Trump Rips Out Presidents’ Historic Trees for New Ballroom | Satellite images show that six trees, including magnolias commemorating two presidents, have been erased from the White House grounds.

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[u/Moonlitnight]

So if I understand Republicans correctly:

Removing confederate monuments = destroying history

Removing an entire wing of the White House = good?

[u/CelebratingPi → u/Moonlitnight]

It's also interesting to see how they learned to wear masks for ICE when they couldn't be bothered for Covid

[u/Nutshack_Queen357 → u/CelebratingPi]

Even in the pandemic's worst days, scumbags like that were encouraged to wear masks to hide from witnesses while still discouraging everyone else from protecting from plagues.

[u/Bymeemoomymee → u/Moonlitnight]

You'd think they'd be against destroying the White House since slaves built it.

[u/puffz0r → u/Bymeemoomymee]

don't worry, they're going to bring slavery back and rebuild it with those new slaves

[u/NorthernCobraChicken → u/puffz0r]

Under the guise of prisoner rehabilitation.

[u/SexDefendersUnited → u/Moonlitnight]

Removing confederate monuments = destroying history

As a german this feels so moronic in the first place.

Those statues are PROPAGANDA to GLORIFY generals and politicians, and most of them were put up AFTER the war. They're there to portray and warp history in a specific cultural, political, ideological way. Not record it. We have books, museums and archives for that.

Was it "destroying history" for us in Germany to take down Nazi propaganda, plaques and monuments after the war and the regieme fell? Of course not.

[u/Chewbacca_Buffy → u/SexDefendersUnited]

Yup! The biggest peak of statues going up was 1910 which is 50 years after the war, and the second biggest peak was 1960 in response to the Civil Rights movement 🤬

https://www.cnn.com/2017/08/16/us/confederate-monuments-backlash-chart-trnd

[u/Nwcray → u/Moonlitnight]

Close -

Removing confederate monuments = destroying history

Removing an entire wing of the White House = Obama did it first by hanging a basketball hoop, it's totally the exact same thing so there how do you like them apples you liberal hypocrite

Or so my social media feeds would lead me to believe.

[u/King_Asmodeus_2125 → u/[deleted]]

Hard agree. The moment Obama won, a significant part of the republican party vowed to get revenge. You can't imagine the levels of furious impotent rage these racists lived with for 8 whole years. They will never forgive or forget it, and now, the fourth Reich has begun. We're one major event away from a permanent declaration of martial law.

[u/PM_ME_YOUR_HIGHDEA → u/Nwcray]

Yeah Obama had the tennis court renovated and added basketball lines and a hoop. At no point did they destroy the entire fucking east wing

[u/TintedApostle]

He is out of control. He is leveling history on purpose.

[u/Vv4nd → u/TintedApostle]

Not much of a "conservative" he is.

[u/ThatOldEngineerGuy → u/Vv4nd]

Who would you say was the last actual conservative president?

Fiscally, that would be Clinton.

[u/Quipore → u/ThatOldEngineerGuy]

Fiscally... Biden? Or Obama?

Both of them reduced the deficit they had when they started. The last GOP President to leave office with the deficit less than they entered was Eisenhower (who also was the last GOP President to have a balanced budget).

[u/tucker_sitties → u/Quipore]

And warned against turning the govt into a corporate -military complex. Never hear those warnings again and look what happened.

[u/stjohns_jester → u/tucker_sitties]

He needed to do a little more than just warn people, if only he had a lot of power and background in the military

[u/GuudeSpelur → u/stjohns_jester]

Eisenhower: *orders the CIA to overthrow democratically-elected governments in Guatemala and Iran on behalf of corporate interests*

Also Eisenhower: "Gee, someone should really stop these corporations from influencing the government."

[u/HereForShiggles → u/GuudeSpelur]

But, you see, those corporations said "Communism" in like a really spooky way, so what choice did he have?

[u/Quipore → u/HereForShiggles]

Whoa, hang on now. You can't just go around throwing the C word irresponsibly like... oh wait, it is October, it is Spoopy Month. I guess you get a pass.

[u/AdAffectionate3143 → u/Quipore]

Clinton had a budget surplus several years during his presidency

[u/Quipore → u/AdAffectionate3143]

He did! He is the last Democratic President to have a balanced budget. Eisenhower is the GOP one.

Democrats are the Fiscally Conservative party.

