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kentuck

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Wed Oct 22, 2025, 10:35 AM Wednesday

Trump says people have been wanting a "ballroom' for 150 years ? [View all]

I have lived more than half of those years and I cannot recall even one person ever saying anything about a "ballroom" at the White House?

So now, everyone stands idly by as he demolishes the entire east Room of the White House. It's sad and it's maddening.

Because we know he could not do these things on his own. Sometimes he gets approval from the courts. If he doesn't, he goes ahead and does it anyway. Then he takes it to court. It's an insane circle of lies and crimes.

Unfortunately, he can do no wrong in the eyes of most Republicans. No matter what he does, they will not criticize him for it. They are as silent as a church mouse when it comes to criticism of Donald Trump.

He can send in the military to harass and kidnap American citizens, wrestle them to the ground, and drag them to waiting vans, to carry them away. No problem.

He can bomb boats off the coasts of other nations and he gets away with it. He is suing the DOJ for $230 million dollars because he needs to re-write history for his legacy. He was a victim on January 6th, as were all those criminals he pardoned. The Russian investigation and the search warrant of his home in Mar-a-Lago were all illegal, he says. And he should be re-imbursed by himself, through his puppets at the DOJ.

In his view, he can never receive the credit he deserves and craves until history has been re-written. IF he can get a settlement of $230 million dollars, that will pretty much be all the evidence that he will need to prove that he was innocent and he was the victim all along.

America has gone totally insane.

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The White House has had one - The East Wing LiberalArkie Wednesday #1
Same age as you kentuck, and that's first time I heard Emile Wednesday #2
Sure Donald Dave Id Wednesday #19
Ummm? There was one there already. haele Wednesday #3
I'm 81 years old. I must have missed the millions of people clamoring for a WH ballroom. Ping Tung Wednesday #4
No, America has not gone totally insane. Biophilic Wednesday #5
Thank you! BaronChocula Wednesday #16
I hope you're including voters who put them in office mdbl Wednesday #18
Yeah, Queen Victoria was truly vexed at the teensy WH ballroom. And Travolta had allegorical oracle Wednesday #6
According to Trump Mossfern Wednesday #7
Feels like he has. BadgerMom Wednesday #9
That's for sure. Aristus Wednesday #17
I've felt equally bereft at times. BadgerMom Wednesday #20
Those "people" tend to be the voices in his head PatSeg Wednesday #8
People have embraced democracy for 250 years. You lose, again, like always, lose, like a loser. twodogsbarking Wednesday #10
Yup, as he was preparing to leave the White House, Grant bemoaned the fact that there was no ballroom, rsdsharp Wednesday #11
Thank you for that fine history of "America Pining for a Ballroom" JustABozoOnThisBus Wednesday #13
Yup -- djt's a real fan of dancing. But how much space does jiggling around in allegorical oracle Wednesday #21
I think you're misunderstanding Dumpie's plans for a "ball" room. rsdsharp Wednesday #22
You mean with massage tables? Enquiring minds want to know. nt allegorical oracle Wednesday #26
Literally no one has except him. Initech Wednesday #12
It's been the most pressing issue of the last forty Presidential campaigns Prairie Gates Wednesday #14
His balls probably don't need much room IronLionZion Wednesday #15
A common complaint... lame54 Wednesday #23
I was watching an episode of "The Roosevelt's-an Intimate History" on PBS yesterday Boomerproud Wednesday #24
It already has one Blue Full Moon Wednesday #25
I've never heard of a "ballroom demand" in my lifetime (late 60s)...Besides, TSF can barely walk... wcmagumba Wednesday #27
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