Trump Ballroom Unlikely To Be Built

[postman]

That's what you get for living on Maple Syrup and Rice.

Have priced beef lately?

 

[pknopp]

And yet his first, most impotent thing, tax cuts are now permanent.

He didn't actually have to do anything there.

 

[Marchimedes]

He didn't actually have to do anything there.

Besides get the big, beautiful bill passed and signed into law.

So, what, you just type anything at the moment like that gives you a win?

 

[pknopp]

Besides get the big, beautiful bill passed and signed into law.

So, what, you just type anything at the moment like that gives you a win?

All he did was sign it. He likes signing his name and showing it off.

 

[Marchimedes]

Have priced beef lately?

Beef is up but then my taxes are down. I eat a lot of beef but my tax cut far outweighs that.

 

[Rambunctious]

Frankly, I can't think of a better metaphor for the whole Trump Regime. They are very good at tearing things down, but they suck at actually building anything.

The White House ballroom will never be built

Trump can't focus long enough, even on his $400 million passion project

www.salon.com

In October, Donald Trump traumatized all true patriots by tearing down the East Wing of the White House. The move, he claims, will clear the way for a ballroom for holding large events that are typically held in tents on the South Lawn. A debate immediately arose online over whether or not the next Democratic president should tear down the ballroom or keep it, albeit with the necessary extensive renovations to remove all the tackiness Trump brings to any project.

Two months later, it increasingly seems that such discussion was a wasted effort, as the chance this ballroom will actually be built is rapidly disappearing. Perhaps it could have if Trump had delegated the management of the project to someone competent, but that’s not what he did. Instead, the famously lazy and disorganized president decided to blow off his actual governance duties in favor of micromanaging a construction project he is incapable of handling. Finishing the ballroom in the next three years would be difficult for anyone, but it’s quickly becoming clear it will be nearly impossible for the famed real estate tycoon to pull it off.

For anyone who has dealt with any renovation project more complex than patching drywall, the ballroom’s construction is waving every red flag possible, signaling endless delays that will stretch for months — and, in all likelihood, for years. Despite announcing plans for the ballroom in July, it’s clear there’s no idea what it’s going to look like, how big it will be or how it will be laid out. Trump keeps changing things, driven by a short-sighted impulsiveness that keeps pushing him to expand the scope of the project. Initially, it was supposed to seat 650 people in 90,000 square feet, but he kept throwing tantrums about how he wanted it bigger. Earlier this month, he even ran off the initial architect, and odds are that will happen again.

Then there’s the red tape. Even though a judge ruled against the National Trust for Historic Preservation in their lawsuit to temporarily halt construction, he required the White House to avoid building anything foundational and demanded plans for the structure be submitted by the end of the year. But as the White House hasn’t even scheduled meetings with the National Capital Planning Commission to start the process, meeting that deadline appears unlikely.

So the hole in the wall will stay like it is?.... this is the dumbest story ever... once construction begins it must be finished... foundations are poured... walls have been taken down and electrical and plumbing is being installed...
Libtards... Please... if you read an anti Trump story and it just doesn't make sense... don't post it here and make yourself look like a ******* tool.....

 

[Marchimedes]

So, what, you just type anything at the moment like that gives you a win?

All he did was sign it.

So, yes.

 

[Eman623]

Yet you don't mind that Trump promised to reduce grocery prices, and my grocery bill went from $190 to $250 when it was supposed to go down to $140 or less.

So..., Whataboutery.

Does that mean you agree with my last points about the East Wing? It's okay to admit it.

 

[Eman623]

7 years into a 9 year project to modernize the Fed building, and Trump makes hay of it to distract people from his own failings and scandals.

It's expensive, because the old, damaged building is being brought up to modern security standards. But we knew this 7 years ago.

Which means Newsmax and the president will both be very surprised, when they hear it.

Shoulda torn it down and built a new one. Or just rented space somewhere. That woulda cost a lot less than $2.5B

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Beef is up but then my taxes are down. I eat a lot of beef but my tax cut far outweighs that.

Well, you would have a good point, if beef was the only consumer good.

But, since it is not, your point is hot troll garbage.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Shoulda torn it down and built a new one. Or just rented space somewhere. That woulda cost a lot less than $2.5B

Surely you understand if I do not defer to your abject ignorance of what a new building would cost.

 

[rightwinger]

You lefties should be crying about Trump giving any more US taxpayer money to Ukraine for their oligarchs to steal.

Nice deflection

Is that your admission of defeat?

 

[Marchimedes]

foundations are poured... walls have been taken down and electrical and plumbing is being installed...

That's man stuff and you're talking to liberals.

What happened to the D.E.I. electrician hire?

They/them electrocuted they/them selves.

 

[Eman623]

For up to 200 before Trump tore it down
Maybe expand to 500 without needing 90,000 sq ft

Sure. 200 when people are practically sitting in each other's laps.

Now they have room for 500 and they can spread out. I fail to see the problem. Do you really want other countries to think we can't build a room big enough to hold state dinners in?

 

[pknopp]

Nice deflection

Is that your admission of defeat?

$800 million. Why isn't there more condemning that?

 

[Marchimedes]

Well, you would have a good point, if beef was the only consumer good.

I have cut Maple Syrup and Rice from my diet.

Having a hard time kicking my Sombrero habit, though. But then then that is offset by lower gas prices.

 

[Eman623]

Surely you understand if I do not defer to your abject ignorance of what a new building would cost.

Not now. Daddy's talking to the grownups, dear.

Maybe go back under your bridge and wait for the Billy Goats Gruff to come along and play with you.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

$800 million. Why isn't there more condemning that?

Because it's for a good cause. Because allowing wars of aggression in Europe to unfold unopposed will cost us and the world much more than that.

Come on, you could have puzzled that one out for yourself.

 

[Fort Fun Indiana]

Daddy's talking to the grownups, dear.

*about things he knows **** all about, to be a human shield for his favorite billionaire rapist

We know. That why everyone laughs at daddy, when he leaves the room.

 

[pknopp]

Because it's for a good cause. Because allowing wars of aggression in Europe to unfold unopposed will cost us and the world much more than that.

Come on, you could have puzzled that one out for yourself.

I disagree but tell you what. If you think it's important enough to do, it's important enough to pay for it.

I'll bet those who are going to come up short on their health insurance payments would love to have it.