Trump Ballroom Unlikely To Be Built

[martybegan]

So we both agree that vandalizing is wrong and that a municipality can vote to remove monuments

That wasn't the point I was making, more deflection.

 

[rightwinger]

That wasn't the point I was making, more deflection.

To be honest…

You were not making much of a point

 

[martybegan]

To be honest…

You were not making much of a point

Yes, I was, hence yours and postnut's idiotic need to deflect.

 

[Meister]

You liberals are really going to wet your depends when Trump
changes the name of the White House to the Trump House.

 

[rightwinger]

You liberals are really going to wet your depends when Trump
changes the name of the White House to the Trump House.

He is just getting started

To Trump, self declared honors are the same as earned honors

 

[postman]

Deflection noted, poseur.

It sounded like you saying that private individuals who vandalize a government statue, and who aren't caught and prosecuted is some kind of proof that the government is complicit in the vandalism.

Well.... let's put the shoe on the other foot.

 

[Meister]

He is just getting started

To Trump, self declared honors are the same as earned honors

Elections have consequences.

 

[rightwinger]

Elections have consequences.

And we are paying those consequences
We deserve it

 

[TimFitz]

True, the plans need to be completed before the reviews can be started. Stay tuned. Its not that complex a room

Not true. Demolition can happen way before any construction approvals.

Demolition requires permits, everywhere. especially of a historic structure,

Tearing something down with no plan for what will replace it is inefficient and wasteful.

Doing it without a permit opens the door to litigation, since the destroyer is breaking the law.

 

[Meister]

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.

Shouldn't this thread have been started in the Political Satire Forum, or
perhaps, the Conspiracy Theory Forum?

 

[Meister]

And we are paying those consequences
We deserve it

Really? Maybe in your mind.

 

[postman]

Nope. Where in law or the constitution does it say that? If it did the courts would have said so.

Let me give you an example of private funding doing modifications to public buildings being illegal.

 

[TimFitz]

OK

Approval from whom? The president needs no authorization, if he did the court would have stopped him.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. If the "ballroom" can be used for open office space its a win-win. If it is strictly a rarely used ballroom, I agree with you.

It will have the proper approvals. A public comment period, and two agencies. Not a problem.

‘Approval from whom? The president needs no authorization, if he did the court would have stopped him.“

This is a lie.

It would mearely be a falsehood or incorrect we’re it not for the fact that the poster knows full well that his claims are false.

The President does not own the White House. It is public property. It is the people’s house.

Which is why there is a whole commission and a very detailed process that must be followed in order to renovate or replace a major building. Especially the White House.

Not only does the President need authorization, but he is openly breaking the law by not seeking it in advance.

But you already knew that.

 

[martybegan]

It sounded like you saying that private individuals who vandalize a government statue, and who aren't caught and prosecuted is some kind of proof that the government is complicit in the vandalism.

Well.... let's put the shoe on the other foot.

Stop flailing like a chicken without a head, it's pathetic.

 

[TimFitz]

Trump can write a check. Money is not a problem.

Trump NEVER writes a check. Not ever.

You will be stuck with the bill. You’re already on the hook for the demolition, ar hitect’s fees, and brace for the litigation, which you will pay for too. Evenif Trump’s Reich chancellery is never built..

 

[Norm Paperman]

You liberals are really going to wet your depends when Trump
changes the name of the White House to the Trump House.

And you Trumper will cum in your pants when he does.

 

[Zincwarrior]

You liberals are really going to wet your depends when Trump
changes the name of the White House to the Trump House.

Sounds like a coffee brand.

 

[hadit]

Not really

Trump is installing a 90,000 sq ft facility
Ballroom or not

Hey, you said it, not me. Then you contradicted yourself, not me.

 

[rightwinger]

Hey, you said it, not me. Then you contradicted yourself, not me.

?

 

[TimFitz]

Sounds like a coffee brand.

Don’t give him any ideas!!!!!!