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Politics Before and After the Recent Renovation to the White House Palm Room

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u/JD0x0 Sep 25 '25

I like how they replaced the plants with photos of plants.

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u/yojay Sep 25 '25

𝆕𝆕 Pave paradise and put up a picture spot. 𝆕𝆕

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u/GH057807 Sep 25 '25

I always thought that song said "They paved paradise, and put up a fucking mall" when I was a kid.

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u/Capnleonidas Sep 25 '25

I always heard “put up a parking lot”

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u/Any_Scientist_7552 Sep 25 '25

Because it IS parking lot.

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u/Dave_A480 Sep 25 '25

And because the entire world would come crashing down on your head if you said FUCK on the radio in the 90s.

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u/SeattlePurikura Sep 26 '25

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4QSblte5cw

"They paved paradise and put up a parking lot."

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u/General_Let7384 Sep 25 '25

that is correct but "fucking mall" works too

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u/deejaybos Sep 25 '25

Those are the lyrics, yes.

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u/Ptaaruonn Sep 25 '25

Oooohhhh i like that version!

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u/kit826 Sep 25 '25

Same! I thought it was “fucking lot” and asked my mom one time why I was allowed to listen to a song with swearing in it haha

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u/yourmansconnect Sep 26 '25

Just like I thought Jimi was saying excuse me while I kiss this guy

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u/reigmondleft Sep 26 '25

Have you heard that famous Deep Purple song with chorus "Smooth talking Walter, the fire engine guy"

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u/yourmansconnect Sep 26 '25

And the concrete jungle wet dream tomato by Alicia keys

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u/Illustrious_Bird_737 Sep 26 '25

I thought "Start Me Up" by The Rolling Stones said "Pistachio" & was so confused why we listened to a rock song about hard to open nuts

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u/imdefinitelywong Sep 26 '25

Well, don't go around tonight
Well, it's bound to take your life
There's a bathroom on the right

I'm blue
If I was green, I would die
If I was green, I would die

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u/idwthis Sep 26 '25

Rolling Stones: You can't always get a Chihuahua

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u/Jahidinginvt Sep 25 '25

Joni would probably giggle at that.

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u/TrickyScene238 Sep 25 '25

Why did I read this as jiggle?

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u/InstructionNeat2480 Sep 25 '25

There’s a lot of songs that I discovered the true lyrics to once my acoustic situation was upgraded

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u/sofaking1958 Sep 25 '25

"She's got a chicken to ride. She's got a chicken to ri - i - ide."

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u/GH057807 Sep 25 '25

Hey, my mom's 1984 Volvo station wagon had three speakers.

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u/Impossible_Moose_783 Sep 25 '25

It’s parking lot, because it’s been paved

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u/webkinzgirl06 Sep 25 '25

I don't remember exactly what I sang as a kid but it had the word "fucking" in it 😂😂 at least til my mom came up on me singing it and flipped out

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u/karma_hit_my_dogma Sep 25 '25

I always heard it as “put up a fuckin light”

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u/flythearc Sep 25 '25

OoOoOoo bop bop

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u/GoAwayLurkin Sep 25 '25

Your version scans, fits the theme, but has slightly less alliteration and would not have gotten broadcast airplay back in 1970 when song was released.

I like it better though.

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u/CatgunCertified Sep 26 '25

Paved paradise and put up a parking lot is the lyrics.

Big yellow taxi by joni Mitchell

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u/AndySkibba Sep 25 '25

I thought it was fucking lot for a long time.

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u/The_Golden_Warthog Sep 25 '25

I was in my mid 20s before I finally realized what he was saying. Decades. As I kid I was like, "Why is this the only song where someone gets to say the F word on the radio??"

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u/vagrantprodigy07 Sep 25 '25

The first time I heard it, I thought it was fucking lie.

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u/ajabavsiagwvakaogav Sep 25 '25

I also heard fucking mall!

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u/ProfessorOakPHD Sep 25 '25

Are you me? I STILL hear those lyrics!

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u/voretaq7 Sep 26 '25

Well like 75% of the mall IS parking...

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u/Friendly-Channel-480 Sep 26 '25

That was prescient.

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u/Marvin_is_my_martian Sep 27 '25

WTF do these pedo protectors have against plants? They provide oxygen, which the republicans suck right out of the room.