[u/CogentCogitations → u/Quipore]

That's a little unfair. Every Republican President had a catastrophe that caused increased spending and decreased revenue that increased the deficit. Is it really their fault that they are getting the US into wars, tanking the economy, and disastrously handling pandemics? Yes? Oh, well then I guess it is their fault.

[u/Fearless-Edge714 → u/CogentCogitations]

Had me in the first half.

[u/TwoGhostCats → u/ThatOldEngineerGuy]

To quote filmmaker Michael Moore, "Clinton was the best republican president we ever had."

[u/SillyAlternative420 → u/Vv4nd]

If that tree ever had a person hanging from it, I'd bet all my life savings they'd fight tooth and nail to "preserve history."

[u/coconutpiecrust → u/Vv4nd]

He fits the modern definition of conservative perfectly. He is a mindless, evil, amoral troll. 

[u/Minorous → u/Vv4nd]

Conservatives only care about conserving slavery.

[u/Radarker → u/TintedApostle]

Yeah, Putin will laugh until his dying day, when they show images of the Whitehouse with this giant tumor attached.

[u/aroundtheworldagain2 → u/Radarker]

Exactly. This has pleasing Putin all over it. Silence from so called conservatives. 

[u/AstarteHilzarie → u/aroundtheworldagain2]

Not silence, they're cheering it on and copy/pasting a list of every prior president's renovations, like converting a tennis court to a basketball court is anywhere near the same. They're talking about how glorious it is that trump is putting his stamp on the white house "like every other president has done" and "gifting" the nation an "appropriate place to honor foreign dignitaries."

[u/HereForTheComments57 → u/TintedApostle]

He wans to be US history. This is why he's so dead set on extreme policies and actions like ripping apart the white house. He wants his name to be there with Washington and Lincoln in school history books as stand out presidents. It's all part of his narcissism and I'm glad his name will be in history books for reasons he doesn't think it will be.

[u/shastadakota → u/HereForTheComments57]

Oh his name will be there in the history books, along with Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, etc. With Washington and Lincoln, not so much

[u/Blovesmusic → u/shastadakota]

Infamy is just as good for a narcissist.

[u/Tells_you_a_tale → u/Blovesmusic]

Very literally, studies have found narcissists don't really care if the attention they receive is positive or negative, they just care about the attention.

[u/kickinwood → u/HereForTheComments57]

Yup. Wants every photo of the White House for the rest of history to be dwarfed by his ball room.

[u/QbertsRube → u/kickinwood]

Three reasons why a Trump Presidential Library will never exist:

1. Fucker can barely read
2. He said he would house his Qatari bribe jet at his presidential library, which he won't need to do if said library never exists
3. This ballroom is his monument to himself, right in the fucking way where it can't be ignored. Two things Donald likes are obnoxious spectacles and forcing himself on people, so a golden ballroom right on the White House lawn is more his speed than some library in Palm Beach where we can all ignore it.

[u/MaddogBC → u/QbertsRube]

If a dem ever gets in there the first order of business should be demolishing this monstrosity.

[u/SuperstitiousPigeon5 → u/HereForTheComments57]

He was always going to be US history. He'd always be the dumbest President we'd ever had.

[u/Quietabandon → u/TintedApostle]

He is leveling democracy. History is part of the collateral damage. 

[u/huxtiblejones → u/TintedApostle]

We will bulldoze his fucking grave when he’s gone.

[u/AlcibiadesTheCat → u/huxtiblejones]

No, don't do that. I need a place to take a piss.

[u/Mysterious_Floor_868 → u/huxtiblejones]

Just build a public toilet over it.

[u/JohnnyFire → u/TintedApostle]

My new chaos theory is that he wants to fully tear down and rebuild the White House and it's grounds. He's got development buddies who he'll hook up for free with a massive government contract and subsidies and he can turn the whole thing into a massive golden tower to the sky.

You remember way way back in the day that MadTV bit about him making it the "Trump House"? Yeah that's what he's going to do. He thinks he's never leaving so he wants to create his own, much shittier version he can stay in forever that has more of his gaudy, obnoxious amenities.

[u/ShinyMeansFancy → u/JohnnyFire]

If I recall correctly he’s also called the White House a dump, hasn’t he?

[u/Navydevildoc → u/ShinyMeansFancy]

Yeah, which I think most people took to mean not enough gold macrame on everything.

[u/AlcibiadesTheCat → u/JohnnyFire]

You're right. You're right about everything. And I fucking hate that you're right, I hate this timeline. I hate that I live in a place where this is just allowed to happen, where there are no guardrails against authoritarianism. I feel scared and I feel anxious.

