Let's face it: there's no good reason to deny the construction of the ballroom.

[j-mac]

he clearly hears their voices.. I would say yes.

He hears voices alright…

 

[rightwinger]

Vindictive.

President Trump has demonstrated that a President can tear down anything he wants without approval.

Since the taxpayer is not paying for this monstrosity, who cares if it gets torn down?

 

[Senior]

‘Its Stairs Lead Nowhere’: Trump’s White House Ballroom Design Trashed By Architects in Interactive NY Times Feature

In an interactive feature published by The New York Times, writers Junho Lee, Larry Buchanan and Emily Badger — all of whom have backgrounds relating to architecture, urban planning and the fine arts — took an in-depth look at the ballroom ahead of a final vote by the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) to approve the project. The article leads with an interactive drawing pointing out — what architects believe to be — numerous design flaws. They call out “fake windows on the north side,” columns which “block interior ballroom view,” and an “unnecessarily big” rooftop area. “Critics warn it still has many issues — its portico is too big, its stairs lead nowhere, its columns will block views from inside the ballroom,” one of the piece’s captions read. The authors note that “in the sprint to complete it before the end of [Trump’s] term, the addition appears to have compressed the normal design evolution for any project.”

Some of the architectural/aesthetics reasons why The Donald stacked the National Capital Planning Commission with loyalists.

 

[j-mac]

President Trump has demonstrated that a President can tear down anything he wants without approval.

Since the taxpayer is not paying for this monstrosity, who cares if it gets torn down?

Nah, I hope you retards put it all on display…One great service Trump has done so far, is to unmask your lies…you people are gross, unamerican pieces of trash.

 

[fncceo]

Let's face it: there's no good reason to deny the construction of the ballroom.​

What's life without a little ball room?

 

[j-mac]

What's life without a little ball room?

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Pretty dull….But, as a man, ball room is important….

 

[fncceo]

Pretty dull….But, as a man, ball room is important….

I've done a lot of boring stuff in my life ... but cutting a rug with a pretty woman who spent seven hours getting dolled up for a party isn't one of them.

 

[rightwinger]

Nah, I hope you retards put it all on display…One great service Trump has done so far, is to unmask your lies…you people are gross, unamerican pieces of trash.

Trump has demonstrated that he has no check on his Presidential power.

If a future President decides the Ballroom is a waste of space and tears it down, why do you care?

People elected him after all

 

[frigidweirdo]

The overblown childishness that he needs to get permission from Congress to build the ballroom—under which there will be doomsday bunkers for the president, his family, and other officials—is on its face basically absurd and definitely politically motivated.

With the largest obstacle being removed immediately via private donations, the only thing left for the opposers to do is drown in TDS and try to pretend that they actually have a legal status behind the arguments that they're making.

Honestly, I don't think anyone who does any serious thinking on the matter is fooled by the political chicanery involved here; and the historical preservationists are reduced to mere idiots in the face of the fact that the old structure is long gone.

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Childishness is not going through the proper procedure to get the thing done in the first place.

If you do things without the relevant permission, you should not be permitted to do anything.

 

[j-mac]

Trump has demonstrated that he has no check on his Presidential power.

If a future President decides the Ballroom is a waste of space and tears it down, why do you care?

People elected him after all

Go ahead…it’ll be a spectacular fail on your part child.

 

[rightwinger]

Go ahead…it’ll be a spectacular fail on your part child.

Țhe White House belongs to the President, he can do what he wants

He can even name the Kennedy Center after himself

 

[justoffal]

Childishness is not going through the proper procedure to get the thing done in the first place.

If you do things without the relevant permission, you should not be permitted to do anything.

You and I both know that's something that would never have happened. Although I can't argue with your logic insofar as it's propriety.

There's a reason why the government has an executive position...because without one absolutely nothing would ever get done based on consensus alone.

 

[berg80]

What “grifting” has he been convicted of as President?

What a silly boy you are. Prez's can't be prosecuted for crimes while in office according to the 1973 and 2000 OLC memos. Besides, whoever replaces the blonde sock puppet will have no problem with any law he breaks. She certainly didn't. It's why they get chosen.

But the Grifter-in-Chief did face a number of lawsuits during trump 1.0 for violations of the Emoluments Clause. Cases that were pending until he lost the 2020 election, at which point his SC ruled them to be moot.

Having gotten away with the many crimes he has committed, and ethics rules he has violated, has emboldened him to do more of the same.

The president is exempt from many of the basic ethics rules that apply to other federal officials. For instance, most executive branch employees are not allowed to participate in government matters that could have a direct impact on their personal finances or those of their spouses or business affiliates. That restriction even extends to situations where employees could appear to have a financial conflict of interest that would raise questions about their impartiality. Where participation in a given matter is a core part of an official’s duties, Office of Government Ethics rules generally require them to sell or divest from the relevant assets.

The president, however, is exempt from those rules, leaving him free to use the power of the presidency in ways that directly benefit him and his family. Many of the notable examples in Trump’s second term relate to the cryptocurrency sector, now the source of much of the president’s personal wealth. Trump has sought to roll back restrictions on the industry and advance its other priorities while doling out benefits to purchasers of his own cryptocurrency products. These include pardons and other favorable legal treatment for industry moguls and even privileged access to advanced U.S. computer chip technology, which the administration granted to the United Arab Emirates after one of its state-backed companies took a 49 percent stake in World Liberty Financial, the Trump family’s main cryptocurrency platform.

