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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe East Wing of the White House, first constructed in 1902. 123 years of American history, bulldozed by a madman.
It's more of Trump's "fuck you for electing Biden in 2020" revenge tour.
He's got his Crypto scam, we still pay for his playtime, he has a spiffy new Qatari jet that we will pay to refurbish, he flattened Jackie Kennedy's Rose Garden, completed in 1962, is now the Mar-a-Lago patio, 63 years later.
I don't understand how he has the legal right to systematically and methodically destroy the White House.
I don't understand how this is being accepted, and not viewed as an act of domestic terrorism.
@RonFilipkowski
ETTD.
Even the understated majesty of the White House.
Link to tweet
malaise
(290,446 posts)Seriously unbelievable
Blues Heron
(7,906 posts)The Blue Flower
(6,233 posts)He has desecrated everything he's touched.
Irish_Dem
(76,691 posts)knowing no one will stop him.
He loves getting away with all of his crimes.
yellow dahlia
(3,662 posts)GAO?
How about We the People?!
If I were near DC, I'm afraid I would be on-site daily. So much to protest!
Irish_Dem
(76,691 posts)of historical landmarks.
But Trump fired them all.
And the courts and congress are worthless.
Yes just as well we do not live near DC.
We would be permanent fixtures on the WH lawn with our signs.
yellow dahlia
(3,662 posts)and the USAID office. And then later in front of the USIP, CFPB, etc, etc, etc...
And then I would camp myself out in front of SCOTUS in recent weeks.
I have but one sanity to give for my country.
Irish_Dem
(76,691 posts)Well put.
One sanity to give for our country.
In four years we will be insane I think.
yellow dahlia
(3,662 posts)Rowdyag
(160 posts)He's a damn renter and a lousy tenant 😡🤬
Orange Mussolini broke the lease...kick is ass to the street
yellow dahlia
(3,662 posts)Just one more in the barrage of assaults.
yaesu
(8,668 posts)he must be running out of things to destroy so the White House is next.
speak easy
(12,487 posts)don't hold your breath
ultralite001
(2,164 posts)MeidasTouch
@MeidasTouch
Ben Meiselas delivers an important message to those who have standing to sue over Trump's ballroom: So let me just send this message to anybody who has the standing to sueto the law firms that are out there, to the state attorney generals: go and seek an injunction to block this construction.
The argument that you should make is that Donald Trump engaged in fraud in saying that he alone was going to pay for it, and that it wasnt going to impact in any way the existing structure. The emergency basis for your injunction is the photograph that we showedthat they just damaged the actual White House and are destroying the East Wing, which is a violation.
Get a court to enjoin or block further construction until such time as theres discovery in a transparent way. Who is funding this thing? Make the order, demand discovery, and then address the issues of the illegalitythat it is a violation of Article I of the Constitution. Thats the argument you need to make. Go and make it.
Do what I just said, and do it because its the patriotic thing to do, and its the right thing to do, because laws are being violated right now by Trump as a result of this destruction of the White House.
3catwoman3
(27,994 posts)2naSalit
(98,346 posts)That it's his temper tantrum over the No Kings thing.
Grammy23
(6,062 posts)For anything and everything that bugs him or upsets his fragile ego. He can literally tear the White House apart in front of everybody and all but dare us to do anything about it.
I dont understand why Congress has no say so over this project. Who says we need a ball room that will be twice as big as the White House? Why does the Orange Mussolini get to decide about this project with zero input from anyone? Evidently, he decided what he wanted and ordered it to be done ASAP. Can no one stop him? Guess well find out.
Wounded Bear
(63,286 posts)Emile
(38,558 posts)The Peoples House?
Intractable
(1,342 posts)Initech
(106,642 posts)Zenlitened
(9,535 posts)America Under Attack, indeed
B.See
(7,138 posts)who supposedly care about desecration of the flag, and whether a president wears a tan suit... NOT A FKNG WORD.
Which says A LOT about those "Americans," DOESN'T IT??
Initech
(106,642 posts)LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(13,278 posts)how he will tear down the West Wing and build condos for wealthy donors.
Finally, the main WH will be replaced by a Trump Tower taller than any other than other structure in the Nation's Capital.
Cha
(315,241 posts)CTyankee
(67,401 posts)That's the song I'll remember this by...
ultralite001
(2,164 posts)Krasnov made promises then
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/donald-trump-bonwit-teller-friezes-met-2132673
He is simply Krasnov the Destroyer
oasis
(53,085 posts)Emile
(38,558 posts)cost tax payers a fortune to restore it back to it's original beauty.
yellow dahlia
(3,662 posts)and angry.
Pretty much a daily routine in this madness.