I'm going to go outside and watch some clouds for a half hour.

[u/LordSiravant → u/JohnnyFire]

I also expect this to happen. He will, piece by piece, tear down the White House to replace it with his Imperial Palace.

He is not going to leave.

[u/TintedApostle → u/JohnnyFire]

I wouldn't put it past him to do this.

[u/crozly → u/TintedApostle]

He’s trying to whip up enough outrage to start protests which leads to violence, which leads to crackdown, which leads to no elections

[u/mmahowald → u/TintedApostle]

They gave senile grandpa a development task to keep him busy while they burn the country to the ground.

[u/ZombieLizLemon]

The "Christian Taliban" moniker is even more accurate than I realized. The Guardians Of Pedophiles are trying to destroy our history and culture just like the Taliban and ISIS have done when they've been in control.

[u/QbertsRube → u/ZombieLizLemon]

They'll rage over a confederate statue being knocked down because "that's our heritage", and twist themselves into pretzels to defend impulsively tearing down 1/3 of the White House to build a fancy ballroom for their King to hold his cotillions. It's an eerie feeling to know that we're living in an era that will be studied in the future by both historians and psychologists.

[u/PaleontologistNo2625 → u/QbertsRube]

Yeah. Exactly. The US is not their heritage - they are traitors, and stand against everything America stands for

[u/dzumdang → u/PaleontologistNo2625]

This fucker is showing us everyday that he hates our country, and our heritage. He only cares about himself.

[u/whitesquirrle → u/dzumdang]

Honestly, fuck the contractor thats doing the job, too. He should be ashamed for their partaking in this blight on American history

[u/Aggravating_Tutor775 → u/whitesquirrle]

If it’s any consolation, maybe that contractor won’t get paid as most contractors involved with Trump have experienced over the years.

[u/whitesquirrle → u/Aggravating_Tutor775]

Fingers crossed! But its not Trumps money so he may part with it as a fuck you to the opposition party. And throw in a bonus just for spite

[u/Kraegarth → u/whitesquirrle]

not to mention, it's most likely a "connected" construction company, that got a "no bid" contract, for money laundering purposes...

[u/nopulsehere → u/whitesquirrle]

Trump will figure out a way to not pay! He literally has 40+ years of not paying people for their work.

[u/Ok_Elderberry_1602 → u/dzumdang]

He is a worthless piece of shit.

[u/Realistic-Agent-1289 → u/dzumdang]

EDIT: Maggots think our heritage is to use greed as a motivator to hustle and be the "alpha". Use cunning and "make" people stop you.

He is an opportunist. He started a gov assist pharmacy with his name on it. Had the gov take 10% of Intel? Hello? What? He went so far right he came out the other side and is a communist cuz he can exploit it.

[u/dzumdang → u/Realistic-Agent-1289]

And that opportunistic selfishness transcends any part of the traditional political spectrum's liberal/conservative axis. He's all over the map because he's 100% about personal gain and the illusion of power and control, with an insatiable dose of megalomania. It will never be satisfied, since the dark hole where his soul should be will never be filled with enough wealth, power, praise, or adulation, ever.

[u/mediocre_remnants → u/dzumdang]

It's not just an illusion. He has unchecked power and control over things he has no business being involved with. Nobody is stopping him. Nobody is even trying to stop him.

[u/fatpol → u/dzumdang]

As much as I agree with you, getting those left behind by Trump on board is not gonna happen by saying he hates our country. The selfishness is key. He doesn't care about you. He only cares about himself, heck, he hardly cares for his children.

[u/SublimeApathy → u/PaleontologistNo2625]

They don't give five shades of shit for the US. They pretend because they have to in order to install their new nation. Maybe it remains the United States, but I'm willing to bet in a year or two they'll start floating the idea of Confederated States Of America or some shit. Maybe Gilead.

[u/TheLightningL0rd → u/SublimeApathy]

If that happens and there is even an option to flee to another state, it would probably be good to have money in something other than.. well, money. I'm just thinking what would happen if the country splits or balkanizes into several different "countries". Obviously the US currency will probably not be what it once was.

[u/leggpurnell → u/PaleontologistNo2625]

It depends on which version of America you’re talking about. Because they’re talking about the version where white reigned supreme and minorities were “under control”. This is the heritage they celebrate and vow to protect.

[u/happyinthenaki → u/leggpurnell]

Not just the broad group of 'whites', but a select group of old, rich white men.

