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White House ballroom project has become costlier and larger than originally anticipated

Donald Trump encouraged those working on the construction of his new White House ballroom project to disregard traditional permitting, zoning, and code requirements, according to a new report.

Since announcing the project in July, Trump’s ballroom has become larger, costlier and more destructive than initially thought – raising concerns about whether the president is following historical rules when it comes to a White House addition.

The ballroom’s capacity, initially thought to be 650, has been raised to 900. Its cost has nearly doubled from $200 million to $350 million. Its construction, which Trump initially said would not interfere with the integrity of the current White House, has led to the destruction of the East Wing.

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[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 32 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Everything he's doing is probably going to have to be torn down and rebuilt.

[–] forrgott@lemmy.zip 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hey, Canada, that's kind of your thing isn't it? Seriously, though, please just burn the while fucking White House to the ground! (again) Cause we're never gonna be able to get Diaper Donnie's stench out, anyway...

[–] Zamboni_Driver@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 months ago

Uh, it looks like you guys are well on your way to burning it down without our help.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

~~probably~~ certainly

FTFY.

Even if by some miracle it isn't an unsafe, condemned piece of shit, it's still a blight and a travesty of historical proportions that will need to be corrected by restoring it to the previous design.

Just make sure those same fuckin billionaires who donated for this pony up the money for it's restoration, too.

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

That seems like a feature not a bug. I don'thave an issue with tearing literally everything down that's tied to him.