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I hope so. That way we can rebuild the White House the way it was and pay for it by seizing Mar-a-Lago and selling it off.

mikkupikku 1y ago
Trump is a corrupt idiot and a terrible president, but the White House controversy is dumb too. I'm sure the addition will be ugly like everything Trump builds, but that building is not exactly a historic artifact that mustn't be mutated. It's been gutted more than once.
- yodsanklai 1y ago
  > I'm sure the addition will be ugly like everything Trump builds Maybe it will serve as a reminder
- the_gastropod 1y ago
  Bit like suggesting the controversy over bombing boats in the Caribbean is dumb because the U.S. has bombed ships before. The way it's happening is completely unprecedented and absurd.
  - mikkupikku 1y ago
    Comparing extra judicial murders to tearing down part of a building is absurd, please get a grip.
    - the_gastropod 1y ago
      Of course murder is worse. I didn't suggest otherwise. I was responding to the claim that "the White House controversy is dumb" because the building has been modified before. Flagrantly violating the law while blowing a half a billion dollars in transparent bribes on a vanity project while the government is shutdown is beyond outrageous. It's not "dumb" that it's a controversy. It would, in any other administration, be a slam-dunk impeachable offense.
- xpe 1y ago
  My main issue is how Trump said one thing and did another: > “It won’t interfere with the current building,” Trump said on July 31. “It’ll be near it, but not touching it, and pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of.” - NBC It seems probable he ignored any number of laws about how he did it, too.
- UncleMeat 1y ago
  Just imagine if Biden did this.
- hamdingers 1y ago
  Agreed. They saw how successful the silly rose garden thing was at diverting attention away from serious issues (Epstein files) and will happily keep pulling that lever until it stops working.

mikkupikku 1y ago

Trump is a corrupt idiot and a terrible president, but the White House controversy is dumb too. I'm sure the addition will be ugly like everything Trump builds, but that building is not exactly a historic artifact that mustn't be mutated. It's been gutted more than once.

yodsanklai 1y ago
> I'm sure the addition will be ugly like everything Trump builds Maybe it will serve as a reminder
the_gastropod 1y ago
Bit like suggesting the controversy over bombing boats in the Caribbean is dumb because the U.S. has bombed ships before. The way it's happening is completely unprecedented and absurd.
- mikkupikku 1y ago
  Comparing extra judicial murders to tearing down part of a building is absurd, please get a grip.
  - the_gastropod 1y ago
    Of course murder is worse. I didn't suggest otherwise. I was responding to the claim that "the White House controversy is dumb" because the building has been modified before. Flagrantly violating the law while blowing a half a billion dollars in transparent bribes on a vanity project while the government is shutdown is beyond outrageous. It's not "dumb" that it's a controversy. It would, in any other administration, be a slam-dunk impeachable offense.
xpe 1y ago
My main issue is how Trump said one thing and did another: > “It won’t interfere with the current building,” Trump said on July 31. “It’ll be near it, but not touching it, and pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of.” - NBC It seems probable he ignored any number of laws about how he did it, too.
UncleMeat 1y ago
Just imagine if Biden did this.
hamdingers 1y ago
Agreed. They saw how successful the silly rose garden thing was at diverting attention away from serious issues (Epstein files) and will happily keep pulling that lever until it stops working.