The DoJ is getting more and more blatant with the clanking balls these days. We’ll be talking about the Statue first, and then add in some others. But yes, it was stated in the article. Tear down the Statue. They have the power, except if anyone touched it, the people of NYC would get mightily pissed, and that’s the *last* thing anyone should do. My respect to Raw Story:
A Justice Department lawyer told a federal appeals court Friday that the Trump administration could demolish the Statue of Liberty before anyone could sue to stop it — and that would simply be the end of it. The stunning exchange came during oral arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit over President Donald Trump’s controversial $400 million White House ballroom project, built on the site of the demolished East Wing.
And there you have the intro. The administration could tear down the Statue before anyone could stop it. It’s not at all likely to be that simple. But something like that shizzle would be a very big problem. France will also be displeased, since they gave it to us in the first place. Anyone who has seen it in person should remember the jolt you got when you saw it up close, even if just from a boat. She is a major, major part of America.
Judge Patricia Millett pressed the government’s lawyer directly. “If the govt decides very quickly to bulldoze the Statue of Liberty, the people whose ancestors — that was the first thing they saw coming to this country, but the govt moved too fast — nothing can be done?” she asked, according to Politico’s Kyle Cheney, who was in the courtroom. The DOJ lawyer’s response: “I think that’s right, yes.”
What the actual eff? So, this assumes that (A) the government can move fast (ha) and (B) they can destroy anything they like. Where are they getting these ridiculous ideas? Trump is going to do what he wants to in DC. We just need to hope that he’ll leave other places alone. Except Mar-A-Slobo. He can do whatever he wants there. He’s going to cover that place in fake gold yet. We need to look forward to a decent president who will yank up the patio and do their best to restore the garden. Could everything be replaced?
The ballroom fight is far from Trump’s only unilateral remaking of American landmarks. Federal judges have also been asked to weigh in on his effort to paint the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool “American flag” blue — the subject of a lawsuit accusing the administration of bypassing required congressional notice. A separate judge blocked Trump’s move to rename the Kennedy Center in his honor.
And the administration has drawn up plans for a 250-foot triumphal arch at Memorial Circle near Arlington National Cemetery, across the Potomac from the Lincoln Memorial. Trump has defended the ballroom as a national security necessity, posting AI-generated renderings of a “DronePort” on the roof and warning that Judge Leon would be held responsible for any attack on the president.
Yea no. Let’s call bullshizzle on the last part of that long sentence. *A* judge would be responsible for an attack on the ‘president’? Oh hell no. The above paragraph gives us the current construction projects and more. We don’t know if he has other projects in mind. We’re going to involuntarily pay for it all. It’s just so Trump can be a dick. And he loves spending other people’s money. As if America isn’t already struggling under the weight of everything caused by Trump. We all know the list, so no need to repeat it. We need to hope no one gets Trump to build a statue of himself where Lady Liberty is. That would be one helluva tragedy.
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