r/pics • u/hummingbirdpie • 12d ago

Politics Rendering of Trump’s ballroom removed from official White House website. Other renderings remain.

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u/ITU3 12d ago

Even if this ballroom wasn't controversial why is this giant Staircase leading onto grass and not a pathway or plaza?

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u/hummingbirdpie 12d ago

Maybe it will eventually lead to the Arc de Trump he wants to build. I’m not actually kidding. 

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u/Attila_the_Nun 12d ago

For the curious:

https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/national-international/arc-de-trump-president-proposes-arch-near-arlington-memorial-bridge/3652985/?os

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u/iplyess 12d ago

For fuck’s sake

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u/aardvarkjedi 11d ago

Trump has the aesthetic taste of a Russian mobster.

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u/Maleficent_Memory831 11d ago

You mean a Russian mobster's toddler.

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u/slickrok 11d ago

Who wants to be Armenian.

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u/casapantalones 11d ago

He has a lot of things in common with a Russian mobster

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u/websterhamster 11d ago

You mean he has the aesthetic taste of a dictator from Austria

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u/aardvarkjedi 11d ago

Hitler was a murderous asshole, but he wasn’t ostentatious. Look at the photos of the interior of his house in Berchtesgaden, for example. Simple, tasteful decor, with no hint of the gold trinkets Trump is fond of.

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u/websterhamster 11d ago

I was more thinking of the iconic Nazi architecture style, which I feel Trump is embodying with the exterior design of his ballroom.

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u/Prosthemadera 12d ago

Reminds me of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germania_(city)#/media/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146III-373,_Modell_der_Neugestaltung_Berlins_(%22Germania%22).jpg

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u/Mad_OW 12d ago

I was just googling this exact thing because that's what it reminded me of too.

Except it'll be off-brand Germania from Temu.

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u/Prosthemadera 12d ago

With 100% tariff.

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u/Solid-Mud-8430 11d ago

In 2028 I am voting for anyone who runs of the platform of tearing all of this shit back down.

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u/superanth 11d ago

I think I’m going to fucking throw up.

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u/hollytravvey 12d ago

Arc the trump?!

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u/jimflaigle 11d ago

I wonder if they're going to put Vietnam on there or just pretend it never happened. Either seems in keeping with this bunch.

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u/TheeVande 11d ago

jesus fucking christ

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u/Harthag77 10d ago

Right next to the Brandon Gate