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Efilroft Sul

(4,483 posts)
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 03:33 PM 10 hrs ago

DOJ argues ballroom construction is unstoppable, and Trump could bulldoze Statue of Liberty...

…if he moved on it fast enough. Because who else in "the government" would do such a thing? From HuffPo:

Attorney Yaakov Roth, arguing on behalf of the Trump administration, argued that the group suing to stop the build, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, not only lacks the right, or standing, to sue, but at the end of the day, no one can stop the build — and if they wanted to, they should have tried doing so before the bulldozers were running.

“So, if [the government] just moves fast enough, no one has standing to challenge it even if they have a personal connection to a site?” Judge Patricia Millett said.

“That’s correct,” Roth said.

Doubling down, Judge Millett also pointedly asked Roth: "If the government decides very quickly to bulldoze the Statue of Liberty, the people whose ancestors, that was the first thing they saw coming to this country, but the government moved too fast, nothing can be done?"

"I think that's right, yes," Roth said.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/live-updates_n_6a1d46a0e4b08a03cfb9a8f7/liveblog_6a22f4eae4b0ed55359e8e4a

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Getting some "Man in the High Castle" vibes from the DOJ here.

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DOJ argues ballroom construction is unstoppable, and Trump could bulldoze Statue of Liberty... (Original Post) Efilroft Sul 10 hrs ago OP
These people are losing it....................... Lovie777 10 hrs ago #1
Even idle, academic speculation of doing anything like this to the Statue of Liberty puts me on war footing. Efilroft Sul 10 hrs ago #2
You think that puts you on a war footing?? AZ8theist 7 hrs ago #12
Can't blame you if you do go ballistic. Efilroft Sul 7 hrs ago #13
The Presidents on Mount Rushmore are there because they've DONE ... SOMETHING ... FakeNoose 7 hrs ago #14
Do they not realize that PatSeg 8 hrs ago #8
Are you kidding? SidneyR 7 hrs ago #10
Yes, most but not all PatSeg 6 hrs ago #15
That's what he did. He had it turn down before anyone could say anything underpants 10 hrs ago #3
"I moved on her like a b****......When you're a star, they let you do anything." tanyev 10 hrs ago #4
;-{)...... Goonch 9 hrs ago #5
THIS right here ☝️ ☝️ ☝️ is perfect! FakeNoose 7 hrs ago #11
Just saw moonshinegnomie's post of this from earlier Efilroft Sul 9 hrs ago #6
Maybe we just need a list of Trump family properties and a hoard of folk with sledgehammers struggle4progress 8 hrs ago #7
It needs to be made clear that liberalgunwilltravel 7 hrs ago #9
Bonkers! yellow dahlia 6 hrs ago #16

Lovie777

(24,015 posts)
1. These people are losing it.......................
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 03:36 PM
10 hrs ago

something afoot and apparently it's not in their favor.

Efilroft Sul

(4,483 posts)
2. Even idle, academic speculation of doing anything like this to the Statue of Liberty puts me on war footing.
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 03:42 PM
10 hrs ago

AZ8theist

(7,703 posts)
12. You think that puts you on a war footing??
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 06:28 PM
7 hrs ago

How about carving that ugly orange pigs anus mouth of Mt Rushmore???

I WILL GO BALLISTIC.

It's bad enough that treasonous pig will lie in state in a flag draped coffin, soon enough, but to endure his face everywhere for more than one nanosecond longer is why I have TDS.

Efilroft Sul

(4,483 posts)
13. Can't blame you if you do go ballistic.
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 06:36 PM
7 hrs ago

I know this one guy who rightfully couldn't stand Monkey Bush for dragging us into the Iraq War.

He now sports Trump's mug on Mount Rushmore as his Facebook banner. He also claims to be a Christian scholar. That's real derangement right there.

FakeNoose

(42,693 posts)
14. The Presidents on Mount Rushmore are there because they've DONE ... SOMETHING ...
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 06:59 PM
7 hrs ago

Like for example ... they created a country out of nothing. They wrote the Declaration of Independence and the first major parts of the Constitution (plus the Bill of Rights) as a revolutionary, jaw-dropping innovation to the world. They were THE BEATLES of the late 18th Century. Abraham Lincoln saved the Union, freed the slaves, and it cost him life. Plus Teddy Roosevelt ... I'm not exactly sure why he's there, but he has a great moustache!

Chump has done literally nothing to deserve such an honor. He posts shitty, whiny complaints on a shitty, worthless forum that nobody reads and no companies buy ads on. His only reason for becoming President is so he can destroy our government and steal everything that isn't nailed down.

There's no way that any Americans would allow Chump on Mount Rushmore. Even the worst MAGAs among us can understand this.



PatSeg

(53,756 posts)
8. Do they not realize that
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 06:08 PM
8 hrs ago

Trump will not be in the White House forever? Do they not consider their life AFTER Trump? People will not forget and there will be a day of reckoning. Trump will not be there to bail them out; no one is going to save them.

All those years of law school and more years practicing law should have prepared them to make better decisions.

SidneyR

(240 posts)
10. Are you kidding?
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 06:20 PM
7 hrs ago

Most Americans have a memory span of about 20 minutes. They can barely remember any history at all. Nor do they really care unless it affects them personally. Then it's the greatest tragedy ever.

PatSeg

(53,756 posts)
15. Yes, most but not all
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 07:26 PM
6 hrs ago

Sure, some will slip through the cracks, but there will be plenty more who will be held legally accountable. We saw that after Trump's first term, but then he got back into office and pardoned everyone and their cat. Of course, it didn't help that Merrick Garland dragged his feet for so long.

You know, I've never forgotten Gerald Ford pardoning Richard Nixon. We may not remember every single transgression (god, there are so many), but we will remember a large number, if not most of them. As long as republicans and MAGA don't regain power, we can expect that there will be plenty of prosecutors and organizations ready to go after this administration. As angry as people were after TFG's first term, there are much more this time and they are even angrier.

This happened after World War II. Of course, not everyone was tried and convicted, but there was an organized effort to prosecute as many as possible. Eventually the world wanted to get back to normal and move on.

tanyev

(49,796 posts)
4. "I moved on her like a b****......When you're a star, they let you do anything."
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 03:54 PM
10 hrs ago

Basically Trump's entire philosophy of life.

Efilroft Sul

(4,483 posts)
6. Just saw moonshinegnomie's post of this from earlier
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 04:32 PM
9 hrs ago
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221284040

And here I thought I was the first to hear the news! Gotta move fast in this joint, I tells ya...

liberalgunwilltravel

(1,271 posts)
9. It needs to be made clear that
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 06:10 PM
7 hrs ago

Any contractors involved in this wanton destruction will not be protected from harm.

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