He doesn’t like being told no, so he’s decided it’s time to rant and rave about the ridiculous ballroom. Apparently, he’s lonely, so he has to scream into the dark. Hasn’t anyone figured out how to take his phone away overnight? Is no one able to realize how much damage he is doing every time he ‘screams’? Many thanks to Raw Story:
In a 450-word rant, President Donald Trump raged Sunday on social media about the legal challenges against his White House ballroom project, which he claimed is now “too late” in its construction to be halted. Trump’s $300 million ballroom project got underway last year with the demolition of the White House’s East Wing, images and video of which stunned critics nationwide. Starting behind schedule and reportedly designed in a “hurried process,” the project saw another speedbump after the National Trust for Historic Preservation sued Trump to stop the ballroom’s construction.
Oh, yes! It’s bad enough we have a gaping hole where the East Wing used to be. I hope Trump has to stare at those construction products and a hole where he wants his (because it *is* his ballroom and no one else wants it) to be, every. Damn. Day. That might generate screaming *and* ketchup throwing. Hmmm, I never did find out if they put plastic up on the White House to prevent ketchup damage, but it’s a great visual to consider.
“Making such a large gift to the U.S.A. was thought to be, by almost everyone, ‘A WONDERFUL THING TO DO’ — But no, as usual, I got sued, this time by the Radical Left National (No!)Trust for Historic Preservation, a group that couldn’t care less about our Country!” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social. “All of the Structural Steel, Windows, Doors, A.C./Heating Equipment and much more, has been ordered (or is ready to be), and there is no practical or reasonable way to go back. IT IS TOO LATE! Why didn’t these obstructionists and troublemakers bring their baseless lawsuit much earlier?”
At a guess, they probably did sue as fast as they could. The annihilation of the East Wing caught everyone by surprise, except Trump and the (de)construction company. Another guess would be that we *ALL* are beyond furious, if such a thing is possible and probably is, about the wrecked wing. We still don’t know if anything was saved from it. Knowing Trump, it probably wasn’t.
Trump also insisted that as president, he held complete authority to modify the White House in any manner he saw fit. “The so-called ‘preservationists,’ who get their money from the most unusual of places, should not be allowed to stop this desperately needed addition to our GREAT White House, a place that a President has never needed permission to change or enhance, because of the special grounds on which it sits, no matter how big (and important!), that enhancement may be,” Trump continued. “Stoppage of construction, at this late date, when so much has already been ordered and done, would be devastating to the White House, our Country, and all concerned.”
The only thing that would be ‘devastated’ would be Trump’s ego. We don’t give a damn about that. If luck is with us, he’ll *never* get the damn thing started, and our next president will be able to do something about it. A new *East Wing* would be lovely. In the meantime, we will have to listen to Trump bitch, moan, and complain about his ‘big beautiful ballroom’. (Does the bbb sound familiar, even if he hasn’t called it that yet?) Oh, yes, and whoever we know who can operate construction machinery, please be on standby to *tear up* that blankety blank patio and restore the Rose Garden we all loved. Well, we can dream. See you soon!
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The first thing the new administration must do is remove whatever monstrous edifice he’s built and re-instate the East Wing as it was before.
That’s why I’m hoping it doesn’t even get *started*. We want the East Wing, not some overblown monstrosity of an edifice for Trump’s vanity project.