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[–] 157 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (28 children)

In July, the ballroom was going to cost 200 million.

In September, he said 250 million.

In October, the cost became 300 million.

SNAP food benefits cost 100 billion for the entire fiscal year of 2024. However, due to the government shut down (because they cannot agree on health care btw; give you two guesses who want to take it away), SNAP benefits will not be paid out to hungry families for November.

A small skyscraper can be built for 300 million. This is a ballroom.

Americans, you're not angry enough.

Edited to add: Forgot to add! He has given the go ahead on this project without the proper permits being approved.

He is also going to seek 250 million from DOJ for them investigating him. That's taxpayer dollars, to be clear

Edited to correct 100 million to 100 billion.

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  • [–] 46 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    But wouldn’t you rather have a ballroom that only elites will ever get to see? Hungry people are going to be hungry whether or not they get food. The Elites, though, how are they gonna get their ball without a room?

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  • [–] 27 points 10 months ago* (11 children)

    How do you build ANYTHIING without a BLUEPRINT or a PERMIT???

    I have to get a building permit to change my front door.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    For 300M one could build a pretty spiff bunker, with a ballroom on top. There's always a distraction, and there's always a place where the fascist doesn't want you to look.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago*

    Already a bunker below the east wing, I believe one of it's main purposes is military planning. How much of that 300 mil is for survalence equipment installation? Who knows without permits!

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    [–] 48 points 10 months ago (3 children)
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    Any other scenario where one-third of the White House is destroyed is called a terrorist attack.

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago*

    Feel free to call it as such.

    It's not that far from the definition considering how USAians view their national symbols - while not eliciting terror per se, reshaping such a thing is def a show of power to the plebs.

    A bit like how they carved them randos heads in a holy mountain.

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  • [–] 45 points 10 months ago (1 child)
    [–] 44 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    The East Wing, where first ladies created history, planned state dinners and promoted causes, is now history itself. The two-story structure of drawing rooms and offices, including workspace for first ladies and their staffs, has been turned into rubble,

    Of course he demolished the part of the White House that was traditionally used by women.

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  • [–] 35 points 10 months ago* (4 children)

    Didn't know it was that easy to just demolish a historical building. And not only a historical buidling, but the symbolic seat of power of a nation.

    Is he gonna tear down the Lincoln statue next and replace it with his own?

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

    I could totally see that happening across the nation. He tears down statues of Union leaders and replaces them with Confederate leaders, but puts a bunch of himself up too "because I'm fixing what the left did to this country's history".

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    [–] 19 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    You know, I'm glad he's doing it. It's a great metaphor, not just for the damage he's doing to the country, but also how it will have enduring, irreversible consequences. The East Wing won't just go back to normal when he's gone. We've permanently lost something, and even if we stop that stupid fucking ballroom from taking it's place, we will have to build something new there.

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  • [–] 19 points 10 months ago

    The new Epstein Ballroom?

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  • [+] 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 child)
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    [–] 17 points 10 months ago

    I cannot imagine the outrage if Biden had done this. There'd be actual violence from magats. It would be the only thing on all news radio and tv 24/7

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    [–] 12 points 10 months ago

    Big brain play.

    Canada can't come and burn it down again if its demolished first.

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  • [–] 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Trump building the Epstein ballroom.

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    [–] 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    A literal traitor occupying the Oval Office.

    Enabled and empowered by a traitor party.

    The question is how much longer we have to wait for enough Americans to accept this reality so we can do something about it.

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    [–] 11 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    He should just go ahead and tear it all down.

    No one will stop him.

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    [–] 7 points 10 months ago

    The brilliant minds behind this:

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    I really don't care much for America... But it's an absolute travesty.. I'm genuinely surprised that it seems Americans are happy to be treated like utter shit by their own government.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

    Not all Americans. Unfortunately, both law enforcement and military are mostly complicit due to blind obedience, and yet a widescale mutiny is no longer an impossibility.

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    [–] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Bin Laden wasn’t able to invade the capitol. Wasn’t able to demolish the White House.

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    [–] 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)
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    [–] 5 points 10 months ago

    Trump, after seeing the demolition on TV, now wants the ballroom on the other side.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    So, like, what happens with it when he dies before it is finished?

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    [–] 4 points 10 months ago

    Can't wait to see the Presidential pole dancers.

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