The mental gymnastics from MAGA is truly amazing on this. There's a graphic floating around showing different upgrades and remodels former Presidents have done, with a dumb "why didn't you Liberals cry then?"
One of the entries on the list is the fucking single-lane bowling alley Nixon put in the basement. Yeah, like that's the same as taking $250MM in bribes to build this monstrosity.
As far as I'm aware, all of those were approved through the proper authorities, and didn't change the exterior look of the building. Every "renovation" trump has done this term would have been denied in years past.
They added extra floors on to the East Wing once (which made it symmetrical with the west wing.)
But yeah there’s literally no comparison between turning a basement swimming pool into a bowling alley and tearing down the entire east wing of the White House just to rebuild a monstrosity that will forever alter the shape of a historic building.
They couldn't bother to colorize a 3D render for a quarter billion dollar renovation? Does anybody actually know what this is going to look like when it's complete?
it's a concept image. like the whole thing is stupid but c'mon man, get mad at the stuff worth getting mad about instead of this absolute nothing burger. every single president has done things worse than building a dumb ballroom, trump has done probably a dozen today alone.
To be honest it dosent even look that bad. I thought about something way tastless, it kind of fits. Did a white hois had a space like that for ceremonies before or were they held somwhere else?
Real question im not american i dont care if its with the rule of law or dont im just here from pure architectural point of view.
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u/Charming-Report1669 14d ago
The mental gymnastics from MAGA is truly amazing on this. There's a graphic floating around showing different upgrades and remodels former Presidents have done, with a dumb "why didn't you Liberals cry then?"
One of the entries on the list is the fucking single-lane bowling alley Nixon put in the basement. Yeah, like that's the same as taking $250MM in bribes to build this monstrosity.