WorldWatcher
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The original budget was $200 Million.
What are the current expected cost? Last I seen you have heard was $400 Million.
Do it’s already over budget.
WW
Trump Ballroom Unlikely To Be Built
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The original budget was $200 Million.
What are the current expected cost? Last I seen you have heard was $400 Million.
Do it’s already over budget.
WW
Under budget after trump.said the cost doubled ? Or under new budget , now that the cost doubled.
flack
Diamond Member
Fortune magazine admits to 37 donors so every donor must be wealthy. This has now become their business and not JoeB131's nor any of the folks posting who never donated.
Meet all 37 White House ballroom donors funding the $300 million build, including Silicon Valley tech giants, crypto bros and the Lutnicks | Fortune
The list, reviewed by Fortune, did not mention specific dollar amounts offered by each contributor.
flack
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You can disagree all you want but it is happening.
Why are Democrats so angry that Trump is constructing a 90,000 sq ft building where he works and resides? And he has obtained at least 37 very rich people to pay for it?
Apparently they preferred a circus tent and outhouses for foreign dignitaries...... Obama preferred tents.
I can only speak for myself but building monolithic structures that feign / embody nationalism are generally things despots and authoritarian leaders create. Maybe it helps them feel big. Whatever I view it as a negative to have anything like that in reference to a US President. Also theore grandiose it is that most likely reflects a psychological problem as well.
I looked up the 54-year-old Karen McDougal and Trump sure has good taste in females.
This nation has long had cheaters in public office. Kennedy was a womanizer, so was Lyndon Johnson who actually used a closet in the White house to have sex with woman. Neither of the Bush presidents cheated. Note the high number of Democrat presidents who were serial cheaters.
This nation has long had cheaters in public office. Kennedy was a womanizer, so was Lyndon Johnson who actually used a closet in the White house to have sex with woman. Neither of the Bush presidents cheated. Note the high number of Democrat presidents who were serial cheaters.
You represent the worst Democrats. The Ballroom can be used for inaugurations.
Circus tents are less costly.
WorldWatcher
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Given Trump's crowd turnout for inaugurations, they could have used the White House Broom closet.
WW
Karen McDougal is 54 and my guess is she still is fabulous.
You mean the closet used by Lyndon Johnson who had sex with women there?
WorldWatcher
Platinum Member
I am an Independent. I explained my view , I don't think Democrats said anything like what I said.
Naw, Hunter left a little something for the head there.
The Daily Mail reported in April that Trump had started pitching the construction of a White House ballroom in 2010 - back when President Barack Obama was in office and before he launched his own political career.
'For 150 years, presidents, administrations and White House staff have longed for a large event space on the White House complex that can hold substantially more guests then currently allowed,' Leavitt said at Thursday's briefing. 'President Trump has expressed his commitment to solving this problem on behalf of future administrations and the American people.'
Leavitt said the new ballroom would reside in the current East Wing of the White House, explaining that the building would be 'modernized' when asked if portions of the East Wing, originally constructed in 1902, would be torn down.
The current East Wing, which is detached from the main White House residence, houses the offices of the first lady, the White House Military Office and the White House Visitors Office.
A second story had been added in 1942.
Leavitt said the staff of those offices would be relocated during construction.
0311
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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 projectwww.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.
Destroying what he doesn't want or like.
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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
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.
Da Balllroom! Da Ballroom!
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