Coming soon: Trump admin changes course, will replace entire white house with a Trump tower.
I feel like that’s unironically the actual plan.
That, or he’ll leave a ruin, and “govern” from his Florida shithole.
Trump literally destroying the white house would be amazing actually
They already have the designs for the replacement.
I watched the Whitehouse get trashed in Captain America 4, I didn’t know it would come true within a year
“Trump DC will be the biggest, highest, most beautiful hotel and casino in the state, possibly maybe the country. It’ll host delegates and friends from all over the world. We’re looking into how the federal government can license the trump trademark and brand, the beautiful name - everybody wants it on the building, for a 1000 year lease. You’re WELCOME america!”
Edit- oh neat, my favorite right wing shithole is already creating artistic representations
And not a damn thing will be done about it, nor will a single person with the power to stop him say a godamn thing.
Well he plans to be dictator for life, he might as well own the castle
This mother fucker 100% is going to try and cbarge rent if he ever steps down and god forbid a black person try to enter the house
It really is mind boggling that we still aren’t acting against our government. It’s a constant barrage of news about things getting increasingly worse, a whole available plan for what to expect and tons of comments about how “they’re gonna pay”. Like it’s absurd at this point.
Cause people still haven’t gotten the severity of the situation through their heads. I lost my temper today at someone who said they’re looking forward to when he’s out of office. Don’t you get what’s happening? He isn’t going to leave office. There isn’t going to be an election as normal. The fascism isn’t ending until there’s a violent revolution or war
Then go out and lose your temper on the people causing the problems. I know exactly where this is going, but if I lift my head from the mill for even a second the slave driver will have it cut off. We’re not stupid, we’re scared. We’re too scared to miss work for a protest, imagine how scary an armed rebellion would be.
I like your optimism in thinking there will be an office to leave.
Seems like the USA will just let it slide into civil war and genocide.
For a civil war to happen 2 sides have to fight. One side is mentioned above.
Considering the number of shooting victims we have here, how would we even notice?
Didn’t you hear? There was a big bullshit parade with snarky signs this last weekend! It totally didn’t embolden the fascists and wasn’t absolutely a huge joke for the purpose of making white liberals feel satisfied that they “did something.”
Are you trying to tell me that doing something like that, “peacefully,” one Saturday every three or four months (if the weather is nice and everyone can get permission to take a day off from work), isn’t enough??? Allow me to introduce you to a few thousand cowards on Lemmy who are ready to tell you why you’re wrong!
The symbolism of a destroyed white house and our government shutdown is what this is form
Putin is creaming his pants right now.
Where’s all the “you can’t knock down history” people?
Someone elsewhere on Lemmy said the East Wing went up in 1902. Based on that, since that’s younger than the Civil War, the “history matters” folks who want all the statues of evil to remain probably don’t care.
Yeah except those statues didn’t go up until well into the 1900’s.
This is fucking CRAZY
I had to triple check that this wasn’t from the Onion. What a joke.
Rare occasion where the headline is… pretty much it, at least as far as this article goes.
Sure, we could point out that the east wing is for events and it’s the first lady’s office (which obviously matters very little to MAGA) but NYT doesn’t spend nearly enough time emphasizing that this is illegal, like most of the shit he does this past year.
They’re probably trying to wreck as much stuff as possible before a judge, once again, puts a stop on it (only for an appeals court to shrug and say it’s too late and allow it).
We Americans are just watching this asshole literally destroy the WH.
I mean… what are we supposed to do? I only live half way to the other coast and it’s still a 22 1/2 hour drive. That’s assuming I could afford the gas and time off work.
I feel you. I’m in the same boat. Even if I lived nearby and was independently wealthy, then what?
UBI would allow you to do what you wanted. Which one was it that wanted to go that route in 2016?
I’m fine with it. Just demolish the whole building. Then move on to Capitol Hill, the Supreme Court, and the Pentagon.
I’m so glad they’re spending all that money on this, when all the social programs (Medicare/Medicaid, SNAP, WIC, Social Security – including disability – and everything are losing funds.
Let them eat cake!
e: I am desperate for people to start throwing pieces of cake onto the WH lawn as protest. Pretty sure that wouldn’t be lost on most people.
Trump should be arrested for vandalism…on top of the hundreds of other things he should be arrested for
Tbf, if he was arrested today for vandalism, I’d be spitting angry he wasn’t arrested prior for all the fucking child rape.
Like, I already am, but that would send me over the edge. I might start mixing potassium with random things.
I’d be happy to see him finally face consequences for something…anything
Pssst… I’ll give you a clue what this is about:
The East Wing was built on top of the Presidential Emergency Operations Center, a secure emergency underground shelter for the president.
I don’t get the angle. Wouldn’t that mean he would have nowhere to hide?
Or that he wants more tunnels and exits.
Damn, so he’s trying to steal the vault of unused pardons before the Payday gang can get there.
They’re making more room for the giant “Trump” sign he wants to put up.
will be hilarious if construction does not finish while he is in office.
He’ll be in office for a thousand years, according to him. After which the contractors still won’t have been paid.
Weekend at Donnie’s.
I’ve been in the east wing. It was pretty.
Who owns the Whitehouse? Is there someone who can theoretically evict the president?
Congress, through impeachment & removal
The White House is owned by the Federal Government. Theoretically that means it’s owned by the taxpayers, in practice you would be charged with trespassing on government property if you weren’t specifically allowed on the grounds (if not just straight up terrorism or whatever other charges they feel like throwing at you).
My guess is trump thinks the Epstein file was being stored in the East Wing.
