Trump Ballroom Unlikely To Be Built

[Woodznutz]

Non government projects usually have to have plans finished PRIOR to demolition.

Premature demolition might have been a tactic.

 

[pknopp]

?? No new enrollees. THe fate of the current enrollees is in the hands of the COurts. Not sure what you expect him to do.

What the court instructed him to do.

 

[BrokeLoser]

I've long noted that it's incredibly hard for Trump to follow through on anything.

Yeah he’s super ineffective…that’s how he’s ruined the brains of MILLIONS of unconventional wackos and why you spend all day everyday talking about Trump’s works.

 

[Lockback]

I've wiped my ass with a copy of Salon.
That's all it's good for.

 

[JLW]

What "law" has been broken?

The lawsuit claims Trump’s ballroom plans needs to go through comprehensive design reviews, environmental assessments, public comments and congressional debate and ratification, not his whimsy.

 

[rightwinger]

Tell the truth, you're just mad that Trump will be associated with an improvement that will keep his name in history forever....

Actually I am outraged that a Ballroom will dwarf the White House.

The White House is a national treasure
A Ballroom is not

 

[JLW]

I've wiped my ass with a copy of Salon.
That's all it's good for.

Salon is an on-line magazine only, moron.

 

[JoeB131]

Premature demolition might have been a tactic.

A pretty dumb one. He essentially damaged a historic building to build himself a monument he won't live to see, without a plan, and someone else will have to clean up the mess.

 

[JoeB131]

I've wiped my ass with a copy of Salon.
That's all it's good for.

You wipe your ass with a digital magazine?

Gee, I hope no one borrows your phone!

 

[Seymour Flops]

In October, Donald Trump traumatized all true patriots

Are you traumatized?

Have you gotten help for that?

If not, should we take anything you say seriously, until you have worked your way through this trauma?

 

[Rawley]

Actually I am outraged that a Ballroom will dwarf the White House.

The White House is a national treasure
A Ballroom is not

You won't even see it from the front or rear facade. Why are you outraged?

 

[rightwinger]

You won't even see it from the front or rear facade. Why are you outraged?

I am outraged by a 90,000 sq ft ballroom next to a 55,000 sq ft White House

Proportion

 

[JoeB131]

Are you traumatized?

Have you gotten help for that?

If not, should we take anything you say seriously, until you have worked your way through this trauma?

I'll be happy to survive his second term.

A million people didn't survive his first one.

Now, stop being shallow, you add nothing to a conversation.

 

[Rawley]

I am outraged by a 90,000 sq ft ballroom next to a 55,000 sq ft White House

Proportion

Never been to the WH, huh? LOL

 

[Seymour Flops]

I'll be happy to survive his second term.

A million people didn't survive his first one.

Now, stop being shallow, you add nothing to a conversation.

Oh yeah.

Nobody died during the Autopen Administration.



Please seek help for your trauma. You might even get disability for TDS-Adjacent PTSD.

 

[Woodznutz]

A pretty dumb one. He essentially damaged a historic building to build himself a monument he won't live to see, without a plan, and someone else will have to clean up the mess.

TBD.

 

[DukeU]

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.

You could have started and ended with this.

 

[kyzr]

Trump is a child who inherited his wealth. He is also a felon and sex offender. That many Americans admire him is a great irony. Proof the tribal instinct still exists in many and values and morality not so much. Interesting as he wants an icon or whatever to memorialize him. Weak, immature men need those objects to feel like men.

It easy to type tripe. That explains why democrats are toxic at historic low approval ratings. Enjoy the next 3-years.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/16/politics/cnn-poll-democrats

CNN Poll: Democratic Party’s favorability drops to a record low​

 

[Nostra]

In October, Donald Trump traumatized all true patriots by tearing down the East Wing of the White House.

Had to stop right there.

 

[ThisIsMe]

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.

If it’s not built, it will be because democrats keep the project tied up in court