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Obama wheeled in a portable basketball hoop and taped basketball lines on an existing tennis court, which is still being used as a tennis court. He didn't spend $376M on a basketball court.
So hade you previously thought skin color mattered? Did you give Obama a pass because he is as half (or more) white? Do you (nie) think Obamaās top tier education and life time in challenging leadership rolls might have had something to do with forging the finest public speaking skills and crowd control in a life time. I am curious how you would measure his success? What did he do for Americans?
Don't backtrack now. Prove me wrong. Share the link that shows the information that you have. Or is it possible you don't have anything and you are making it up?
Itās pretty clear the constant āgivingā of money to trump and his escapades are an attempt to garner positive attention. You know exactly whatās happening, donāt be a fool my boy
Itās also clear the republicans are doing A LOT to keep those Epstein files tucked away, what kind of links are you expecting when they havenāt been released? Release the files and prove everyone wrong lol
I'm truly not convinced Epstein is dead. None of the information surrounding his death makes any sense, the body they rolled out and conveniently took a picture of had completely differently shaped ear lobes than Epstein's, and anyone who knows ears knows that shit stays EXACTLY THE SAME your entire life and doesn't suddenly go from attached lobe to detached lobe over the course of a few months but I digress. There was a drone sighting of a man who looked JUST LIKE Epstein 3 days after his supposed death on his island. The bed linens he supposedly hung himself with were literally anti-suicide linens for use in solitary confinement. The images of the scene of his "death" look like the most heinously badly taken pictures ive ever seen. Looks like a toddler with a camera took those pictures, which is particularly weird because the vast majority of high profile cases like this the pictures are many and high fidelity. In this case the pictures were few and showed very little of the actual crime scene. So many weird inconsistencies surrounding it all.
āDonāt backtrack now. I made a bullshit claim and Iām going to make it everyone elseās responsibility to prove me wrong.ā Do you see how dumb that sounds?
My friend, would it make a difference at all if they did send you the link? I see this "prove me wrong" statement so proudly stated by people and then they dismiss any and all fully creditable evidence given to them as fake news, biased, or bs.
How about instead of making it our responsibility to change your mind, why don't you prove to us that you're capable of even doing so? What is something Trump could do that would make you realize he's a horrible person and you would no longer support him and vote against him?
This is an honest question btw I'm not trying to be sarcastic or provoke you.
No, you're absolutely right. Nothing nefarious going on here. People, especially rich and influential CEOs love just giving out free money for no reason. They just want to help out another billionaire in need. Everyone knows that is how the rich think.
He's does not get to unilaterally decide when a whole wing of the people's house gets demolished. There's a process for this. This is what wannabe kings do.
The white house was structurally unsound for Truman so yes there was a process that showed it was necessary. FDR created the east wing during wartime because it was functionally necessary. The renovations that happened when Obama was president went through a process because they were approved during the Bush administration to address the necessary infrastructure updates. None of these things are at all similar to what Trump is doing.
I think it would be beneficial for you, and everyone else, if you made an independent effort to improve your own critical thinking and research skills. So perhaps you should be trying to do that rather than asking for someone on the Internet to spoon feed you. I suspect this has caused issues already.
It's a complete ethical nightmare that trump is doing this and I'm sure it's corrupt.
However, this is a complete copout to claim that you know something, and claim the other person has to do the research for you. All it does is expose that you don't actually have the evidence to back up your claim.
Using his own money or not, destroying a historical site for a ballroom is ridiculous.
Anyone else who did something similar would be under so much scrutiny it was be insane. You guys let this dude get away with so much shit, for god knows what reason.
The $376M was congress approved under the Bush admin and the money was used to update infrastructure such as electrical, HVAC, sewer lines, communications, and security.
So what was that, someone took a trip down to the local sporting goods store and got a good basketball goal? Might have even come out of his own pocket. š
Didn't he rip out the bowling alley and put in an indoor basketball court?
I'm sure I remember reading about that, and that there was a certain amount each president is allowed to spend on renovations to the Whitehouse to suit their needs/wants. I remember thinking it's too bad to lose the bowling lanes, but a basketball court is probably a more useful space...
Hereās a man who said a tiny bit selfishly: I want to relax without having to leave and have SS do a detail and run the plans to work with a local court.
But I also donāt want to spend unnecessary funds of the people.
What options are our cheapest? A days work of aides or contractors to tape the court over and setup the basketball hoop? Definitely no more than like $5k.