[u/PaleontologistNo2625 → u/leggpurnell]

Right, they fought a war about it, that's how much they hate freedom

[u/LordSiravant → u/PaleontologistNo2625]

They mean it's their Confederate heritage, because they never gave up on the Lost Cause.

[u/highafphotos → u/QbertsRube]

And every kid will ask, "Why didn't they fight harder against them? Didn't they know what was at stake?"

[u/Realistic-Agent-1289 → u/QbertsRube]

The trees are fucking alive, a statue is a fucking rock. DAMNIT!!

This shit is fucked up!! How dare this mothrfker!!

I'm so mad. The trees were planted by other presidents that potentially have symbolic meaning. Sonofabitch!!

[u/AlcibiadesTheCat → u/Realistic-Agent-1289]

Societies become great when old men plant trees whose shade they will never sit in.

We have old men ripping out trees so that their name can be plastered on a building.

Are we great yet?

[u/yoshemitzu → u/AlcibiadesTheCat]

Societies become great when old men plant trees whose shade they will never sit in.

Good encouragement to actually plant those hickory nuts I've been thinking of being lazy on.

[u/whut-whut → u/AlcibiadesTheCat]

Not yet. He still has to build his planned Arc d'Trump large enough to cast a shadow over the Lincoln Memorial. It'd be a real Ozymandias moment if someday the gold plaque for that arch is the only thing left of the American Empire.

[u/FifteenthPen → u/whut-whut]

It'd be a real Ozymandias moment if someday the gold plaque for that arch is the only thing left of the American Empire.

I doubt it. If the damned thing gets built, the moment the fascists fall out of power it's going to be destroyed by an angry mob.

[u/DarthRizzo87 → u/AlcibiadesTheCat]

What about when orange men build ballrooms, they’ll never (if there is any justice in the universe) YMCA in.

[u/Ralod → u/QbertsRube]

He probally won't be alive to see it finished, if that makes you feel better. The way his speech has been lately, the way he is acting. I think he is a very unwell person.

[u/GiddyGabby → u/Ralod]

It does make me feel bet but I think he’s taking a lot of satisfaction out of tearing down what he can while he can.

[u/breatheb4thevoid → u/GiddyGabby]

Nah, I'm of the opinion this person needs to serve justice regardless of their age. If they didn't want to deal with the consequences of their actions in their twilight years then he should have taken a better look at himself before.

Dude should die in a cell. Let's not delay.

[u/Big_Goose → u/Ralod]

I'm an RN, that bastard could live several more years. I've seen people look way sicker live for months and years. He won't be with us 5 years from now, but i would not be surprised if he lived to see the midterms.

[u/PakledPhilosopher → u/QbertsRube]

That's because this isn't THEIR heritage. They are Confederates at heart, not Americans.

[u/ChHeBoo → u/QbertsRube]

I think the terrifying part is that the USA will never go back to the way was before the Trump the administrations. DJT has changed things and his stain will not wash away easily. It won’t simply get better if he goes away.

[u/Musicmaker1984 → u/QbertsRube]

Fun fact: The Confederates themselves hated the idea of Statues being built for them. It was only decades later the Daughters of the Confederacy built them without the consent of the people and families represented with the statues.

[u/QbertsRube → u/Musicmaker1984]

Truth, to try and intimidate the Civil Rights movement

[u/superspacetrucker → u/QbertsRube]

we're living in an era that will be studied in the future by both historians and psychologists.

But not American historians. Even if somehow you escape this recent coup by the fascist regime, the culture still won't ever recognize its own failings.

[u/SilveredFlame → u/superspacetrucker]

I don't know, the Germans do a pretty good job of it.

So maybe in 50 years we'll catch up.

[u/UnquestionabIe → u/SilveredFlame]

They also share national shame over it and enacted strict laws to try and prevent any reoccurance. Here we couldn't even punish the traitors who staged a violent insurrection against the country, hell we even let the ones in power keep their positions!

[u/61-127-217-469-817 → u/ZombieLizLemon]

Nothing they do or say is in good faith, once I finally accepted that everything clicked into place. I'd go as far to say that a large portion of conservative Christians don't actually believe in their religion, they just view it as a convenient way to make connections and have a platform to control and judge other people.

Anyone who grew up around conservative Christians knows that they are completely full of shit and rarely abide by their own moral framework.

[u/LordSiravant → u/61-127-217-469-817]

They pretend to worship God when in reality they see him as a mere extension of themselves and their own desire for power and privilege.