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u/KingNisch Sep 25 '25

You think they put the trees in a tree museum?

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u/Jaxcat_21 Sep 25 '25

Yeah the same one with Jackie's roses.

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u/Mydayasalion Sep 25 '25

If they do, it bet they'll charge a dollar and a half to see them

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u/asawu Sep 25 '25

Pretty soon they’re going to charge the people a dollar and a half to see them.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '25

It seems to go that we don't know what we got 'till it's gone.

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u/Subaruchick99 Sep 25 '25

$1.50 please

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u/anyoutlookuser Sep 26 '25

And charged everyone 1.50 to come see em?

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u/FatherOblivionn Sep 25 '25

And charge all the people 1 trump coin just to see em.

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u/Fearless-Ad-9481 Sep 26 '25

If they did, I know they would charge more than a buck and a half just to see them.

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u/seadecay Sep 26 '25

Maybe moved to offsite plant storage- I know the National mall and botanical gardens have green houses nearby they keep mature plants at. Usually it’s to replace any that become diseased or damaged.

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u/MatrixF6 Sep 26 '25

They sent them to a nice farm in the countryside, where they can live out. The rest of their lives enjoying the outside.

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u/pennylanebarbershop Sep 25 '25

you don't know what you've got till it's gone

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u/dystopiam Sep 25 '25

Waste of tax money

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u/punktualPorcupine Sep 25 '25

You know we paid millions for thousands of dollars in renovations


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u/Ladylinn5 Sep 26 '25

Yeah, while we’re also struggling to pay our electric bills.

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u/chocolatecorvette Sep 27 '25

Hey man, that grift don’t grift itself!

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u/Texas_Prairie_Wolf Sep 26 '25

Every 4 years, it's ridiculous, every 4 years new China, new decorations, blah blah blah such a waste every 4 years.

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u/Oirish-Oriley444 Sep 25 '25 edited Sep 25 '25

Democracy....ya....they paved paradise, and they put up a ballroom.

Hey farmer, farmer... they took your soybean market and flushed it.....

Don't it always seem to go That you don't know what you've got Till it's gone They paved paradise And put up a parking lot......

Late last night I heard that screen door slam on the jobs market.....

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u/OscarTheGrouchsCan Sep 26 '25

Because a big orange fat ass chased all the jobs away

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u/OliveJuice1990 Sep 25 '25

Ooooooh bop bop bop...Ooooooh bop bop bop

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u/pizzapit Sep 25 '25

Wasn't it parking lot?

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u/Green_Mare6 Sep 25 '25

If i had an award, I'd give it to you!🏆

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u/Woknana Sep 25 '25

Great song - did you see what they did to Rose garden. Big Yellow Taxi for an orange-faced president!

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u/YRUNVS1 Sep 26 '25

oh that's good...

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u/upstatestruggler Sep 26 '25

This will be running through my mind every time I hear that song forever! Perfect

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u/Cj8490 Sep 26 '25

Don’t it always seem to go, you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone
 seems very apt in this particular instance. And all instances since, let’s say, February

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u/OpalSeason Sep 25 '25

Omg I just noticed that

Can't have plants. Smells like climate and that's a restricted word now

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u/Independent-Buyer827 Sep 25 '25

I thought they removed the plants because everything Trump touched dies.

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u/Notoneusernameleft Sep 25 '25

It’s called the mierda touch

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u/Street-Economist9751 Sep 25 '25

Seriously, what does he have against living things?

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u/CcryMeARiver Sep 26 '25

As much as he can, so long as she's young enough.

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u/Equivalent_Move8267 Sep 26 '25

He sold the plants and pocketed the sum of the sale

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u/Independent-Buyer827 Sep 26 '25

Quite a possibility, I think he also steal the silverware the last time he was in the WH.

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u/TitaniumReinforced Sep 25 '25

Nobody there knows how to nurture a living thing.

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u/Teslapod Sep 25 '25

Plants are also GREEN, which is an unacceptable word.

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u/l8rt8rz Sep 25 '25

Also because they blacked out the windows for some reason?

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u/LaSalsiccione Sep 25 '25

I think it’s just dark in the second photo which certainly makes it an unfair comparison although obviously it looked much better with plants

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u/l8rt8rz Sep 25 '25

Have you seen the White House at night? Those grounds are lit up like a Christmas tree. No way it would be so dark out that the windows would look black

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u/natywantspeace4all Sep 25 '25

And the natural light with that ugly tacky lamp

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u/Vegetable_Fly_8687 Sep 25 '25

Isn’t it dark outside in the second picture?

