Trump Ballroom Unlikely To Be Built

[WorldWatcher]

Congress MUST be involved if it's TAXPAYER money involved.

This isn't, thus Congress has ZERO input.

Please point out in the law below, where is says "express authority of Congress - but only if tax payer money is involved".

And yes, tax payer money is involved. Who do you think is going to be paying for maintenance, upkeep, and operations of the ballroom once Trump is done building his monument to himself on the White House grounds? Yep, the taxpayers.

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[WorldWatcher]

You do not say why you are OK with democrat renovations to the White House at government cost while strongly objecting to Trump's renovations and upgrades art private cost.

I have repeatedly, BECAUSE THEY WERE AUTHORIZED BY CONGRESS for things outside normal maintenance, repair, and redecorations that fell outside the normal budgetary allotment passed by Congress.

No President (DEM or GOP) has ever flattened an entire building on the White House grounds to build such a structure without the approval of Congress as required by lawe.

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[markef]

/—-/ Simple. Everything Trump says and does must be criticized and blocked.

 

[markef]

Please point out in the law below, where is says "express authority of Congress - but only if tax payer money is involved".

And yes, tax payer money is involved. Who do you think is going to be paying for maintenance, upkeep, and operations of the ballroom once Trump is done building his monument to himself on the White House grounds? Yep, the taxpayers.

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Does that mean no president can authorize any renovation work on his White House residence without 2/3 approval from Congress?

 

[markef]

I have repeatedly, BECAUSE THEY WERE AUTHORIZED BY CONGRESS for things outside normal maintenance, repair, and redecorations that fell outside the normal budgetary allotment passed by Congress.

No President (DEM or GOP) has ever flattened an entire building on the White House grounds to build such a structure without the approval of Congress as required by lawe.

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Trump is building a new security bunker under the new ballroom due to growing security needs that he does not necessarily want the whole world knowing about for security reasons.

 

[WorldWatcher]

Does that mean no president can authorize any renovation work on his White House residence without 2/3 approval from Congress?

Again, and again. Congress authorizes a budget (about $2.5 million per year) for normal repair, maintanence, and renovation. That isn't what Trump is doing.

He raized an entire building and is attempting to build something completely new. For that he needs to go to Congress.

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[WorldWatcher]

Trump is building a new security bunker under the new ballroom due to growing security needs that he does not necessarily want the whole world knowing about for security reasons.

#1 If he doesn't want the whole world knowning about it, he failed. You just showed you know about it, are posting about it on an open forum, and therefore I think we can pretty much guess that the whole world knows about his "secert" underground bunker.

#2 So what? The law is clear, he needs Congressional approval and "he doesn't want to..." isn't an exception.

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[j-mac]

#1 If he doesn't want the whole world knowning about it, he failed. You just showed you know about it, are posting about it on an open forum, and therefore I think we can pretty much guess that the whole world knows about his "secert" underground bunker.

#2 So what? The law is clear, he needs Congressional approval and "he doesn't want to..." isn't an exception.

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You people are such babies.

 

[kyzr]

#1 If he doesn't want the whole world knowing about it, he failed. You just showed you know about it, are posting about it on an open forum, and therefore I think we can pretty much guess that the whole world knows about his "secret" underground bunker.
#2 So what? The law is clear, he needs Congressional approval and "he doesn't want to..." isn't an exception.
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So what happens if congress doesn't approve Trump's new ballroom and secret bunker?
The House will, but the Senate won't.
Does he say "you either approve the plans or you are voting for an East Wing mud hole"

 

[citygator]

You people are such babies.

It's called laws and rules. Kings dont need to follow. Everyone else does.

 

[citygator]

So what happens if congress doesn't approve Trump's new ballroom and secret bunker?
The House will, but the Senate won't.
Does he say "you either approve the plans or you are voting for an East Wing mud hole"

Congress approved the Feds renovations. They didnt submit a piece of shit eye sore though. Trump's not getting that terrible idea approved. Submit a reasonable and esthetically consistent plan.

 

[j-mac]

It's called laws and rules. Kings dont need to follow. Everyone else does.

You poor baby....can't take that Trump is a man of action, and improving the White House....What's next? The color of his ties are illegal?

 

[citygator]

You poor baby....can't take that Trump is a man of action, and improving the White House....What's next? The color of his ties are illegal?

Trump's action left a mud hole of scraps on the premisis with no path to fix. It is a characteristic of his administration. No plan. No ability to create consensus. Just an attempt to do it illegally his own way, damn the process, then blame others and watch lapdogs like you stick up for him when it failed... because he failed.

 

[JoeB131]

So what happens if congress doesn't approve Trump's new ballroom and secret bunker?
The House will, but the Senate won't.
Does he say "you either approve the plans or you are voting for an East Wing mud hole"

Or we just fill it in with dirt and grass and make a nice green area.

You poor baby....can't take that Trump is a man of action, and improving the White House....What's next? The color of his ties are illegal?

How does building a fascist ballroom "improve" the White House?

 

[Nostra]

Fell Free to link to the Congressional authorization and funding bill passed by Congress and Trump.

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We aren’t funding it, you blithering idiot.

IT’S FREE!

 

[j-mac]

Trump's action left a mud hole of scraps on the premisis with no path to fix. It is a characteristic of his administration. No plan. No ability to create consensus. Just an attempt to do it illegally his own way, damn the process, then blame others and watch lapdogs like you stick up for him when it failed... because he failed.

Settle down there baby....How fast do you think that this can be built? So far it's ahead of schedule....

 

[Nostra]

The fault in your statement is that Trump is renovating his own house. I could care less what he does with Mar A Lago on his own dime.

The White House though is owned, operated, and maintained by the American people.

Obama? Deflection noted.

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White House renovations over the years
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1789–1800: The new seat of a new nation
1814: Rebuilding from the ashes
1881: Victorian obsession and a Tiffany window
1902: A classical renovation, courtesy of Roosevelt
1942: An addition to conceal
1948–1952: Wear and tear requires renovation
1961: Jacqueline Kennedy redecorates with dignity
1979: A sustainable future
2013: “The Audacity of Taupe”
2017: Trump’s “dump” rehauled
2025: A paved paradise and a gilded ballroom

The Many White House Renovations Through the Years

As a judge ordered President Trump to pause construction on his proposed ballroom, AD takes a look back at the history of design updates to America’s most famous residence

www.architecturaldigest.com

 

[Nostra]

Trump got approval to tear down the East Building and build a new building from Congress?

Could you link to the legislative action that did that please. Below is the link to where you can source this action by Congress.

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https://www.congress.gov/

He doesn’t need it since we are not funding it, Short Bus.

 

[Nostra]

Or we just fill it in with dirt and grass and make a nice green area.


How does building a fascist ballroom "improve" the White House?

What exactly is a fascist ballroom?

 

[Nostra]

He is a rapist
That's a fact in the public record.

You like him more because of it.

Thats just who you are.

Link us up to his criminal conviction, liar.