It's more than just a Ballroom, folks

[Nuthin' Fancy]

Not costing tax payers anything, now tell me. You gonna condemn Harris for using it, if she becomes president. Yes or no?

For WHAT,Q-NUT?

 

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The ballroom is for all future Presidents.

If it gets finished, it won't be for presidents.

 

[Care4all]

The last time a major bunker complex was installed below the White House grounds was roughly a decade and a half ago, under President Barack Obama. During that period, a large but secretive project saw the installation of an expansive underground facility, supposedly five stories deep, beneath the North L

The White House Ballroom Is A Deep Fortress In Disguise (Updated)

We now know the building goes six floors underground and will have "the greatest drone empire you've ever seen that's going to protect Washington" on its roof.

www.twz.com

There is a lot of shit under D.C.

So WHY are we spending another billion on this ballroom underground bunker if Obama and Congress already built a new one???

WHAT is going on here?

 

[Care4all]

If it gets finished, it won't be for presidents.

A dictator?

 

[late]

A dictator?

Aww, you ruined my big surprise...

 

[late]

So WHY are we spending another billion on this ballroom underground bunker if Obama and Congress already built a new one???

WHAT is going on here?

It's what guys like him do...

"Donald Trump has made his mark on democracy. But his plan to extend the East Wing of the White House is a permanent altering of the people’s house and an extension of the Trump brand. A new ballroom might appear as another shrug-worthy flourish in a career filled with gilded lobbies and mirrored atriums, but the symbolism is harder to dismiss.

Mr. Trump is showing the world that his presidency is a royal court where a select few are invited to pledge their allegiance. This is not the first time he has made such a gesture. When he paved over the Rose Garden, he created a Beltway Mar-a-Lago he could overlook from the balconies of the White House. Mr. Trump is refashioning the presidential residence into a palace; our democracy is now a members-only club.

History offers precedents: Louis XIV’s vision for the design of Versailles transformed a royal residence into a stage on which his reign could be continuously performed. Its grandeur dazzled Europe, but its extravagance willfully separated a monarchy from its people, helping to seed the resentment that would later erupt in revolution. Benito Mussolini’s marble piazzas sought to tie fascism to Rome’s magnificence."
Opinion | Trump’s Louis XIV Moment