The renderings are complete, the architects and contractors have been hired. After at least 15 years of talking about it, President Trump is building a ballroom at the White House. According to the White House, the work will begin this September, with a price tag of $200 million.

"President Trump is a builder at heart and has an extraordinary eye for detail," said White House chief of staff Susie Wiles in a statement on Thursday. "The President and the Trump White House are fully committed to working with the appropriate organizations to preserving the special history of the White House while building a beautiful ballroom that can be enjoyed by future Administrations and generations of Americans to come."

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[–] 85 points 1 year ago (6 children)

According to the article the president offhandedly suggested that a ballroom be built by his company around 15 years ago, and whoever he suggested it to correctly ignored this idiotic idea. So basically he's going to spend $200 million dollars of tax payer money building a ballroom where one already exists as an act of exceedingly petty revenge because someone hurt his precious delicate feelings over a decade ago.

Seems pretty on brand

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Jesus fucking christ $200 million for a fucking room to dance in?

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  • [–] 39 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Wasn't he just bitching about the Fed wasting money on pointless crap like this? Typical Trump hypocrisy.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    She said the cost would be footed by Trump himself as well as "other patriot donors." Leavitt said construction would finish "long before" the end of Trump's term.

    So since they made a point to say that, I can only assume it will really be paid for by tax dollars, and Trump's friends will get all the no-bid contracts....

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  • [–] 32 points 1 year ago

    Still a kiddie fucker

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    He's going to be so disappointed when he realizes that a ball room is not the same as a ball pit.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I'd wait on the remodel until after our Canadian friends finally burn it down again

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    War of 1812, but I believe it was the British

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    Canada was still part of the British empire at the time, but looking at Wikipedia the British regiments were all actually raised and based in the British isles, so I’m not sure where the idea that they were Canadians came from. I’ve heard several times that the troops that burned Washington were of Canadian origin, usually proudly related by Canadians, and just assumed that was correct since my history classes usually didn’t spend much time on that war. It does look like at least some of the attack was in retaliation for American burnings and lootings of York and Port Dover in what was then Upper Canada, so maybe that’s where the idea comes from.

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    [–] 19 points 1 year ago

    When developers asked the White House if they required a dickroom to go with the new ballroom, they were told that was not required as the Oval Office was serving as the dickroom for the next three years.

    Plus you can hide a button mushroom basically anywhere.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Ballrooms are for kings, not presidents.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago

    That headline could have been a LOT worse. Any sentence that contains “Trump's dream of _______ is becoming a reality” should fill us all with dread.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago

    Could Trump please not permanently fuck with things that aren't his?

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Is this so he can continue on with his Ms. Teen America Pageantry, but marry it with some southern debutante ball where he and the old rich guys will exchange the daughters/contestants to the highest bidders? Or does he just want a place to dance and show off his fancy high heels?

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    Trump [...] has an extraordinary eye for detail has the tacky taste of a Florida grandma from the 90s who won money on some scratchers.

    FTFY

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    honestly I don't care about this money is fake. Congress and SC are complicite and need to be completely removed

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Reviving the Epstein parties.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Please let this be his primary focus until he dies.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    What contractor would even consider doing anything for this shitty tasteless moneypit of a sub human? He never posts his bills.

    Even when he has access to public funds to pay for his horrible ideas, nobody gets paid but he and his chronies.

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