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Rhiannon12866

(241,475 posts) Sat Aug 2, 2025, 06:25 AM Aug 2

Donald Trump's Big Dumb Ballroom - The Bulwark

Tim Miller and Sam Stein react to the gaudy design choices Donald Trump is planning for a $200 million renovation of the White House East Wing, including a completely gold grand ballroom, and the long lasting imprint he’s trying to leave on the People’s House. - 08/01/2025.

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Donald Trump's Big Dumb Ballroom - The Bulwark (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Aug 2 OP

Trump's "long lasting imprint" suggests he plans to hang around longer than four years. sop Aug 2 #1

That's what we keep hearing from the news, that he's trying to turn The People's House into Mar-a-Lago Rhiannon12866 Aug 2 #2

Dumb jerk's ballroom SandyDoc Aug 2 #4

Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote Aug 3 #7

It is truly the Second Gilded Age. Biophilic Aug 2 #3

The White House is the People's House LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2 #5

Wow! Thank you! And I could not agree more! It's not HIS House! Rhiannon12866 Aug 2 #6

Does anyone really believe that trump will pay for this eyesore? LetMyPeopleVote Aug 3 #8

sop

(15,690 posts)

1. Trump's "long lasting imprint" suggests he plans to hang around longer than four years.

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Sat Aug 2, 2025, 07:19 AM

Aug 2

Why else would he go to all this trouble?

Rhiannon12866

(241,475 posts)

2. That's what we keep hearing from the news, that he's trying to turn The People's House into Mar-a-Lago

Reply to sop (Reply #1)

Sat Aug 2, 2025, 07:25 AM

Aug 2

And all these changes he's making (paving over Jackie Kennedy's Rose Garden!) and the recent new flagpoles in front don't bode well. One would think he'd have more important duties to address.