How Weak Federal Ethics Laws Enable Presidential Profiteering

Lackluster laws and barriers to enforcement clear many paths for the wealthy to get money to the president.

www.brennancenter.org

Political Donors Should Not Be Above the Law
Last December, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sued the operator of the payment processor Zelle and three of the nation’s largest banks for failing to protect customers from rampant fraud on the platform that caused them to lose more than $870 million. According to the bureau, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and JPMorgan Chase left customers on their own to deal with fraud, failed to investigate complaints and issue reimbursements, and told some customers to contact the fraudsters to recover their money. Around that same time, Bank of America contributed $500,000 to Donald Trump’s inaugural committee. JPMorgan Chase gave $1,033,057. The Electronic Payments Coalition — which counts the three banks as members — donated $1,000,000. In early March, not only was the case dropped, but the entire CFPB was shuttered.

Political Donors Should Not Be Above the Law

The line between public service and private gain continues to blur as financial elites secure pardons and regulatory leniency following campaign contributions.

www.brennancenter.org

Trump pardon of crypto billionaire sparks concerns over his use of the pardon power​

Last month, President Trump granted a pardon to a billionaire felon, after the felon's company enriched a Trump family business. The pardon went to Changpeng Zhao, a Chinese-born businessman, who was accused by the Justice Department of causing, quote, "...significant harm to U.S. national security…" The president says he does not know Zhao. Our reporting shows that Zhao's company supported a Trump family firm at critical moments leading up to the president's pardon.

Changpeng Zhao is founder of Binance, the world's largest exchange for cryptocurrency or digital money on the internet. In 2023, Zhao and his company pled guilty to failing to prevent money laundering on binance. Binance paid a $4 billion fine. Zhao served a four month sentence.

Elizabeth Oyer: He's one of the richest men in the world. And he was essentially allowing his company to be used as a platform to finance criminal activity, to send money to terrorist organizations, Al-Qaeda, Hamas, ISIS and he was prosecuted criminally for that.


Elizabeth Oyer knows pardons. She was in charge of vetting pardon applications at the Justice Department. She's been a critic of the Trump administration since she was replaced last spring by a Trump loyalist. Oyer told us Zhao wasn't close to meeting Justice Department guidelines for a pardon.

Scott Pelley: You would describe this pardon as unusual?

Elizabeth Oyer: The influence that money played in securing this pardon is unprecedented. The self-dealing aspect of the pardon in terms of the benefit that it conferred on President Trump, and his family, and people in his inner circle is also unprecedented.

Trump pardon of crypto billionaire sparks concerns over his use of the pardon power

President Trump pardoned the billionaire founder of the largest crypto exchange in the world, Binance. It's raised questions about conflicts of interest and the president's use of the pardon power.

www.cbsnews.com

But hey, who's fooling who here? You just don't care about any of this. You will continue to pretend none of it matters unless trump has been convicted for it. And then you'll still find a way to excuse it. Like the $2M in fines he paid for stealing from a charity.

The Following spent years collectively freaking out over corruption Joe Biden was falsely accused of, but never proven for a lack of evidence, let alone charged for. Why were the allegations made? To create a counter narrative to trump's corruption and illegal acts. So when the subject of trump's criminality comes up you can reflexively blurt out, "Yeah, but what about Joe?" You folks were being manipulated and you weren't even aware of it.

 

[berg80]

Is a reason why the government has an executive position because without one absolutely nothing would ever get done based on consensus alone.

That's an absurd notion. The government was structured at the founding for the three branches to act both in concert with each other but also as a check on each other's power. Congress passes laws because the founders didn't want that power to be held by one man. It's the very basis of our democracy. Presidents set the agenda but must get the cooperation of Congress to enact it. Unless they try to work around it as trump has done with EO's and illegal executive actions.

 

[berg80]

Be honest , if Biden had done this, you all would be saying it was a great idea.

But he didn't, and wouldn't have, because as an establishment guy and a decent human being he had too much respect for the process and the constitutional order.

If you want to go down the road of hypotheticals I can do that too. You know damn well you folks would have lit your hair on fire if Joe did this.

 

[mudwhistle]

Building a big, ugly Victorian ballroom for nobles in a place meant to serve the people seems in poor taste

You're a retard.

 

[frigidweirdo]

You and I both know that's something that would never have happened. Although I can't argue with your logic insofar as it's propriety.

There's a reason why the government has an executive position...because without one absolutely nothing would ever get done based on consensus alone.

You know the difference between a democracy and a dictatorship?

The first is when things don't happen because people don't agree and they HAVE A SAY.

The second is when things happen because the dude in charge decides this is the case and it doesn't ******* matter what anyone else things.

Which do you PREFER?

 

[ThisIsMe]

But he didn't, and wouldn't have, because as an establishment guy and a decent human being he had too much respect for the process and the constitutional order.

That’s not the point, the point is , it’s not THAT it was done, but WHO did it.

If you want to go down the road of hypotheticals I can do that too. You know damn well you folks would have lit your hair on fire if Joe did this.

You’re likely right. If Biden had done this, the right would also be complaining, but that kind of argues my point for me

 

[Mr Natural]

Just leave the pile of rubble as a memorial to the Trump years.

 

[WorldWatcher]

The overblown childishness that he needs to get permission from Congress to build the ballroom...

WW