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It's so stupid. You can't see the White House from the National Mall anymore because that gaudy thing is in the way. Just dumb and annoying. They definitely need to take it down, and shouldn't'ave been put it up in the first place.
I work in events. That is a very temporary structure. The frame is aluminum trussing, and although it would hold up fairly well, all of the fabric will start bleaching within 3-4 weeks, the metal chains holding everything up will start rusting pretty quickly being exposed to the elements. The lights themselves aren’t IP rated and are relying on the fabric for protection so those will fail pretty quickly. Finally the stage itself has a wood underlayment that will rot within a single season if left outside.
Lastly it’s all rented and the rental company will continue to charge the client until it’s returned.
The ideal Trump monument.
Can't wait to find out that this somehow cost us taxpayers like a hundred million dollars.
They’re expecting trump to pay the rental fee? How quaint.
It's not Donald paying. It's those of us who actually pay taxes.
You just know Trump will try to screw them and pocket the money instead.
It'll be like a toilet in the front yard and he plants flowers in it. White trash is his style.
I bet the last point is one of the major reasons why Trump would want it to stay. Guy seems to have a weird fetish for not paying what he owes.
Lastly it’s all rented and the rental company will continue to charge the client until it’s returned.
That's just another line item for the American taxpayer. Hardly Trump's problem.
Funny story about temporary rental equipment.
My old company, big (as in billions $$) defence control actor. They refused to buy permanent sites, instead they would lease or rent buildings or structures. Sea cans counted as structures. They rented 3 sea cans for 15 years. Spent almost 100k each over that period. Never once did they accept the financial argument that one years lease would almost buy a sea can outright.
It’s like the parked car on cinder blocks in someone’s yard.Eventually the grass will grow tall enough that you won’t see it
yes, but do you really think the orange pedo rapist would know about … (check notes) … anything?
I’m curious—can you tell the lighting isn’t rated from these images, or just because of the number / cost?
Also curious about the chains—does that means they can’t be reused for long if they’ve been outdoors? I assume there’s plenty of regulation around that kind of thing.
I saw some other pictures of it being assembled and the lights were wrapped until the fabric was on. It’s also relatively rare for moving heads to be IP rated because they move, and in order to maintain IP rating on something that moves it requires significantly more maintenance and with that, higher cost. The lights that are on the outside are IP rated for instance, as they didn’t have the fabric to protect them. But from prior experience that means those lights cost about 3 times as much to rent.
The chains are protected by a coating of oil, the oil is in a reservoir inside the motor so if the chains aren’t getting ran on a regular basis they aren’t getting a fresh coat of oil. As soon as any sort of weathering happens, the chains become exposed and will start rusting. You can get stainless steel chains that won’t rust, but the price on those is so astronomical, that it’s special order only, and only used for permanent installs. The only way this has stainless steel chains is if it was designed as a permanent install from the beginning.
I'm calling it now. Some attack will happen at these events. Trump will play the role of "oh no, I've been shot..." and then 2 hours later will brag that he's the healthiest guy the doctors ever saw.
Anybody ever see the movie Groundhog Day?
........no reason.
It is quite on the nose that they plan/hope to execute another "attack" at one of his events, be it the birthday bash or the 250 celebration.
There is no other solid reason to have these events outdoors.
They need to keep the pressure on his safety so they get to build more surveillance bunkers etc. and another miraculous recovery comes in handy to whip his followers into more of a righteous frenzy.
All to keep him locked in for a 3rd term.
Perhaps he'll lose a toe this time? Shot in the butt?
Some attack will happen at these events.
Went to an MMA tournament and a fight broke out
WHO THE FUCK TOLD HIM ABOUT THE EIFFEL TOWER?
Just what I was thinking. There's no way orange hitler knew that it was originally a temporary structure that became permanent.
"I wanted a tower, so I built one. France has a tower, and it's so bad, they call it The Awful Tower. My tower won't be awful, it'll be the best. It'll be so great that people will fight over it. And on it. Anyway, I gotta go take a shit."
There is nothing Trump has done that should be permanent.
Except his prison time and number
He better permanently stay dead once he dies. When I would wish for the world to be more like a disney movie as a kid, I didn't mean Star Wars. I don't want to see headlines saying "Somehow, Trump has returned."
Actually the realization around the world, especially in Europe, that the US is not a trustworthy ally, should be permanent.
It's probably been mentioned many times already, but here it goes anyway:
"If you put a clown onto the throne, the clown will not turn into a king. The palace will turn into a circus."
Wrong. Look at Ukrain's Zelenski : TV show comedian. Now the stature of Churchill.
Oh please let him live long enough to watch us tear all his tacky shit to the ground!
I want to see them light the det cord that demolishes mar a lago
as cathartic as that sounds, he doesn't care.
the only thing that he cares about is himself. the best punishment for him would be to be locked in a room with read only Internet to watch the world move on and him die not being able to be the center of attention.
the best way to win a game against a narcissist is to play a different game with impossible to follow rules for them.
Give him a twitter account but have a script change whatever he types into BLAH BLAH BLAH
Stick him into a mental hospital and make him play cooperative board games with the other inmates until he understands the concept.
He'll die first.
If you want to treat something down, treat the Golden Dick monument in Florida, the giant T on every Trump tower.
This whole term in the White House feels like the worst Airbnb trashing story and then some.
And, like a UFC event venue, will likely require fire hoses to wash out a good portion of the trash and stank.
Name me one person in the world less tasteful than trump. Go on, I'll wait.
Literally Idiocracy.
Honestly I think this is great. Some tacky bloodsport arena is a refreshingly honest reflection of the true national character of this country.
Much more fitting than the weird civil religion stuff going on in the rest of the national mall. This country does not deserve dignity until it stops being a global force for evil.
I can see the logic. Build a colosseum and stage gladiatorial contests, distract the masses and get made emperor for life. But what a pathetic attempt at a colosseum this is.
No room for chariot races, fierce wild animals, or simulated naval battles. Pathetic indeed.
Jesus is just a name to them. Any chance of them actually following things taught is long gone. Jesus, like Trump, is a tool they use. Nothing more.
This comment right here is what his cult will suck the shit from his asshole for. He loves to troll libs so goddamn much and his unwavering fan base will let him literally rape children for it
Relevant quote from Carl Sagan's "The Demon-Haunted World":
[The 1939 New York World's Fair's president] Grover Whalen - a former corporate executive, New York City police chief in a time of unprecedented police brutality, and public relations innovator [...] had convinced Stalin and Mussolini to build lavish national pavilions. (He later complained about how often he had been obliged to give the fascist salute.) The level of the exhibits, as one designer described it, was pitched to the mentality of a twelve-year-old.
only talk about this. FUCK
STOP FALLING FOR IT
FOCUS ON NAZI ISSUES
PLURAL
ISSUES
Trump really puts out high quality, world class, dumb. Multi layered, hints of farce; I really feel like I'm becoming a sommelier of sorts.
Ya keep it around, maybe we can see if he wants to wrestle a grizzly bear sometime.
Trump is showing why Flordia needs to be cut off. Next month, we are adding plastic flamingos and a 2005 Dodge Ram with 3 rims, on blocks.
I think Trump's imagining himself like this:


Man, I wish he had that much self-awareness of his lack of faculties!
The whole WH needs to be bulldozed now. You are never getting the stench out.
I seriously question what universe I'm in. This is insane. I no longer feel like I'm part of civilisation because of how asinine everything is and the fact a large percentage of people are ok with it.
As an Australian it brings me great joy, then I think how we're always 10 years behind America on stupidity so the 30s are going to be interesting

now we here
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