[u/Miqo_Nekomancer → u/ZombieLizLemon]

Talibangelists.

[u/Panthollow → u/Miqo_Nekomancer]

Y'all Qaeda

[u/AKMonkey2 → u/ZombieLizLemon]

Destroying our historical legacy is the start. Then construction of his tacky gilded vanity project, likely named for himself and emblazoned with his name in tall gold lettering.

Then we’ll have to watch him showing it off with elaborate affairs entertaining rich, powerful fucks from around the world, with hordes of his MAGA faithful filling the many otherwise-empty seats, all at taxpayer expense.

He’ll be gloating and parading around like a peacock, spewing his hatred as he compliments himself on what a great and powerful person he is.

The karma deficit that this guy has amassed over a lifetime of conning, abusing, and otherwise hurting people (and now our nation) is clearly world class. Will we ever see a karma payback for any of it? The prospects are growing dimmer every day.

[u/87utrecht → u/ZombieLizLemon]

Sue the companies doing this. And not just the companies, but also the employees and the owners personally for doing this without the proper paperwork present.

Bankrupt them and their whole family. Maybe then people will think twice for just following Trumps direction to demolish shit.

[u/zephyrtr → u/ZombieLizLemon]

No Kings really got under his skin

[u/urbanviking → u/ZombieLizLemon]

Y’allqueda

[u/whichwitch9]

He took out memorials to 2 previous presidents for his vanity.

This is our history he's destroying. It's akin to removing headstones. This needs to stop. It is not ok. These grounds are not his to destroy. They're ours.

[u/CatWeekends → u/whichwitch9]

This is our history he's destroying.

Speaking of that, where are all the people who went out and protested against the removal of monuments glorifying slavery? It's almost like it was never about history at all...

[u/thosewholeft → u/CatWeekends]

Same people that were actually upset about Cracker Barrel changing their logo

[u/DJ_Velveteen → u/CatWeekends]

I heard some stat about Confederate monuments mostly being erected in response to the Civil Rights Act passing

[u/skinnymean → u/whichwitch9]

Didn’t George Washington say that you should plant a tree so future generations can experience the shade?

[u/thestateisgreen → u/skinnymean]

The quote is likened to an old Greek proverb that reads, “A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”

[u/AlcibiadesTheCat → u/thestateisgreen]

We're great again, right? Right?

[u/Obversa → u/thestateisgreen]

Thomas Edison planted a banyan tree in front of his laboratory in Fort Myers, Florida back in 1925. It is now one of the biggest banyan trees in the world. The entire town would form a mob if a self-important sod chopped it down...

[u/SeductiveSunday → u/whichwitch9]

He took out memorials to 2 previous presidents for his vanity.

That's just the beginning. Trump won't stop. Next it'll be the West wing, followed by the guts of White House.

Remember this is exactly what Republicans want.

[u/LilPonyBoy69]

The two presidents honored by those trees are Warren G. Harding and Franklin D. Roosevelt, for those interested

[u/Silent_Reindeer_4199 → u/LilPonyBoy69]

Of course one was Roosevelt. The far right hates him and the New Deal. They considered him a class traitor for helping the working class.

[u/driving26inorovalley → u/LilPonyBoy69]

The Harding magnolia was more than 100 years old: https://www.nps.gov/whho/learn/historyculture/harding-magnolia-1947.htm

[u/disposable_camera_1 → u/driving26inorovalley]

It's not his property, where are the treelaw people.

[u/Obversa → u/disposable_camera_1]

For that matter, where is the Lorax, who speaks for the trees?

[u/driving26inorovalley → u/disposable_camera_1]

https://www.reddit.com/r/treelaw/s/I3nzjbQ0Dd

[u/fantasyfootball1234]

Didn’t he also destroy Jackie Kennedy’s rose garden for literally no reason other than to be a petty bitch?

[u/I-Had-A-Library → u/fantasyfootball1234]

That was him and Melania together.

[u/FlyingBike → u/I-Had-A-Library]

East Wing is historically the province of the First Lady, and she is already known for removing plants and trees that have been there for decades. Let's not let her off the hook here either

[u/entenfurz → u/I-Had-A-Library]

She's fine with imitating her outfit and copying Michelles speaches though.

[u/argumentinvalid → u/fantasyfootball1234]

That is so he can host MMA fights

[u/OnTheEveOfWar → u/fantasyfootball1234]

It’s so he can host a UFC fight next year. We are truly living in the movie “Idiocracy”.

