It is fascinating how autocrats have changed over the course of history – after centuries of creating and building magnificent edifices that are reference points in architecture and art history to this day, the autocrats of recent history can only think in terms of creating desolation or tacky tasteless horrors. They are only able to think in grey concrete wastelands and Liberace-vomit gold-ornamented kitsch that has to alter or even remove previous greatness – they can only put their “mark” on history with such abominations. This horror is no exception and shows how soulless monsters they all are.
FreedomBread on
Build that palace while farmers fail. Way to vote, America.
Klutzy-Delivery-5792 on
He’s already figuratively destroyed it so might as well go for literally, too.
Academic-Key2 on
Should’ve used actual explosives and we could’ve had an Independence Day meme or two out of it
not2dv8 on
What a disgrace. On top of it, he says he is going to donate the $230 million to complete the monstrosity. But guess what? He just so happend to wants the DOJ to give him, for what nobody knows, wait for it: $230 million. All while federal employees aren’t getting paid.
UnguentSlather on
Demolishing part of the White House for a literal nazi party room.
Amvient on
“A sacrifice I am willing to make, and more to come” Trump possibly.
rapidcreek409 on
Democrats are furious, republicans are at most Susan Collins level concerned
fence_sitter on
“Saddam Hussein, he was a bad guy but he knew how to build a palace, so anyway we’re finding that other parts of the WH are in terrible shape, you wouldn’t believe how badly it deteriorated in the past four years folks under Sleepy Biden’s watch. It’s true, believe me, it’s a mess so we’re going to be renovating other parts of the WH, it’ll be beautiful unlike anything people have ever seen, we’re also looking into renaming it, maybe in two weeks, we’ll see what happens” -47
Plane-Engineering on
Hope the Dems return this to its original state if and when they are elected. That is if they get their shit together. It would be worth the money to not have it in our memory every time we look at the White House.
goingofftrack on
Putin is celebrating so hard right now.
QuantumLeaperTime on
No one demolished a building like this for an addon. He is purposely just having someone with a bulldozer break as much as possible. He should be impeached for destruction of US property.
Normal deconstruction would be with scaffolding.
This is idiocracy.
watch_out_4_snakes on
The symbolism is just too much
kh-38 on
Just so I’m clear…
We’re 3 weeks into a government shutdown, so there are people who HAVE to work without getting paid for a month, and others forced to stay out of work for a month without pay.
Food prices are skyrocketing, and farmers — including many who voted for him — are losing their livelihoods because of HIS economic policies.
But the orange Marie Antionette thinks this is a good time to DEMOLISH part of a historic structure so he can build a multi-million dollar ballroom that THE COUNTRY DOES NOT NEED!
Do we have to protest at the gates of the White House with pitchforks and torches for Marie Antionette to get the message that the country is kind of going through a rough patch right now, so maybe this isn’t the best time to focus on a new ballroom?
_DapperDanMan- on
Wild.. Absolutely.
EPSTEIN FILES THO.
Expert-Explorer8894 on
Trump should fly his AI fighter jet over the White House and shit bomb that too. Release the Epstein Files.
WreckNTexan48 on
He is gonna tear down the whole thing, never ending construction
Rusalka-rusalka on
I feel offended seeing these images. They are also illustrative of what his admin has done to this country since coming into the office.
TLKimball on
Can you imagine the outrage from the right if Obama had cut down a tree in the back yard?
mistersuave on
If he and his team decides to destroy the White House and replace it with a castle or a building, what would America do?
psycholepzy on
The long game here is that, all the people who care will be dead in 20-30 years and, for the people who remain, this will just be the new normal.
So, I mean to say resist the fuck outta this. Call the construction crew HQ and annihilate their phone lines. Their info is out there.
HR_Paul on
Did they get permits for this project?
TheRealBlueJade on
You mean trump new reinforced bunker?
the-real-col-klink on
Will this have an added bunker? Maybe that’s part of his motivation..
moderngulls on
We are living inside a 1989 Bloom County.
FanOfBowieFan on
How about the Epstein files?
GarrusBueller on
The fucking symbolism
Wasteland_Mystic on
I’m betting Trump never finishes the Ballroom, leaves a huge mess for the next president and pockets the money that was supposed to go to it.
HaxanWriter on
Wouldn’t be surprised if he wrecked the whole place and puts up a Trump Tower. It’s not as if anyone is going to stop him, sad to say.
Commercial_Wait_9942 on
This is devastating which I think is the point
Dweidmann on
Everybody’s assuming that Trump will pay for this, when it’s proven that contractors have been stiffed by Trump in all his construction jobs before. He just doesn’t pay and they run out of money trying to sue for compensation. The surprise is he can still get contractors
No_Consequence7919 on
He said, I will give it ALL to charity, he also said, he would not touch any of the white house for his unneeded patio/ballroom. He has lied most every time. Why would I even consider believing him on this statement.
edwardturnerlives on
What is wrong with you Republicans? This is a travesty.
