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Ocelot II

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11. Yes!

Reply to BeyondGeography (Original post)

Sat Dec 6, 2025, 07:27 PM

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If it ever gets built - and I have my doubts - it's got to go. The WH already has a perfectly good ballroom that's been used for social events since the middle of the 19th century; the only reason Krasnov wants this monstrosity is so he can slap fake gold all over it and hold court like he was Louis XIV at Versailles, with an audience of oligarchs offering him tribute. Tear it down and hold an exorcism over the ground where it stood before rebuilding the East Wing.

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Never Trumper Joe Walsh: "Any Democrat running for President in 2028 must pledge to tear down Trump's ballroom." [View all] BeyondGeography Saturday OP

Love it! calimary Saturday #1

I've had this thought that every Democrat running in 2028 should treat the removal of Trump's idiotic ballroom as...... FadedMullet Saturday #2

AND charge the costs back to Trump MurrayDelph Yesterday #42

Perfect. If he complains, tell him that, as a landlord himself, he should understand how this works. FadedMullet 1 hr ago #47

I'd like to dig a 200 ft hole deep with the same width and length and just let it fall into the abyss. chouchou Saturday #3

They'd have to first dig out the Epstein-esque sex dungeon that Trump is having built underneath it. LudwigPastorius Yesterday #37

Ah..Your words are logical and true. chouchou Yesterday #39

And pass laws to make sure no one person Red Mountain Saturday #4

It's not a ballroom Mz Pip Saturday #5

First we hold our equivalent of the Nuremberg trials there, then we tear it down. Gaugamela Saturday #6

It's on my litmus test...along with four more justices. pecosbob Saturday #7

I'm going to bet that it won't get built. tinrobot Saturday #8

This reminds me of an old joke: what do tight pants and a cheap hotel have in common? CTyankee Saturday #9

K&R UTUSN Saturday #10

Yes! Ocelot II Saturday #11

It should be torn down blubunyip Saturday #28

I'm going to have to disagree. Xolodno Saturday #12

I don't care if it's finished entierly Boo1 Saturday #13

Finish it off modestly and call it Katcat Saturday #14

Charge Trump and his "investors" for doing it and rebuilding the East Wing as it was. Emrys Saturday #17

I agree, for different reasons. markodochartaigh Saturday #19

Turn it into a museum and dedicate it We the People JCMach1 Saturday #21

No, Fuck his vanity project fujiyamasan Saturday #23

Agree blubunyip Saturday #30

There will be a lot to undo. mdbl Saturday #15

Doubt it'll be finished. Callie1979 Saturday #16

Not just the ballroom LilElf70 Saturday #18

And those corporations who paid to build it should be required to tear it down. Squaredeal Saturday #20

they should be taxed. nt orleans Saturday #36

+1000. Tear down the ballroom... Paladin Saturday #22

While that would be a good symbolic message, there is so many more important and immediate Bev54 Saturday #24

Yes. Everything he builds, should be torn down. rickford66 Saturday #25

how stupifyingly infantile stopdiggin Saturday #26

I regret that I have but one rec to give your post. RandomNumbers Yesterday #41

And unlike those things, it can be done and dusted quickly BeyondGeography Yesterday #44

by all means let us do bread and circuses stopdiggin Yesterday #45

ive been saying this for several weeks now . AllaN01Bear Saturday #27

And remove moreland01 Saturday #29

1st things 1st, get riid of that tacky garish "gold" crap Raine Saturday #31

These people are idiots. BlueTsunami2018 Saturday #32

Tear down the ballroom, rebuild the East Wing. . . DinahMoeHum Saturday #33

And restore the Rose Garden and developing law regards how and when the WH, Capital Bldg etc get altered. marble falls Saturday #34

I just hope he lives long enough to see his gilded ballroom razed to the ground. Midnight Writer Saturday #35

If it ever gets built. Right now, it's rubble, like everything he touches. Joinfortmill Yesterday #38

Not necessarily the first priority RandomNumbers Yesterday #40

but of course! as PART of a long (and profoundly depressing, but crucially necessary) LIST ... stopdiggin Yesterday #46

I don't think we will have to worry, because I'm guessing that stupid ballroom is never going to get built. Initech Yesterday #43