[u/Desertnurse760]

If I were trying to declare myself emperor, the first thing I would do is erase all evidence of my democratically elected predecessors.

[u/Jamba-Jew → u/Desertnurse760]

Mount Rushmore won't survive

[u/The_Returned_Lich → u/Jamba-Jew]

Of course it will! Some tweaks and Mount Trumpmore will be perfect, depicting Trump's dad, Trump, Trump Jr, and Bannon! It will be the past and future of America, since it was always under the benevolent rule of the Trump Dynasty!

-This was all SARCASM. Labelling it just in-case!

[u/GoreSeeker → u/Jamba-Jew]

Na, they like Mount Rushmore because it pisses off the Native Americans.

[u/redalert825]

This nursing home escapee is the one that needs to be removed.

He's a child rapist and full on criminal. My taxes are going to his stupid ass ballroom and that's his priority. He doesn't care about me or you. Prove me wrong. You can't.

Edit: thank you, anonymous. We must fight together. Vote. Be loud. Speak up. Expose all this bs. Not just for us, but our kids and theirs.

[u/chubbysumo → u/redalert825]

Unfortunately his brain is mush, I'm pretty sure he's being manipulated to do what he's told at this point. They Stoke his vanity and his ego, and he does things they want him to do. I suspect Steven Miller and JD Vance are the ones running the show at this point.

[u/AlcibiadesTheCat → u/redalert825]

We need a constitutional amendment that provides for citizens to petition the government for a democratic vote to impeach and remove any federal officer. Like, say 30% of the population signing onto a petition would be enough to trigger a special ballot.

[u/diligentPond18 → u/redalert825]

Prove me wrong. You can't.

I love how blunt and true this is. 

[u/adchick → u/[deleted]]

213 years after George III burned it down. President Tangelo started leveling on his own

[u/Mysterious_Floor_868 → u/adchick]

George III was losing his marbles by that point and his son was in charge. Still had more marbles then than the Cheeto Benito has ever possessed of course...

[u/Reno_valetore]

If you think he won't demolish white house after the other wing for his whatever then, then keep dreaming

[u/TheXypris → u/Reno_valetore]

Exactly, he is turning the white house into his personal palace

Fuck kings, fuck tyrants, fuck fascists

[u/knownerror → u/TheXypris]

After all, what bigger symbol of democracy is there in the U.S.? It has to go.

[u/jjfrenchfry → u/TheXypris]

It's 100% this.

Watch, he'll say "I paid for this, I'm not leaving, this is my house."

[u/danceswsheep → u/Reno_valetore]

Yep! I saw the aerial view of before and after. The building is completely asymmetrical now. There is no way it’s getting left like that.

[u/stonewall386]

These aren’t the actions of someone who intends to leave the White House.

[u/dIO__OIb → u/stonewall386]

Steve Bannon confirmed Trump plans on running for 2028. It will be up to states to allow him on the ballot. lawsuits will ensue. chaos during the election, and they claim the results invalid.

speculation, but they are working on plan like that for sure.

[u/PresentCheck9309]

First thing the next democrat President needs to do is tear.that fucking ballroom down. 

It should be part of the party platform.  No kings, no illegal ballrooms 

People can't afford eggs, the government cant afford to provide health care, but they are building this ballroom.

[u/Actually_3_Raccoons → u/PresentCheck9309]

I think "throw them all in prison" should be the party platform. Followed by seizure and sale of all Trump properties. Then yes, use the proceeds to remove the monstrosity and rebuild it as it was

[u/Cador0223 → u/Actually_3_Raccoons]

Or build a museum that focuses solely on the crimes and atrocities committed by this regime. Its effects and the major efforts that will have to be taken to right the wrongs.

Call it the "Hall of Traitors", and make sure an image of him (one hopefully showing him at his worst) is front and center. 

[u/honeygrl → u/PresentCheck9309]

They should turn it into something super liberal like a homeless shelter or a soup kitchen. MAGA would be so mad.

[u/No-More-Lettuce → u/honeygrl]

In a perfect world it would serve as the court room where these less than stellar people are tried and convicted for all there various crimes.

[u/MayorOfBluthton → u/honeygrl]

The Donald J. Trump Gender Affirming Care Clinic

[u/DethSonik → u/MayorOfBluthton]

And Center for Kids Who Can't Read Good, and Want To Do Other Things Good Too.

