i wonder if any of the constructions workers turned that job down 'you want me to destroy what now? hell no!' (of course, in this job market maybe they wouldn't have
It makes sense. He may be able to sell off pieces of the White House after some time has passed. Burying it on property he owns gives him easy access. After all, his bathroom is busy storing US secret information.
I think he's angling for a centuries long market in trump relics just like the pieces of the true cross that altogether weigh more than a building. Maybe there's market for his foreskin, or maybe his first turd that Fred had bronzed. The MAGA idiots will buy anything.
Mr. Star's professional universe overlaps with this project. It's been a headache, all the way through, No consideration or forethought, absolutely terrible planning. Makes you wonder 0 % how Cheeto bankrupted casinos.
Trump realizes he can't actually name his Follies after himself--that would be a step too far. He knows that, instead, he can feign modesty, and his lackies in Congress will clamor-on-demand for them to be renamed after our Greatest Leader, which he will semi-modestly accept.
"The price of the ballroom ballooned this week from $200 million to $300 million, and construction on the project – originally slated to begin last month – has been delayed to an undetermined date."
I dunno Gary but almost everything Trump does leaves me in a state of teeth-chittering rage similar to the one Nancy Reagan was said to get in when she was dealing with her White House staff. I guess that's not a healthy state for anyone to be in. I wonder if anything gets Trump into a teeth-chittering rage? If there is something that fits that bill, the Dems should try it.
The New Yorker has a piece on the demolition: "The act of destruction is precisely the point: a kind of performance piece meant to display Trump’s arbitrary power over the Presidency, including its physical seat. He asks permission of no one, destroys what he wants, when he wants." What also boggles me is the corruption of it. This renovation, if you can call it that, is not being done with public funds. It is being done with munnies extracted (more like extorted) from mega-corporations. They're not giving this money to benefit the public. They are doing it to benefit Trump, whose massive ego and equally massive lack of taste are making him want to do this.
I believe the reason the cost of the Epstein Ballroom keeps going up is because Trump is trying to confuse the issue so he can stuff as much of that money in his diaper as he can.
I am surprised Trump missed out on the chance to monetize this.
Many fans would surely have paid top dollar to own a brick from the destroyed White House, signed by Agent Orange, himself.
The Epstein Ballroom. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP7TZoz6h5s
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i wonder if any of the constructions workers turned that job down 'you want me to destroy what now? hell no!' (of course, in this job market maybe they wouldn't have
It makes sense. He may be able to sell off pieces of the White House after some time has passed. Burying it on property he owns gives him easy access. After all, his bathroom is busy storing US secret information.
I think he's angling for a centuries long market in trump relics just like the pieces of the true cross that altogether weigh more than a building. Maybe there's market for his foreskin, or maybe his first turd that Fred had bronzed. The MAGA idiots will buy anything.
It's Statler from the Muppets! (The other one.)
I have a firm recollection of Trump rebranding the Potomac as the River of Blood.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_River_of_Blood
Mr. Star's professional universe overlaps with this project. It's been a headache, all the way through, No consideration or forethought, absolutely terrible planning. Makes you wonder 0 % how Cheeto bankrupted casinos.
Read Lucky Loser for a full accounting of Donald Trump's lifetime of bankrupting things.
Trump realizes he can't actually name his Follies after himself--that would be a step too far. He knows that, instead, he can feign modesty, and his lackies in Congress will clamor-on-demand for them to be renamed after our Greatest Leader, which he will semi-modestly accept.
"The price of the ballroom ballooned this week from $200 million to $300 million, and construction on the project – originally slated to begin last month – has been delayed to an undetermined date."
Can we all say "TOMB"?
I think I heard him say $350 million in one of his mad rants.
I heard $400 million but maybe not
I'm surprised the grifter isn't selling pieces of the East Wing as souvenirs.
Paperweights, at the least!
Extra penalty for landing in the sand traps - everyone who chops a ball out of one kicks up a cloud of toxins over themselves and everyone nearby.
The title showed up as just "East Wing To Be Turned Into Golf Court", and for a second I believed it.
He can call the ballroom whatever he likes. Those of us not infected with MAGAitis will call it the Mausoleum of American Democracy.
MAD is good, but calling it the Epstein Memorial Ballroom would really get under his skin.
I dunno Gary but almost everything Trump does leaves me in a state of teeth-chittering rage similar to the one Nancy Reagan was said to get in when she was dealing with her White House staff. I guess that's not a healthy state for anyone to be in. I wonder if anything gets Trump into a teeth-chittering rage? If there is something that fits that bill, the Dems should try it.
Being mocked by Obama at whatever it was that set this all off.
Being told "no".
Losing an election.
It was a Washington Correspondents Dinner that Obama made fun of TACO. It was highlarious to everyone but TACO.
That Queensborough runt has a been a laughingstock his entire life. Why would that bother him?
That first would do the trick all by itself.
The New Yorker has a piece on the demolition: "The act of destruction is precisely the point: a kind of performance piece meant to display Trump’s arbitrary power over the Presidency, including its physical seat. He asks permission of no one, destroys what he wants, when he wants." What also boggles me is the corruption of it. This renovation, if you can call it that, is not being done with public funds. It is being done with munnies extracted (more like extorted) from mega-corporations. They're not giving this money to benefit the public. They are doing it to benefit Trump, whose massive ego and equally massive lack of taste are making him want to do this.
Bribes, counted as tax deductions. The difference to the US treasury will be made up, as usual, by people who actually work for a living.
And sickening to see Congress and the Supreme Court enable him, without check. Shame on all Rs and the Roberts Court.
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I believe the reason the cost of the Epstein Ballroom keeps going up is because Trump is trying to confuse the issue so he can stuff as much of that money in his diaper as he can.
This right here. As long as the price tag keeps going up, he can keep grifting more money, and his looting continues unabated.