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reACTIONary

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16. That's the ellipse in front of the white house grounds....
Sat Jun 20, 2026, 11:53 AM
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.... My understanding, I did not watch, is that that is where they set up large screen tvs for the proletariat, who were not invited to the ring side event, to watch the proceedings.

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I'm confused... jmbar2 Saturday #1
That's where the bleachers were erected for the spectators. yardwork Saturday #3
Spectators for what? What did they have there? There was never anything on the news except the jumping bikes? Srkdqltr Saturday #6
They had jumbotrons there too BumRushDaShow Saturday #20
It looks like the overflow lot for Nazis with net worth less than $1 billion Bluetus Saturday #35
What a collection of incel losers Aviation Pro Saturday #40
Really, that image says it all. sop Saturday #51
One woman EarthAbides Saturday #55
My first thought too and that is probably why the photographer took that shot BumRushDaShow Saturday #56
Thanks - I missed that part of it jmbar2 Saturday #7
That's the ellipse in front of the white house grounds.... reACTIONary Saturday #16
lol proletariat. Funny not funny as it is true. ALBliberal Saturday #27
The Lumpenproletariat... sop Saturday #52
Oh! I missed that, too ... electric_blue68 Saturday #31
Most of them moved on anyway... mahina Saturday #65
That's the ellipse where they had big screens for additional viewing Wiz Imp Saturday #59
I've seen it. Usually so pretty. electric_blue68 Saturday #62
It will now take a while to get it back to anything resembling normal Wiz Imp Saturday #63
I know. 😑 electric_blue68 Saturday #64
A million dollars to fix the grass. Figures. twodogsbarking Saturday #2
Yep...once all that UFC crap is taken down that grass will be fucking toast Bengus81 Saturday #5
Why bother? quakerboy Saturday #34
Definitely don't bother until the asshole is gone. erronis Saturday #38
Nah...Trump will want a grift on this one just like the reflecting pool Bengus81 Saturday #61
Same thing with his fascist birthday parade last year where they had to fix the road Galraedia Saturday #37
I haven't heard anything about actual physical attendance at the event. Hugin Saturday #4
There were large screen watch parties. underpants Saturday #44
Left wing radical vandals!😏 Floyd R. Turbo Saturday #8
A spoiled child leaves his toys where they fall. Ford_Prefect Saturday #9
And THIS child PatSeg Saturday #12
Map of the White House grounds (aerial view) FakeNoose Saturday #10
Yeah, hard to see why they tore up the ellipse as well PatSeg Saturday #11
The area in front of the stage was for limited attendance The Ellipse is where several thousand others watched it from. onenote Saturday #13
I don't think they saw much from that far away FakeNoose Saturday #15
They set jumbotrons or large screen tvs. reACTIONary Saturday #18
Yes the had watch parties underpants Saturday #43
Big TV screens? AZJonnie Saturday #19
The ellipse was the location of the "watch party". The original plans were for 10 jumbotrons and several smaller screens onenote Saturday #21
Do you remember seeing the motorcycles flying through the air Bengus81 Saturday #17
The bare Ellipse just screams for a tarp. Sneederbunk Saturday #14
Another Example MissouriDem47 Saturday #22
He'll be moving in the old refrigerators and the abandoned trucks on cinder blocks soon. Scrivener7 Saturday #23
"Gasps?" Should be screams of horror. efhmc Saturday #24
What did people expect? ananda Saturday #25
Quick. somebody get a tarp! not a texan Saturday #26
Let white trash relogic Saturday #28
The whole thing was ugly inappropriate trash and guess what, we are paying for the cleanup... wcmagumba Saturday #29
Thus "mission accomplished" erronis Saturday #39
Everything he does/touches is left in horrible condition. efhmc Saturday #30
Everything he does is for Putin popsdenver Saturday #58
Idiopathic Idiocracy Bo Zarts Saturday #32
Trump's MAGAts came to his birthday bash.. Dave Id Saturday #33
Watch that $1 million go to $10 million and then be given to a Trump donor in a no bid contract. Galraedia Saturday #36
Wouldn't it have been cheaper and easier to set this up in Capitol One Arena? Or maybe Nationals Park? cab67 Saturday #41
That wasn't the point GenThePerservering Saturday #46
I know. cab67 Saturday #47
Just wait until after the WH grounds NASCAR event. Traildogbob Saturday #42
Trump Murica is Idiocracy. aeromanKC Saturday #45
EVERYTHING he involves himself in, DIES Pas-de-Calais Saturday #48
Looks like a plague of locusts moved in...... Bayard Saturday #49
Needs MOAR Brawndo! RetiredParatrooper Saturday #50
I think the UFC cage and the ballroom hole in the ground Doc_Technical Saturday #53
The destruction is deliberate. Trump hates America, our government and us delisen Saturday #54
F*ck that! Get his kids out there to clean that yard. Buddyzbuddy Saturday #57
Ok...10 years for all the f"cks purr-rat beauty Saturday #60
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