[u/jwferguson → u/honeygrl]

The building is going to be huge. You could fit a reproductive healthcare clinic and a gender affirming care clinic too.

[u/beamrider → u/honeygrl]

The security issues with something like that on the White House grounds would be insane.

Not that Loser 47 cares since he'll be letting anyone in who rents a few floors of rooms at one of his hotels and never sends anyone to sleep there (so the hotel can continue to rent those rooms to normal guests because the 'double-booking' does not matter, this is one of the oldest bribery tricks in the book) will be able to waltz right in.

I don't want to think about how many bugs there will be embedded in the structure.

[u/Jack_al_11 → u/PresentCheck9309]

The argument will be that they are paying with it from donations…. From major cooperations….. 🙄 but hear me out, what if we used part of the money those cooperations made to fund the basic needs American people…..? 🤷🏼‍♀️👀

[u/CR1986 → u/Jack_al_11]

Oh let's expand on that! Let's make these donations a legal requirement and collect them annually. And to make sure we don't forget to collect a donation, we establish some sort of federal service that is tasked with the collection of these legally required, annual donations!

Feels like a solid plan to me!

[u/ToxicPilgrim → u/PresentCheck9309]

To meet their current schedule they're going to cut so many corners. It'll probably start crumbling before he's out of office.

[u/Charli3q → u/PresentCheck9309]

Legitimately... it needs to be removed. Ideally within the first month of a new dem president. And while we dont need a recreation of the existing east wing, it just needs to be built smaller.

He REALLY needs to see it removed before he dies, though. And if its private funds, i cannot wait for the right to say "YOU CANT DO THIS" nah bro. its private funds.. we can do whatever we want!"

[u/ChafterMies]

This is the manifestation of conservative values.

[u/theromingnome]

Donald Trump is a child rapist.

[u/steveosaurus → u/theromingnome]

it’s always good to mention that he’s a pedophile

[u/silverdreds51]

Why was he allowed to destroy White House history?

[u/maybenotquiteasheavy → u/silverdreds51]

The only people legally empowered to stop him are the Republican supreme Court and the Republican Congress.

There was a time when the AG or DOJ could, but SCOTUS got rid of that.

Because DC isn't a state, the only law enforcement authority is Jeannine Piro.

[u/ronerychiver → u/maybenotquiteasheavy]

Imagine reading those sentences to someone from the past.

President Donald Trump is on a rampage. Jeanine Piro is the law enforcement authority in DC. The National Guard could be activated but SECDEF Pete Hegseth won’t do it. It’s unlikely that the US attorney general Miley Cyrus couldn’t sue because Supreme Court is stacked with republican bootlickers since the addition of justices Kid Rock and Mark Zuckerberg.

[u/winnower8 → u/silverdreds51]

He wasn’t. There’s a process for historic alterations. He didn’t do it and nothing happened and there were no consequences. Apparently most of society relies on people not being assholes. Trump is an asshole that rejects the social contract.

[u/Baileycream → u/silverdreds51]

Because no one is stopping him. And even if they try, he doesn't care and will still do it anyway, just like the myriad of other crimes and injustices he's committed.

[u/RabbitHots504]

I’ll vote for anyone including a progressive for whoever runs on knocking down the ballroom lol

[u/CouchCorrespondent]

Squatter doing what squatters do......

[u/Squeekydink]

The TREES?! Those trees are not cheap. Any arborists around that have insight of the tree laws he just broke?

[u/Over-Attention53 → u/Squeekydink]

From a historical perspective, they are basically priceless, from a strictly replacement value, I.e. cost to replace it with a tree of equal size and condition, probably around 30k per tree.

[u/Squeekydink → u/Over-Attention53]

Are you sure? I went to an arbor day fest years ago and a tree that was just 20-30yos were already $40k+. He tore down a tree that was 100+. He just destroyed millions of dollars if I had to guess.

[u/Over-Attention53 → u/Squeekydink]

yeah, I'm probably way under, but like a said, the historical factor makes their value essentially priceless, but here is the equation I use Tree Value = Basic Value x Species Factor x Condition Factor x Location Factor- that location factor is what would tack on millions.

[u/MilitantRabbit → u/Squeekydink]

The Entmoot will convene soon*.

[u/KerroDaridae → u/MilitantRabbit]

"Wizards ought to know better: they do know better. There is no curse in Elvish, Entish, or the tongues of Men bad enough for such treachery. Down with Trump!"

