• JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    Now everyone who looks at a picture of the wh will be reminded of trump’s smell. Every time.

    Source: my country’s former prime minister embezzled state funds to the tune of billions. He built an ugly ass megascraper visible from most parts of the city capital. I hate it.

  • TheProtagonist@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.

    As if he would know or care…

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      13 days ago

      I mean, they regularly modify it. Sure, it’s a historical building, but it’s also an active residence, diplomatic facility, and office.

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    13 days ago

    I still wouldn’t be shocked if this is his excuse to be POTUS out of mar e lago. “I can’t live in the white house while all this construction is ongoing so I’ll use my bathroom as a SCIF” (just much more incoherent and racist). Lets him massively bill the government and secret service for all the lodging and so forth. But yeah… this is generally not what you do when you are planning to leave in 3 years.

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      That was his exact strategy during his first term and he executed it to great effect. Millions of taxpayer dollars got funneled right back into the Trump family coffers.

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      12 days ago

      POTUS aside, It’s kind of nuts he’s still deemed creditworthy by contractors given his history

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    All paid for by bribes and backdoor deals to make Americans suffer more.

    Remember next year when your insurance premiums increase by 20-400%. You can thank Donald Trump personally.

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      It’s paid for by our taxes. The bribes and backdoor deals go straight into his pocket.

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    13 days ago

    Isn’t the government shutdown? Why are they wasting money on this useless luxury shit?

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      13 days ago

      All that “government shutdown” means in this context is that certain parts of the government have no money, so can’t operate. The ballroom is largely funded by the President shaking down private companies and forcing them to fund it, so they have plenty of money for this.

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    I’m already dreaming up a dystopian future showing the ruin of the ever growing, ever unfinished White House. Escapism here I come.

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          I hope you do realize he is one of the only people actively fighting back against this shit.

          This kind of discourse is one of the main contributors that brought the orange moron back.

          You don’t have the luxury of choosing between 10 candidates. It’s the turd sandwich or the fascist turd sandwich.

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            Don’t forget that there haven’t even been a single primary. So it’s a bit too early to hitch your wagon to a problematic person.

            His campaign is basically a copy of MAGA but for Dems. Is that really what you want?

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              What I want is the orange shitstain hung by his feet along with his sycophants. The next best thing would be a defeat. Yes there is no primary and clearly he already is in election mode, but it brings me hope to see the governor of the most powerful and highest economy state fighting back.

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    This building could be used for actual work and historically was. It is history. But they want to replace it with a giant party room

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      Whether you like it or not, THIS is going to be a part of your history moving forward. If the US survives this nightmare I hope this ballroom will serve as a reminder that this bullshit happened.