to the American people. Any changes are also supposed to be thoroughly vetted.
All he’s doing is creating an expensive nightmare for tge next president to restore the rose garden and tear down the ballroom. No one is keeping that tacky cheesecake factory patio
Are they truly out of their minds? This is also illegal and not to mention tacky and monstrous.
They aren’t genuine. They never are. They distract from the actual issue because they have no argument and they know it. Stop feeding them. Stop arguing in good faith with people who don’t respond in kind. Troll the trolls
Magats arguing in bad faith? I’m shocked.
“What about Obama?”
the true curse of our times.
Electing a half black president really broke people for good so much that they chose the Shadowrun timeline but without sexy elves, magic, or any of the cool shit.