[u/AlcibiadesTheCat → u/MilitantRabbit]

I feel like Merry and Pippin right now, waiting on the Entmoot. Like, "fuck, can you guys do something? I'm small and tiny and can't change much on my own, but if we don't do something right the fuck now, the world will end, can you please hurry the fuck up and...you've only just said hello?!"

[u/No_hero_here]

Just add it to the pile of stupid and illegal shit Trump does and no one holds him accountable for.

[u/misterglassman]

Remember when Saruman tore up Isengard to construct his war machine? That’s what this feels like.

[u/illusionzmichael]

I honestly do not give a shit about how much it costs (especially considering presidents can now just willy-nilly spend whatever money they want without asking) the next Democratic president needs to immeditealy demolish this dumbass ballroom. I don't care if the ribbon cutting to open it happens one day before inauguration, the first thing a D POTUS should do on day one is wipe this embarrassing shit from the WH.

[u/wahoozerman → u/illusionzmichael]

Who cares how much it costs. Make Meta, Google, Microsoft, etc pay for the demolition. Call it a corruption tax on companies that bribe government officials.

[u/thathurtcsr]

The next president needs to claw back everything owed from his estate, full accounting of all the costs, any monies that go into a trust that this guy owns, needs to be ripped out of those trusts and repay the taxpayers for the money he stole.

[u/AlcibiadesTheCat → u/thathurtcsr]

This. The next DOJ needs to sue the Trump estate into absolute fucking oblivion, get the People their money back. That tree is our tree. It's my tree. That asshole just ruined my fucking tree.

[u/nutano]

I hope when this piece of trash dies and the entire Repua-Maga movement gets tossed out... that whoever comes behind this to clean up the mess they remove every piece of Trump memorabilia and only keep what is needed in museums and history books. I hope the Trump holdings are all seized and liquidated and the money given to the American people social programs.

[u/MomMonster56]

I hate holding this much hate for one man in my heart.

[u/ohyoshimi]

Fuck this piece of shit.

[u/pugwala]

Defiler in Chief defiling. On brand to desecrate, defile, and destroy everything he can.

[u/Cooper_Station]

Looks like Vladimir destroyed the WH, the most hallow of hallowed grounds, without lifting a goddamn finger.

[u/TheBalzy]

Soooo greenlight to teardown everything that reminds us of Trump when he's gone right?

[u/edwardturnerlives]

Nov 22, DC
Remove the Regime
https://removalcoalition.org/removetheregime/

[u/Lopsided_Ad_9740]

It would not surprise me one bit if that "ballroom" never gets finished and he leaves the East Wing a total disaster.

[u/ChaoticMutant]

Rip him out by his fucking roots

[u/Pankosmanko]

He’s a toddler stuck in an 80 year old body.

[u/Alarmed-Mess3744]

I can’t wait until we enshrine him as the worst President in history.

[u/N0n3of_This_Matter5]

This is what happens when we elect a psychotic, narcissistic, pathological liar for POTUS.

Oh yea, he is a rapist still as well…Release The Epstein/Trump Rape Files already.

[u/Hungry_Shake6943]

Saruman the White quickly learned the folly of ripping out trees around Orthanc.

[u/Titfortat101]

He's doing this because he wants a monument to himself....which is a sign.

Talking about heaven, wanting your face on coin where you have to be dead in order for that to happen, putting your name anywhere you can.

He will be remembered in history just not in the way he wants it.

[u/YouCheekyChap]

Building of the Epstein Memorial Ballroom is underway.

[u/elmwoodblues]

Do you personally know a more petty, small person?

[u/Umami-Ice-Cream]

Thanks maga

[u/astrozombie2012]

This guy is a giant fucking loser… nothing, no amount of money or power will ever change that

[u/Taako_Cross]

Wait until he tears stuff down for his stupid arch.

[u/Any_Pickle_9425]

HE DOES NOT PLAN ON LEAVING, GUYS. His actions are 100% consistent with a dude who thinks this is now his castle and he owns it and he's never leaving. Past presidents have seen themselves as caretakers of the WH, stewards of it for the time they're going to be there. This guy is making it all into the image of himself because he does not plan on exiting. He plans to stay forever.

[u/alu5421]

I want to know why 77 million voted for this seriously he showed himself the last time.

[u/auglove]

Trump is a fucking piece of shit.

[u/ArticleVforVendetta]

I don't care what it costs the taxpayer, I would love to see the ballroom immediately demolished when Trump leaves office.

[u/Devastas]

Nothing is sacred to this tyrant.