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stopdiggin

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45. by all means let us do bread and circuses

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 12:47 PM

23 hrs ago

And Steve Schmidt spells out why this should be the single issue that unifies every part of the anti-Trump coalition:

I'm not saying the ball room should not be reduced, reversed, removed ... Whatsits ...
So much that the quote given above is ...
A most stunning example of ...

The appallingly facile. Appallingly stupid. In a word, juvenile - embarrassing, unworthy. And much like ... Oh, yeah .. ! That other thing / person ... That roils our stomach ...

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I understand what you say, old friend. It's just that I don't agree.

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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

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 23 hrs ago #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 23 hrs ago #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