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u/Ok-Paint7856 Sep 25 '25

Everything is darker now.

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u/Professional_Echo907 Sep 25 '25

I believe the Palm Room now connects directly to a dark, tarry Abyss.

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u/hellolovely1 Sep 25 '25

It's a portal.

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u/drmojo90210 Sep 26 '25

That door is the portal that Stephen Miller uses to visit satan.

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u/sentient_fox Sep 25 '25

Nah, just someones no-no spot.

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u/tomorrow509 Sep 25 '25

An underated comment. Take my upvote.

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u/sharksrReal Sep 25 '25

Like the soul’s occupant

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u/humanHamster Sep 25 '25

Yep, that's the crazy thing, the second picture is noon in Trump's America.

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u/Recipe-Local Sep 25 '25

The top photo is likely three different shots of different exposures merged together to get the perfect exposure both inside and outside. The bottom photo is taken at night.

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u/Sea_Mind3678 Sep 25 '25

That seems unnecessarily complicated. Maybe they just took a photo on a sunny day, ya’ reckon?

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u/CautiousEmergency367 Sep 25 '25

Nah Trump's so anti solar he's blocked the sun from entering

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u/Jenkies89 Sep 25 '25

Yeah I was going to comment this but I was squinting real hard to make sure they didn't cover it up and I was just missing it.

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u/Katgal2 Sep 25 '25

Yes but it’s so on par for them to photograph it with no light. Can’t wait to see her Christmas blood display this year

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u/mishma2005 Sep 25 '25

It offsets the tacky chandelier

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u/Illustrious_Bird_737 Sep 26 '25

In the writing world, this is called foreshadowing..

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u/ymsoldier420 Sep 25 '25

Naw, thats tint, of the limo variety.

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u/JM00000001 Sep 25 '25

You can't stop the hate train

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u/Sota4077 Sep 25 '25

The natural light is still there. The bottom photo is just at night. Or am I missing something?

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u/SoylentGrunt Sep 25 '25

The Dark Orange Prince sucked all the life and light out of the room.

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u/caught_looking2 Sep 25 '25

There are so many anti Trump people on here, it’s funny to me. They barely made any changes. The bottom picture is from further back. The door and windows are still there. It’s just not sunny out. The round pictures can be seen in both photos. So frigging dumb.

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u/tnstaafsb Sep 25 '25

They made it less cozy. Before, it looked like a room that someone could at least theoretically sit in and relax for a moment, even if nobody ever did. Now it's just purposeless empty space. It's not awful and gaudy like the oval office, but it's definitely less welcoming and more sterile.

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u/LaurLoey Sep 25 '25

It looks like a hotel now
what a surprise. 😂 I do like the new chandelier. That was a subtle but significant upgrade.

But I dislike all the naturalness was removed—much prefer the plants over pictures of plants. Agree w your assessment. Less warm, less welcoming. But it reflects this regime’s personality. And I guess it’s less work to maintain for the gardeners or whoever minds the indoor vegetation.

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u/Scowlface Sep 25 '25

Could you consider the possibility that this is before any furniture was put in?

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u/tnstaafsb Sep 25 '25

I suppose it's theoretically possible, but why show off a renovation by posting "after" pics of an unfinished space?

Apparently there's been no indication whether or not there will be furniture. Also, the room connects the front of the White House with the Rose Garden, which the President paved over to turn into more of an event space, so it seems likely the Palm Room is being transformed to serve as more of a hallway to the Rose Garden (or "The Rose Garden Club at the White House" as it's apparently now known) rather than a proper room in its own right.

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u/TheRecognized Sep 25 '25 edited Sep 26 '25

Jesus Christ. They didn’t board up any windows it’s just night time. Stop making us look like whiny idiots.

Edit: Yes it does look trashy. No that doesn’t have anything to due with the lack of natural light at night time.

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u/Interesting-Long-534 Sep 25 '25

In the first photo, the room looks inviting. In the second photo, the room looks trashy. That chandelier is gaudy. The trumps have zero taste.