Hawk_Desperate on
A metaphor for our civic institutions.
BearSquid7 on
Ain’t no way this gets completed in a legitimate way. It’s either going to look like shit or cost way more than they expect. Only for the next sane president to shut it down.
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Tbh, it’s like we’re stuck in some sorta weird reality TV show rn.
Literally taking a bulldozer to history
And then there’s this. Actions have consequences. Especially illegal, greedy ones.
[https://www.newsweek.com/demolition-company-tearing-down-white-house-flooded-negative-reviews-10911081](https://www.newsweek.com/demolition-company-tearing-down-white-house-flooded-negative-reviews-10911081)
It is fascinating how autocrats have changed over the course of history – after centuries of creating and building magnificent edifices that are reference points in architecture and art history to this day, the autocrats of recent history can only think in terms of creating desolation or tacky tasteless horrors. They are only able to think in grey concrete wastelands and Liberace-vomit gold-ornamented kitsch that has to alter or even remove previous greatness – they can only put their “mark” on history with such abominations. This horror is no exception and shows how soulless monsters they all are.
Build that palace while farmers fail. Way to vote, America.
He’s already figuratively destroyed it so might as well go for literally, too.
Should’ve used actual explosives and we could’ve had an Independence Day meme or two out of it
What a disgrace. On top of it, he says he is going to donate the $230 million to complete the monstrosity. But guess what? He just so happend to wants the DOJ to give him, for what nobody knows, wait for it: $230 million. All while federal employees aren’t getting paid.
Demolishing part of the White House for a literal nazi party room.
“A sacrifice I am willing to make, and more to come” Trump possibly.
Democrats are furious, republicans are at most Susan Collins level concerned
“Saddam Hussein, he was a bad guy but he knew how to build a palace, so anyway we’re finding that other parts of the WH are in terrible shape, you wouldn’t believe how badly it deteriorated in the past four years folks under Sleepy Biden’s watch. It’s true, believe me, it’s a mess so we’re going to be renovating other parts of the WH, it’ll be beautiful unlike anything people have ever seen, we’re also looking into renaming it, maybe in two weeks, we’ll see what happens” -47
Hope the Dems return this to its original state if and when they are elected. That is if they get their shit together. It would be worth the money to not have it in our memory every time we look at the White House.
Putin is celebrating so hard right now.
No one demolished a building like this for an addon. He is purposely just having someone with a bulldozer break as much as possible. He should be impeached for destruction of US property.
Normal deconstruction would be with scaffolding.
This is idiocracy.
The symbolism is just too much
Just so I’m clear…
We’re 3 weeks into a government shutdown, so there are people who HAVE to work without getting paid for a month, and others forced to stay out of work for a month without pay.
Food prices are skyrocketing, and farmers — including many who voted for him — are losing their livelihoods because of HIS economic policies.
But the orange Marie Antionette thinks this is a good time to DEMOLISH part of a historic structure so he can build a multi-million dollar ballroom that THE COUNTRY DOES NOT NEED!
Do we have to protest at the gates of the White House with pitchforks and torches for Marie Antionette to get the message that the country is kind of going through a rough patch right now, so maybe this isn’t the best time to focus on a new ballroom?
Wild.. Absolutely.
EPSTEIN FILES THO.
Trump should fly his AI fighter jet over the White House and shit bomb that too. Release the Epstein Files.
He is gonna tear down the whole thing, never ending construction
I feel offended seeing these images. They are also illustrative of what his admin has done to this country since coming into the office.
Can you imagine the outrage from the right if Obama had cut down a tree in the back yard?
If he and his team decides to destroy the White House and replace it with a castle or a building, what would America do?
The long game here is that, all the people who care will be dead in 20-30 years and, for the people who remain, this will just be the new normal.
So, I mean to say resist the fuck outta this. Call the construction crew HQ and annihilate their phone lines. Their info is out there.
Did they get permits for this project?
You mean trump new reinforced bunker?
Will this have an added bunker? Maybe that’s part of his motivation..
We are living inside a 1989 Bloom County.
How about the Epstein files?
The fucking symbolism
I’m betting Trump never finishes the Ballroom, leaves a huge mess for the next president and pockets the money that was supposed to go to it.
Wouldn’t be surprised if he wrecked the whole place and puts up a Trump Tower. It’s not as if anyone is going to stop him, sad to say.
This is devastating which I think is the point
Everybody’s assuming that Trump will pay for this, when it’s proven that contractors have been stiffed by Trump in all his construction jobs before. He just doesn’t pay and they run out of money trying to sue for compensation. The surprise is he can still get contractors
He said, I will give it ALL to charity, he also said, he would not touch any of the white house for his unneeded patio/ballroom. He has lied most every time. Why would I even consider believing him on this statement.
What is wrong with you Republicans? This is a travesty.
A metaphor for our civic institutions.
Ain’t no way this gets completed in a legitimate way. It’s either going to look like shit or cost way more than they expect. Only for the next sane president to shut it down.