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Rhiannon12866

(241,552 posts) Sat Aug 2, 2025, 06:25 AM Aug 2

Donald Trump's Big Dumb Ballroom - The Bulwark [View all]

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 [View all] 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