all 74 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] 1 point 1 year ago

Lol, isn't that symbolic.

  • source
  • [–] 280 points 1 year ago (18 children)

    Does this guy just sit up all day trying to find new ways to be a fucking piece of shit asshole?

  • source
  • hideshow 18 child comments
  • [–] 146 points 1 year ago (11 children)

    It's part of the strategy.
    Overwhelm the news cycle, see what the news picks up and push that more, let the actual bad stuff go under-reported.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 11 child comments
  • [–] 37 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    People keep trying to attribute planning to what can be much more plausibly explained by idiocy. Trump is not "strategically" dozing the rose garden to distract from the real news, he's just a tasteless brutish moron.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 8 child comments
  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    People keep trying to attribute maliciousness to stupidity as well. Mostly because it's easier to dismiss stupidity than argue against it.

    He's shortsighted, narcissistic, and petty. But he doesn't do things just to prove how much of a big idiot he is. Dismissing everything he does as "idiocy" just gives him more leash to piss on everyone from.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 5 child comments
  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I wouldn't say those two things are mutually exclusive, Trump is dumber than shit and also a raging malicious bastard. The Nazis were both malicious as hell and stupid as fuck.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I would argue that malice is born from stupidity.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I would say the opposite. At least for the basis of this train of thought. That maliciousness makes one single-minded in their ideals and goals, which inevitably devolves into "Get mine, fuck them". Which is inherently destructive, both for the person in question and those around them.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)
  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    But why? Just calling things dumb, or stupid, or idiotic without any explanation is just a grade school way of saying "I don't like a thing". Without seeking a way to understand, and thus overcome it, it's always just going to be "I'm smart and they're dumb", which is often the argument of those you'd criticize of "inherent stupidity".

  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    He is. But the people around him and controlling/handling him aren't idiots.
    It's either in project 2025, or some other republican playbook. Scattershot out a bunch of crazy news to swamp the news cycle and overwhelm everyone, then get to work doing the dirty stuff

  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 73 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Ten bucks says the next part is a statue.

  • source
  • hideshow 6 child comments
  • [+] 37 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)
  • load more comments (-1 replies)
    [–] 52 points 1 year ago

    He is the white trash of presidents

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

    How long until he changes the US flag to one with his face on?

    Like his social media avatar

  • source
  • hideshow 5 child comments
  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Oh, it will happen.

    And when will he force every home and business to have a portrait of himself on the walls? Because, that will probably happen, too.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    That sounds like something he would do on July 4th

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Nah, he cares about that holiday, not ones that celebrate minorities. So I'm guessing some time again this month in opposition to Pride, or Indigenous Peoples' Day will have some bullshit. Even though Google already got rid of that from their calendars and kept Columbus.

  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 48 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    "Just inspected the site of the new Ballroom that will be built, compliments of a man known as Donald J. Trump, at the White House," he began in a post on Truth Social earlier this month.

    "For 150 years, Presidents, and many others, have wanted a beautiful Ballroom, but it never got built because nobody previously had any knowledge or experience in doing such things — But I do, like maybe nobody else, and it will go up quickly, and be a wonderful addition, very much in keeping with the magnificent White House itself.

    He is so fucking full of himself it's almost unbelievable. I'm sure this will turn out just as well as the wall that's being built and paid for by Mexico.

  • source
  • hideshow 1 child comment
  • [–] 125 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    It looks like they’re getting rid of the grass that was under the seating area. They’re also putting French drains around that gathering area.

    The roses and topiaries are still there, they’re just redoing the area where the chairs and tables go.

    This is landscaping change is pretty low on my lists of concerns about Trump. I have a lot of greenery in my yard, and I also put gravel and stone under the seating areas.

  • source
  • hideshow 6 child comments
  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

    I agree. I despise Trump. But removing a lawn and putting in hardscape, in a spot where people often gather for events, is not an insult to heritage or anything like that.

    If a president that I otherwise liked did this, I wouldn't have a problem with it.

    It's not as if a lawn is super environmentally valuable. And I doubt people spread picnic blankets and play Frisbee on this lawn - they put chairs on it and walk on it with heels and hold events and stuff. A hard surface is the right thing for that type of use.

    And if a future president decides to put lawn back in, they can! It's not as blades of grass and sandy growing medium are irreplaceable.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    Ah if it’s just grass, fine. I hate grass. Always needing water or it’s gonna catch fire. And allergies to go around. Grass can go.

