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https://www.thedailybeast.com/billionaire-donald-trump-79-reveals-unhinged-white-house-priority-as-prices-surge/Speaking at a holiday party on Sunday, the president described his aspirations for a triumphal arch in Washington, D.C., as White House Domestic Policy Council head Vince Haleys primary thing.
Its something that is so special. Uh, it will be like the one in, in Paris, but to be honest with you, it blows it away. Blows it away in every way, Trump said. And Vince came in one day and his eyes were teeming. I mean, he couldnt believe how beautiful it was. He saw it and he wanted to do that. Thats your primary thing.
Trump has spent months attempting to remake D.C. in his MAGAfied image, including paving over the White House Rose Garden, demolishing the East Wing, breaking ground on a $300 million ballroom, and announcing plans for other new construction around the nations capitalnone of which has undergone the necessary legal reviews.
In October, he announced he wanted to build a knock-off of the Arc de Triomphe that would rival the Lincoln Memorial in scale. Sources say Trump has been presented with three different designs, but unsurprisingly he is reportedly most excited about a $100 million white-and-gold monstrosity.
Walleye
(43,817 posts)Seems like he wants credit for going to these lavish parties like this is his work and he thinks demolishing DC is part of his job
Miles Archer
(21,783 posts)...the powers that be in Washington don't decide that they need to keep these monstrosities standing "out of respect" for Trump.
Because I think we all know that's how Washington "minds" often work.
No talk about Trump or his "patriot donors" coughing up the $100 million for this, so I assume the cost will fully be on taxpayers.
ColoringFool
(254 posts)Going to happen.
KS Toronado
(23,060 posts)and the East Wing rebuilt. 
MLWR
(776 posts)All true. But what country is dumb enough to take him?
ProudMNDemocrat
(20,622 posts)Russia
N.Korea
Hungary
Argentina
But then, maybe not. I doubt Saudi Arabia would either. NONE of the Trump family knows that Arab culture does not allow women to have rights.
wolfie001
(7,087 posts)I guess the voters there forgot about all those one-way oceanic helicopter trips
PatSeg
(52,173 posts)countries would want him after he has no power. It's not like anyone, anywhere cares about him; they only care about what he can do for them.
druidity33
(6,869 posts)happened in France and Paris around a couple hundred years ago...
Just sayin'.
lastlib
(27,548 posts)I know how we can get the rust off of a guillotine blade.......
BH liberal
(121 posts)still has one of the few working models of the old guillotines in some museum. They would likely be happy to lend it to us at this point.
Historic NY
(39,648 posts)BH liberal
(121 posts)that guillotine would do the job nicely. Actually, they should just leave the wooden blade guard in place when they do Trumpenstein for better effect.
HarryM
(444 posts)Forget the guillotine, use a wood chipper.
mountain grammy
(28,682 posts)newdeal2
(4,778 posts)Even if he skips permitting, you cannot build something like this in a year or two. Takes a long time to design, line up all the subcontractors, find materials and build. Even longer when you have a micromanager client like Trump.
BH liberal
(121 posts)continue to surface. Adolf ordered a flurry of building in Germany to celebrate his 1000 year Reich fantasy.
thucythucy
(9,043 posts)And "Vince" will be the new Albert Speer.
wolfie001
(7,087 posts)Executive power. Use it when we get it back.
Blue Full Moon
(3,160 posts)Martin Eden
(15,363 posts)It's bad enough that all the tacky gold has to be removed from the Oval Office and who knows where else in the enshitified White House.
Of course, we first have to tear down the Orange Monstrosity or whoever the Greedy Old Pigs party nominates in 2028.
dalton99a
(92,125 posts)