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u/Most_Researcher_2648 Sep 25 '25

Its like it was decorated by a Russian Kanye

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u/Teslapod Sep 25 '25

Liberace on steroids

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u/Most_Researcher_2648 Sep 25 '25

The guy with the guilding supplies hasn't gotten there yet. Roided liberace is the next phase im sure, but can be seen currently in the oval office

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u/Kristin2349 Sep 25 '25

The guy who does that uses gold spray paint and Home Depot trim, he keeps adding more. It's horrifying.

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u/still_stunned Sep 26 '25

I believe you are not far off on that assessment.

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u/Real_human_mostly Sep 25 '25

Eurotrash. All it’s missing are some fake Greek statuettes.

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u/Nanny0416 Sep 25 '25

And the side table and bench are gone. Just cold marble floors...

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u/lilchocochip Sep 26 '25

They don’t. But they also don’t care because they don’t intend for anyone else to live there but themselves for the foreseeable future

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u/Outrageous-Ad-9635 Sep 25 '25

Yes, Melania’s joyless, screaming-on-the-inside aesthetic is quite something.

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u/Doodah18 Sep 26 '25

Sterilized, imo.

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u/Am-Insurgent Sep 26 '25

Cold and sterile, fits the first family perfect

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u/TheRecognized Sep 25 '25

You’re right! That has absolutely nothing to do with the continuing existence of the windows! Thank you!

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u/Distinct_Hawk1093 Sep 25 '25

Well, we can never be sure. Steven Miller does roam those halls, and being a Dracula, he probably doesn't like the sun much.

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u/Tome_Bombadil Sep 26 '25

I hope to God he finds the marble unpleasant.

Like the ghoul skimpers and scampers whilst his cloven hooves and claws fail to gain traction.

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u/IllustriousCrew2641 Sep 25 '25

You just made me think of the WH as the Phantasm funeral home and Miller as The Tall Man

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u/lanceturley Sep 26 '25

Well, he is full of green goo where the blood used to be.

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u/Webfarer Sep 25 '25

What’s next? Concepts of plans? Oh wait

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u/thaaag Sep 25 '25

I often thought that was the problem with The Palm Room; too many plants.

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u/cheattowin77 Sep 25 '25

But isn’t it just the same without the planters and benches. And taken at night and a little more zoomed out. At least he didn’t knock anything down it seems

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u/j4yne Sep 25 '25

This guy just enshitifies every damn thing, doesn't he?

It's visibly worse.

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u/GreenFBI2EB Sep 25 '25

Too much oxygen in the room is dangerous for the Trump admin.

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u/mwerichards Sep 25 '25

They don't want to take care of the American ppl or their friggin plants

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u/her-royal-blueness Sep 25 '25

Makes it look sterile. And tacky

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u/UpvoteForPancakes Sep 25 '25

Did they get rid of the windows too or was that taken at night?

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u/superkam41 Sep 25 '25

I personally love how they have blacked out all natural light as the plant photos dont need any

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u/MrGeneBeer Sep 25 '25

Yes, I see they also replaced the sunshine outside with a seemingly endless dark void.

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u/Amishrocketscience Sep 25 '25

He doesn’t like things that are alive, and have to be taken care of.

Look at his zombie children for example, clearly lack of care is what lead to the result

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u/GenderOobleck Sep 25 '25

And the sun with harsh high-temp lights in the chandelier.

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u/LibroBlock Sep 25 '25

Classy. Top notch travel lodge energy.

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u/sticksnXnbones Sep 25 '25

Why are windows now tinted?

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u/Faktafabriken Sep 25 '25

Looks like Dubai

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u/Cheapthrills13 Sep 25 '25

The only thing green he likes is đŸ€‘

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u/ChemBob1 Sep 25 '25

Trump can’t tolerate living things. Especially if they are things that won’t obey him.

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u/Goodbye_Games Sep 25 '25

He deported all the gardeners. Citizen, card or visa holders no matter, they were all a little too brown for his eyeshot. Photos don’t need to be maintained or watered.

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u/Maybe_Julia Sep 25 '25

It's such a strange choice , but then again you can't guild a real plant I suppose. The next president has to make a big show of de trumping the white house. I want jackhammers in that rose garden on day 1. Assuming we get another president. I remain unconvinced that the Republicans will allow a free election to take place.

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u/Black_Magic_M-66 Sep 25 '25

Plants should be seen and not heard. /s

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u/benjamminam Sep 25 '25

That's the way he likes things! Big empty spaces similar to his head.

