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BumRushDaShow

(160,061 posts)
Sun Sep 7, 2025, 03:14 AM Sep 7

Newsom Rips Trump's 'Rose Garden Club' at the WH: 'Cheersing Diet Cokes' While Economy Is Tanking

Source: MEDIAite

Sep 6th, 2025, 3:53 pm


As GOP members of Congress flooded social media with photos of the inaugural dinner at the White House “Rose Garden Club,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) denounced the lavish display in light of the unsteady economy.

“Our economy is in a downward spiral, but don’t worry — the @GOP are spending their time cheersing Diet Cokes at a new, exclusive ‘club.'”

Newsom retweeted House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R) post from the event, where he wrote, “The grand opening of the new Rose Garden Club at the White House last night was epic. Thanks to @realDonaldTrump for his hospitality & visionary leadership.”

The dinner was held on the same day that disappointing job numbers pointed to a slowing economy and refueled talk of recession.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/newsom-rips-trumps-rose-garden-club-at-the-wh-cheersing-diet-cokes-while-economy-is-tanking/






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Our economy is in a downward spiral, but don’t worry — the @GOP are spending their time cheersing Diet Cokes at a new, exclusive “club.”
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The grand opening of the new Rose Garden Club at the White House last night was epic. Thanks to @realDonaldTrump for his hospitality & visionary leadership.
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Newsom Rips Trump's 'Rose Garden Club' at the WH: 'Cheersing Diet Cokes' While Economy Is Tanking (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Sep 7 OP
rich republicons are 'special' BoRaGard Sep 7 #1
P(edo)OTUS designed this fiasco BaronChocula Sep 7 #2
the chairs were on sale @ big lots Nigrum Cattus Sep 7 #14
I think they fell off the back of a truck DBoon Sep 7 #18
For $5 apiece BaronChocula Sep 7 #19
"Visionary Leadership" Mikey? ProudMNDemocrat Sep 7 #3
High on their own power. All white if I'm not mistaken. Nearly all male. ... Hekate Sep 7 #4
One big black guy in uniform ... apparently what "the help" are wearing at Turnip's snotty little aren't-we-special club eppur_se_muova Sep 7 #6
I think he & the others are military personnel in their dress uniforms & have been ordered to be there Hekate Sep 7 #9
I was just posting on that -- what are they doing there ? How is that part of their job ? eppur_se_muova Sep 7 #11
white "christian" nationalists - one & all Nigrum Cattus Sep 7 #15
White-uniformed attendants ?? Is that part of the job description for WH employees ? Or the Secret Service ? nt eppur_se_muova Sep 7 #5
It looks like Navy personnel in dress whites BumRushDaShow Sep 7 #7
That's what it looked like to me, but I couldn't think of any reason why Navy personnel would be seconded to eppur_se_muova Sep 7 #8
It's a big club and you ain't in it. mackdaddy Sep 7 #10
Those tables and chairs are sooooo tacky. travelingthrulife Sep 7 #12
Dinner will be served in the, well, the parking lot. Move your cars or get deported. twodogsbarking Sep 7 #13
A gathering of sycophants and their leader Beacool Sep 7 #16
Too many men nt GenThePerservering Sep 7 #17
I Thought This Myself RobinA Sep 7 #21
Anyone notice.. That's Fucking Sickening? Cha Sep 7 #20

BoRaGard

(7,517 posts)
1. rich republicons are 'special'
Sun Sep 7, 2025, 05:00 AM
Sep 7

sucking up gourmet goodies at taxpayers expense -- no doubt recalling High Times at the G.O.P.'s Private Epstein Club.

BaronChocula

(3,314 posts)
2. P(edo)OTUS designed this fiasco
Sun Sep 7, 2025, 06:04 AM
Sep 7

Look at those hideous chairs. Every time you get up or scoot in the chair feet make a farting sound. Perhaps appropriate. They're probably leftover inventory from the cancelled donald trump furniture collection. But I bet the DNA from the strands of hair caught in the velcro cushion straps could solve a cold case or two somewhere.

No decor on the patio. No trellises. No art. No potted plants.

And the food. Were the Big Macs even made today?

That patio looks like how our country is being run.

Hekate

(99,409 posts)
4. High on their own power. All white if I'm not mistaken. Nearly all male. ...
Sun Sep 7, 2025, 09:07 AM
Sep 7

Li’l Pervy, aka Speaker of the House, looks like he’s died and gone to Heaven.

I’ve never seen so much backpfeifengeschift all in one place at once.

eppur_se_muova

(39,983 posts)
6. One big black guy in uniform ... apparently what "the help" are wearing at Turnip's snotty little aren't-we-special club
Sun Sep 7, 2025, 09:13 AM
Sep 7

He looks like he's just about to hurt somebody. I'd like to see some photos taken about 20 seconds after that one ....

Hekate

(99,409 posts)
9. I think he & the others are military personnel in their dress uniforms & have been ordered to be there
Sun Sep 7, 2025, 09:28 AM
Sep 7

God knows what their task is for the evening — I suspect this is Trump showing off his Commander in Chief creds by using them for props.

eppur_se_muova

(39,983 posts)
11. I was just posting on that -- what are they doing there ? How is that part of their job ?
Sun Sep 7, 2025, 09:30 AM
Sep 7

Turnip thinks they're his tin soldiers/sailors to play with.

At first I refused to believe they were actually Navy, since I'm not really up on uniforms, but it sure looks that way.

eppur_se_muova

(39,983 posts)
5. White-uniformed attendants ?? Is that part of the job description for WH employees ? Or the Secret Service ? nt
Sun Sep 7, 2025, 09:10 AM
Sep 7

BumRushDaShow

(160,061 posts)
7. It looks like Navy personnel in dress whites
Sun Sep 7, 2025, 09:15 AM
Sep 7

(I think the rest of the services got rid of their dress whites and have other dress uniform colors)

eppur_se_muova

(39,983 posts)
8. That's what it looked like to me, but I couldn't think of any reason why Navy personnel would be seconded to
Sun Sep 7, 2025, 09:21 AM
Sep 7

Club Gladhand, so I sorta said "gotta be something else ...".


Another thought which crossed my mind was that the VP's official residence is on the grounds of the Naval Observatory, so his security detain might very well include Navy .... maybe Turnip just ordered them to play attendant at the WH instead ??? Gotta have some abuse with our waste and fraud, I guess.

mackdaddy

(1,863 posts)
10. It's a big club and you ain't in it.
Sun Sep 7, 2025, 09:29 AM
Sep 7

George Carlin was right:
"They'll get it all from you sooner or later 'cause they own this f**kin' place.
It's a big club and you ain't in it.
You and I are not in the big club."

Beacool

(30,451 posts)
16. A gathering of sycophants and their leader
Sun Sep 7, 2025, 01:05 PM
Sep 7

I hope that the next president returns the Rose Garden to its former glory, before the Trumps ruined it. The next administration should also remove the flag poles that make the WH look like a car dealership. I also hope that Trump is alive to see the changes.

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