    Let’s save all the outrage for cutting Medicare, starting wars. That’s where my ragebait is.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I know, I know, he's just paving over the grass, who gives a shit, but if you keep reading:

    Are there more White House renovation plans? Yes, Trump has shared plans to build a $100 million ballroom, similar to his private Mar-A-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
  • [–] 39 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Next up: painting the White House with cheap gold paint.

  • source
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 39 points 1 year ago

    Cosmetic injustices like this are an intentional distraction from the regime's attempts to steal all public funds, kill Americans who need Medicaid, continue their ethnic cleansing campaign at home and support Israel and Russia's ongoing genocides.

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

    he needs a place to bury melania.

  • source
  • hideshow 4 child comments
  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    The rose gardes deco has gotten controversy, but a green space seems way better then drab concrete. Such a tall flagpole wont even be seen in press conferences. I bet he got stuck in some mud and got mad, and the flag pole is a vain attempt to say hes got a huge pole..

  • source
  • hideshow 4 child comments
  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    I bet he got stuck in some mud and got mad,

    That really is all there is to it. Dude can barely navigate stairs. Actually walking on grass after rain makes him look dopy and his ego can't handle it

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Melania was expected to do something with it and she had no interest. This reflected poorly on her in a lot of people’s expectations, and so the two of them were like “fuck the rose garden.” End of story. The Trumps will never have class so they figure no one else can either.

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

    Gonna pave it with gold toilets so he can shit together with all his friend

  • source
  • hideshow 1 child comment
  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Don't worry! Once the newly poured concrete has cured, they're going to cover it in gold tin foil and it'll be fabulous.

  • source
  • hideshow 1 child comment
  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago

    Turning the white house into mar-a-lago 2?!

  • source
  • kill the fucker duo already

  • source
  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Bulldoze the community garden and replace it with glass

    This is my sermon

  • source
  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    Is this just to lower the property value? I thought Trump understood things about real estate.

  • source
  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Needs more space for his parades.

  • source
  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Concrete is much prettier than roses anyway. Ffs

  • source
  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    The man is actually worse than the piggiest resident of a sty

  • source
  • Imagine being this tasteless

  • source
  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Anyone check if there’s any evidence there?

  • source
  • hideshow 1 child comment
  • it's for parking his motor coach

  • source
  • 18 comments in c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world view that post
    [–] 1 point 1 year ago
    [–] 23 points 1 year ago

    Is there nothing that he won't fuck up?

  • source
  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    What’s with their vendetta against the plants? First term they took the color, and now they’ve killed them. There’s a metaphor there, but hopefully it isn’t prescient

  • source
  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    article from February

    the New York Times reporting that Trump discussed with associates his desire to tear up the grass in the Rose Garden and cover it up with a solid surface.

    He is weighing whether it should be “limestone or an easily interchangeable hard surface, with the possibility of installing hardwood floors for dancing,” according to the Times.

    Oh look he did the thing he threatened to do

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

    I read about this. There’s a drainage issue and the lawn is always wet in that area as a result. I don’t think that means paving it over is the best idea though.

    Between this and the flagpoles I guess this is infrastructure week finally.

  • source
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 35 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    It will get restored within the first 6 months of a new Democratic President, same as everything else that gets changed

  • source
  • hideshow 5 child comments
  • [–] 56 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I’m not so sure. The dems will spruce up the place with lovely looking raised beds, herb gardens and other various fanfare, but the disfiguring foundational alterations carved out by these fascists will remain underneath for generations to come.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    I think this sums up Trumps presidency nice

  • source
  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago*

    Sure, he says concrete but 2 to 1 it'll end up being steel slats.

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

    Okay, what crazy shit is he trying to distract everyone from now?

    Flag poles were for the possibility of an Iran invasion.

    Trump Mobile was for his sagging poll numbers.

    Sending the Marines into LA was for the popularity of the No Kings matches.

    So paving over the rose garden is for... invading New Zealand or some other insane idiocy?

  • source
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] -5 points 1 year ago

    This has been planned for some time. Stop with the conspiracy crap. Yes, Trump does crazy shit to distract, we saw this the first four years. But making every crazy move out to be a distraction is plain bonkers and shows zero thought.

  • source
  • parent