• InfiniteHench@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    Bold of you to assume they ever plan on leaving. He’s already handing out Trump 2028 hats and Bannon is just doing media interviews telling everyone he isn’t leaving.

    You don’t tear down an entire wing from one of the most (symbolically) important buildings in the country just to throw parties for a couple years and then leave.

  • leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 hours ago

    Turn it into a pigsty.

    Use the pigs to feed the hungry.

    Also, breed the pigs to look like Trump.

    (I mean, if the Danes could get a pig breed to look like their flag, I’m sure Americans can get a pig breed to look like Trump. I mean, they’re already almost there!)

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    7 hours ago

    Remember that scene in Inglorious Basterds where they lock the cinema full of Nazi officers and set it on fire?

    Cool scene, just thought I’d bring it up.

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    7 hours ago

    We could probably take the ballroom apart very carefully and use the materials to rebuild the east wing but, once started, we’d discover that trumpy cut corners like hell to line his pockets even more and the ballroom is just a pig shell of nothingness, but with golden lipstick.

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      6 hours ago

      Nobody is going to rebuild the east wing. Americans don’t want it torn down, but I’m sure most of us also don’t want our money spent rebuilding it

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    9 hours ago

    Wouldn’t it make a good court room for a Nuremberg-style trial to hold the current Junta responsible for their crimes and treason? And remember: “I was just following orders” is not a valid excuse!

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      7 hours ago

      demolished is the only answer.

      it won’t be built to code. shortcuts will be taken as everybody looks to score some free cash along the way.

      no one will know what ‘extra’ items were planted during its reconstruction. even more significant if the security bunkers underneath the demolished east wing are also rebuilt.

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    14 hours ago

    I’m not convinced it’s going to survive the civil war that is required to get Trump and his cronies out of power.

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      10 hours ago

      Especially because there’s a bunker underneath.

      I’m willing to bet this is all about modernising the bunker, not the east wing.

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        7 hours ago

        “Modernizing” being euphemism for planting lots of listening devices for his friends in Russia paying customers.

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        9 hours ago

        It’s not tacky or gold-covered enough for Trump’s tastes. He needs that shitty dollar store-baroque style to feel at ease.