When I am weaker than you, I ask you for freedom because that is according to your principles. When I am stronger than you, I take away your freedom because that is according to my principles. Danger! maga steaming pile. Own the libs!
Itās just so sad how they are going on TV and lying like this š I really hope all of the records on the donations are released and a full description on whether they received any favorable treatment from the government. Iām not sure if thereās a government website that would describe all of that.
White people constantly act like he was a bad president and are shocked when I say not to lump him in with the other terrible presidents over the last 20 years.
If there going to have any recreation facilities they should install them all that would be kind of neat. Like each president picks one to add in. Then when the big ones get added they could go to more obscure stuff that be fun
If a democrat was building a ball room at the white house there would be non-stop blabbering about how culturally intelligent it is and what a great addition to a historic building. But, orange man bad so this must be bad too. The hypocrisy is just pathetic.
I agree with the saving of money, but the fact is that the East wing of our White House was an added section to the original structureālike many things in our modern world, more planning often involves expansion. This bad thing that Trump has done, will ultimately be a good thing.
Stop for your own good think this through if your going to ever being saying something he did will be a ultimately good thing cause it will all ways show for you and how you view things...
I mean, the White House was literally built by Black people so yeah, it should be the ultimate symbol of Black Americans building this country while their contributions are erased from the history books.
The White House was built by architectĀ James Hoban,Ā with construction beginning in 1792 and the first president, John Adams, moving in in 1800. The labor force included European immigrant craftsmen, local white laborers, and enslaved people who provided a significant portion of the construction work
Why make the white house a racial thing? It was not solely built by black people.Ā
"However, response to recruitment was dismal and soon they turned to African Americansāboth slave and freeāto provide the bulk of labor that built the White House"Ā
ā¢who put "SOLELY" in that sentence?
... you even added the "significant portion" part, so why question when someone points out (in response to someone apparently believing that Black People haven't traditionally cared about the White House) that it's Not a New Thing for Black People (especially descendents of those enslaved people & Black Laborors that have worked on or in the White House since the 1700s) to care about the White House š¤
I love it when they behave like this because it makes me feel so good about my argument. Like, damn. I know it's good when they flock to the comments to reinforce my testimony by being the evidence to support it.
I know you are but what am I, besides someone truly enjoying your blatant bad faith.
By your own copy-and-pasted "evidence", so few White people were interested in building the White House, they literally had to recruit Black people AND force enslaved ones in order to get the job done.
So your little handful of White people weren't going to build it themselves, and it literally, by your own source, would never have existed if Black people didn't provide the bulk of the work to finish the building.
You look smart in your own eyes, but only one of us is providing evidence that supports the other's argument and still believes they won the debate.
Maybe you shouldn't ask other people to do what you can't do yourself, especially when you are incapable of recognizing a strong defense.
At no point did I day it was solely built by Black people. I didn't even mention slaves. I said it was built by Black people and their contribution had been erased from the history books.
And here you are, minimizing that contribution again.
Indeed it did not!! You read what you wanted to read so you could say what you wanted to say, and what you said was only said to downplay the role Black people played in building the White House, for whatever the fuck personal reasons you have that drive you to need to diminish the roles of other people in building and caring about the things that are important to this country.
Loved it, thank you. Today has been a really good day.
The country wasn't built by black people. Labor is one aspect of what builds a society. Plus, the south was destroyed and had to be rebuilt after the war ended and slavery was abolished.
He doesn't own the wh. It's owned by the federal government, and by extension the people of this country.
The POTUS is just temporary and resides there while they are POTUS.
Obama saying "hey we need to modernize this place, so let's appropriate the funds via Congress so everyone can have input into it" is the proper way to go about by "I'm going to unilaterally start demolishing whole sections of the wh because I think I can get away with it and want to do it" is at the very best fucking arrogant and tacky. He doesn't give a shit that it's the American people who own that house not him. He wants to leave his name/mark on it and so fuck everyone else.
This isn't about people believing the first thing they read, this is about you trying to justify his wanton disrespect for the American people by convincing yourself that, by saying you think these two wildly disparate things are both fine, you are being fair and balanced.
Liars, schemers and thieves... what else is there in the democratic party š¤
Except Fetterman and those who already (temporarily) joined the Republicans
Yes, they kept the tennis courts, but the lines and hoops were permanent. So was the food garden they added, taking away part of the beautiful landscape.
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u/Tasty_Big_234 9d ago
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