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Zorro

(17,309 posts) Tue Apr 29, 2025, 11:03 AM Tuesday

Trump's renewed fascination with large flagpoles is harbinger of bad news for us

In 2006, Trump had an 80-foot flagpole placed in the front yard of his Mar-a-Lago club without seeking a variance and permit approval from the Town of Palm Beach.

Heads up, America:

We here in Palm Beach County need to advise you about a recent development involving Donald Trump’s alarming fascination with large poles.

As people living in the shadow of Mar-a-Lago, we have a little experience with Trump when it comes to his fixation with flagpole height, a condition that predates his presidency by a whole decade.

Paging Dr. Freud. Paging Dr. Freud.

This is why we are sounding the alarm throughout America over Trump’s recent announcement that he will be putting 100-foot flagpoles on both the north and south lawns of the White House.

https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/opinion/columns/2025/04/29/trump-plans-100-foot-flagpoles-at-white-house-for-patriotic-display/83322842007/?tbref=hp

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Trump's renewed fascination with large flagpoles is harbinger of bad news for us (Original Post) Zorro Tuesday OP

Some of the worst countries on earth to live have the highest flagpoles. dalton99a Tuesday #1

Geez, come on. We already got the Washington Monument 555 feet but he needs to go higher. Walleye Tuesday #2

Bigger and longer and taller. Ocelot II Tuesday #3

Over-compensating for some "short comings," Donald? SergeStorms Tuesday #4

The bigger the flag, the bigger the crook Wicked Blue Tuesday #5

All you need Traildogbob Tuesday #6

Trying to make up for his tiny mushroom? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Tuesday #7

dalton99a

(88,383 posts)

1. Some of the worst countries on earth to live have the highest flagpoles.

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Tue Apr 29, 2025, 11:06 AM

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Some of the worst countries on earth to live have the highest flagpoles.

Russia has a 574-foot flagpole. North Korea has a 525-foot pole. Iran has a 490-foot-pole.

The 10 countries with the tallest flagpoles that fly their national flags are, in order of height: Egypt, Azerbaijan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, North Korea, Iran, Turkmenistan, Jordan and India.

Ostentatious flag waving by the government from big poles isn’t an indicator of being a good place to live. It’s an indicator of countries with people who want to live elsewhere.

So, you’ve been warned. King Don Uno is having another one of his big flagpole periods.

Walleye

(39,846 posts)

2. Geez, come on. We already got the Washington Monument 555 feet but he needs to go higher.

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Tue Apr 29, 2025, 11:12 AM

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Ocelot II

(124,493 posts)

3. Bigger and longer and taller.

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Tue Apr 29, 2025, 11:18 AM

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Somewhere, on some celestial plane, Dr. Freud is laughing his ass off.

Will these special new flagpoles need guy wires to keep them from falling over?

SergeStorms

(19,601 posts)

4. Over-compensating for some "short comings," Donald?

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Tue Apr 29, 2025, 11:28 AM

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He's so transparent it's ridiculous.

Wicked Blue

(7,922 posts)

5. The bigger the flag, the bigger the crook

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Tue Apr 29, 2025, 11:47 AM

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as my husband often says.

Traildogbob

(11,070 posts)

6. All you need

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Tue Apr 29, 2025, 12:12 PM

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Is a pole higher than a mushroom. 🍄 I had a Career in the woods and I am there most of my time off. I never saw one near 100 feet tall.
Fuck the overkill Donny.
Donny should brag about the size of his manhood by counting the feet of mycelium of his shroom.

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(122,335 posts)

7. Trying to make up for his tiny mushroom?

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Tue Apr 29, 2025, 03:15 PM

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