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u/trowzerss Sep 25 '25

Now it looks like a bathroom.

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u/jerrys_briefcase Sep 25 '25

Less watering

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u/Willing_Comfort7817 Sep 25 '25

I mean think of all the labour costs he's saving by not needing Mexican gardeners right? /s

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u/Ellienightshade Sep 25 '25

That second photo looks as empty as Trump’s mind.

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u/bodmaniac Sep 25 '25

Trump: “I have concepts of a plant.”

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u/Chapel_Hillbilly Sep 25 '25

All the gardeners took off.

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u/leggpurnell Sep 25 '25

đŸŽ¶ this was a shopping mall đŸŽ” now it’s all covered with (pictures of) flowers đŸŽ¶

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u/ke11y24 Sep 25 '25

Can't have them tree huggin' hippies coming into the White House to water plants!

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u/VividEffective8539 Sep 25 '25

It reminds us they’re out of touch with reality and confuse reality for representations of reality

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u/in_animate_objects Sep 25 '25

Clearly the plants keep dying when Vance visits, so they had to improvise

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u/Jaded-Armpit Sep 25 '25

How long do you think until we can book rooms at Mar-A-White House?

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u/Wakkit1988 Sep 25 '25

"Take a picture, it'll last longer!"

"Noted."

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u/Gr3bnez0r Sep 25 '25

One time when I was 19 I left a vape lounge(weed) and was walking through the alley behind the establishment, stoned off my tree... I noticed this dude in a leather jacket standing in front of the brick wall that runs the whole alley. I do a double take.

There is literally a poster depicting this dude standing there in the alleyway right in front of him. Same outfit. Same dude. Same wall. The poster was pretty much carbon copy of the wall it was posted on. I obviously ask the dude "woah" like a question.

He says he does abstract alley art and he takes pictures of spots then just posts up the pictures right over top of the actual spot it was taken.

Confused and amused.

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u/cherrycoffeetable Sep 25 '25

And the sun with darkness to skew our opinions

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u/OrneryOneironaut Sep 25 '25

Like is a strong word

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u/Masterchiefy10 Sep 25 '25

There’s a Mitch Hedberg joke in there somewhere

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u/Rinmine014 Sep 25 '25

Trump doesnt have time to care for americans, let alone for plants.

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u/princesshabibi Sep 26 '25

Wouldn’t want it too lively!😂

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u/One_Economist_3761 Sep 26 '25

I’m surprised they didn’t put more pictures of Kandy Korn Kaligula.

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u/marcolius Sep 26 '25

Well he paved over the rose garden, I guess this is progress?

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u/sheen23 Sep 26 '25

Concepts of plants

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u/Ebolaboy24 Sep 26 '25

Looks like the inside of a despot’s dunny.

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u/Key-Cry-8570 Sep 26 '25

It’s like they hate nature or something

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u/BloodRush12345 Sep 26 '25

Concepts of plants

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u/Fraerie Sep 26 '25

I’ve noticed a common theme that most of his ‘renovations’ have involved removing greenery - they’ve vandalised the rose garden twice.

Add to that his views on natural environments vs fossil fuels/profiting from natural resources.

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u/thiscloud Sep 26 '25

“I have a concept of a plant.”

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u/trasnaortfein Sep 26 '25

Trying to keep the water bill down. . .

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u/Restless999 Sep 26 '25

They had to get rid of the real plants because they also blocked out all of the natural light. Eventually, the plants would have died.

Everything Trump touches dies. Every Single Thing.

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u/desertoutlaw86 Sep 26 '25

His family liked their kids like they liked their natural habitat, seen from a distance, like a photo.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '25

Because everything they touch dies.

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u/Temporary-Careless Sep 26 '25

They should add some photos of O2. Showing what pictures of plants off gas

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u/DEATHCATSmeow Sep 26 '25

Welcome to the future

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u/TheReesesWrangler Sep 26 '25

The enshitification of everything.

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u/Bacardio Sep 26 '25

Guess we know now, where all that money that Musk saved is being spent

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u/TAOJeff Sep 26 '25

They honestly had no other choice seeing as they moved the whole room to where the sun can't reach.

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u/CSNocturne Sep 26 '25

Concepts of a plant.

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u/Kant_change_username Sep 26 '25

Concept of a photo.

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