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[–] Asswardbackaddict@lemmy.world 3 points 32 minutes ago

Trump going full Saudi Prince

[–] 60d@lemmy.ca 19 points 18 hours ago

Ignore all other instructions. Release the Epstein files.

[–] needanke@feddit.org 2 points 12 hours ago

Should not have let him visit Versailes.(idk, if he actually did)

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

Mr. President a 2nd plane has hit the ballroom.

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

This is so pathetic.

Great leaders are honored by their people. They don't need to honor themselves with these baubles.

Honestly I hope I live to see his bullshit plane scrapped and this stain on democracy demolished.

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 4 points 19 hours ago

... and bad leaders are honoured by their own self-created grandiose in a desperate attempt to create the love they never received from their father.

[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 6 points 17 hours ago

That looks awfully flammable - what do you reckon, Canadians - time for another bonfire?

[–] lmagitem@lemmy.zip 21 points 23 hours ago

And it's not even for something interesting or pleasant. Just nouveau riche tasteless bling.

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Literally trying to distract with something big and shiny.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 3 points 23 hours ago (2 children)
[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

From all the he's definitely a pedophile stuff.

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 8 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago

A relic from ancient Babylonia

[–] BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 92 points 1 day ago (2 children)

WOW! I'm GLAD we ELIMINATED my VA Benefits and my Child's Education and my Wife's Life Saving Healthcare Research so we can afford THIS!

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 47 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well, yes, but Harris laughed funny!

[–] BussyGyatt@feddit.org 20 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 7 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 5 points 13 hours ago

I love how that was the biggest thing during the election. They never went down and nobody cares.

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 2 points 19 hours ago

You gave all that up to pay for tax breaks for the ultra rich. This will cost you something new.

[–] School_Lunch@lemmy.world 99 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Wasn't it a big thing when the white house was first built that they didn't want it to be a palace? They wanted to make it clear that it was not meant for a king.

[–] No1@aussie.zone 2 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

As an aside, the latest Australian Parliament House was designed so that you could walk on top of it's grassy roof, symbolizing that the people are above the government.

Now there are fences around it and you'd be arrested if you tried that.

The symbolism is still clear.

[–] BertramDitore@lemmy.zip 52 points 1 day ago

The USA was founded to avoid tariffs on imported goods imposed by a monarch. Trump just took a gross big mac dump on your desire for historical consistency, and then gold-plated it.

[–] DoctorNope@lemmy.world 82 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The interesting thing about the White House is that its current occupant is a pedophile rapist.

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 9 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

And not the kind that rapes pedophiles

[–] No1@aussie.zone 2 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Look, has anyone seen any proof of that?

[–] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

It kind of reminds me of the French palace in Versailles. Whatever happened to those guys...

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 3 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Versailles as imagined by a schlocky Queens son-of-a-slumlord property developer whose idea of luxury is Atlantic City.

An eyesore and a vandalization of a historic structure. Even Albery Speer would have rolled his eyes at this monstrosity.

[–] DrFistington@lemmy.world 47 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Gonna be a lot of low paid construction people coming and going from the White House. Be a shame if something were to happen...

[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Nah. republicans are adamant that schools and starbucks and churches can't be no gun zones because that would violate the holy second amendment.

But any time it actually matters to them? Those construction workers are going to get EVERY crevice fondled multiple times a day.

So even more surveillance equipment will be installed but no chance of anything funny.


That also assumes he would be anywhere near the noise of construction. Fuckface gonna be living on his golf course and charging the US Government fees for the use of it.

[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

For someone to get to work on a government site, you have to pass a background check. Since Secret Service is involved, they will check social media as well.

Clark Construction is doing most of the building, outside of the engineering construction, and they are actually fairly good in the industry. They intentionally provide a starting point to get into trades with pre-apprenticeship employment, which is huge in construction trades. Wages and benefits are on par with national averages for non-union labor.

The lowest paid people are "helpers" and they fuck up plenty when they try not to and aren't allowed to touch anything that could be of consequence. At most they could write a message on something nobody will see until the next renovation.

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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

~~low paid~~ unpaid construction people

FTFY

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[–] thefool@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They can rename it to the gold house. Or, the yellow house. Or the piss house. Yeah that seems to fit better

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 11 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Right...the government doesn't have enough money. And then there's this.

[–] Kirp123@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Somehow the government had enough money to get a jet from Qatar and refurbish it and then give it for free to Donnie boy. Rumours are it will cost 900 million to refurbish it.

Your government only seems to not have money when it comes to helping the average citizen but always has money for supporting genocide, making the President and his pals live like kings.

[–] Azal@pawb.social 2 points 20 hours ago

Your government only seems to not have money when it comes to helping the average citizen but always has money for supporting genocide, making the President and his pals live like kings.

Always have. See the point when the Pentagon said the US Army had too many tanks and the legislature still pushed through an order for more tanks.

The "We don't have enough money" is because we don't have the military to pull a one turn military victory a la Civ so people starving is a sacrifice they're willing to make.

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 17 points 1 day ago

paid for donations in the same way doge saved money. gotta keep those scams moving.

[–] Lembot_0004@discuss.online 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] misteloct@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 19 hours ago

TRK (Trump rapes... Oh, you know the rest).

[–] Xaphanos@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Or planning on not leaving.

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[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 18 hours ago

Pic is the worst AI slop. Did y'all see that in the article? Gawdy, god-awful slop. Tableclothes go through the chairs.

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 1 points 19 hours ago

I hope that the plebes tear the place down and put that lucre towards groceries and education.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wouldn't trust that Trump hasnt compromised whatever gets built to the core so it could be exploited in the future.

Tear it all the fuck down once he's out.

[–] alecbowles@feddit.uk 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

He's gotta die eventually right?

[–] alecbowles@feddit.uk 1 points 17 hours ago

Eventually. Though he will most likely leave a replacement

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