Decorating style reminiscent of the late Rococovfefe period

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Ramrouser said:
The construction of the grand ballroom is, on balance, a positive addition to the White House grounds. Currently, the East Wing only can hold 200 people for State Dinners and other formal events. That's way to small. Please recall, as one example, the large State Dinner Obama hosted (for India I believe) where it had to be under tents assembled on the lawn. It rained, forcing the staff to place wooden flooring and walkways to prevent the guests from sinking in the muck. It was a muddy mess certainly not suited for entertaining at the official residence for the President of the United States. A grander, and larger entertainment space is badly needed for the White House. Plus, holding large State Dinners outside is a much larger security threat than the controlled, indoor environment of a ballroom designed to protect its guests.

There's nothing historically significant about the East Wing - which was constructed in the 1940s. In fact, the purpose of constructing the second floor was to cover the bomb shelter for the President constructed in WWII. Trump has hired respected architects to design the ballroom to be in character of the historic White House. The design of the ballroom, featuring huge glass (bullet proof) windows is impressive. I agree it's probably a tad large for the grounds but trees and landscaping can somewhat mitigate this issue. The excessive gold, Rococo interior that Trump loves can be easily toned down in the future in both the interior of the ballroom and in the Oval.

My prediction is that this new ballroom will come to be a cherished venue by future White Houses and the public at large. Remember how the Parisians, at first, HATED the Eiffel Tower and I.M. Pei's pyramid at the Louvre and now these are Parisian landmarks. Trump's Ballroom will be the same once the hatred of Trump by the left eventually fades in the future (like Reagan).
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Why do you think Trump felt the need to lie about the plans until after the East Wing was demolished?
 
Wife brought up a good point. What about all the art and artifacts that were in the East Wing. How much of that will we ever see again, and how much just got looted?
 
tarheelbillie said:
If Trump does an autobiography it will be shelved under fiction in the library. His dishonesty is so deep-rooted he is incapable of truth.
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True, but Trump is incapable of writing anything longer than maybe a sentence or two. He's hired ghostwriters to do all of his books (including "The Art of the Deal") and has probably never read more than a few sentences of any of them. If he does an autobiography no doubt it will be the same - he'll hire some ghostwriter to actually write the book and then just slap his name on the cover. I'm sure he'll give some interviews to the ghostwriter, but that's about it.
 
Mulberry Heel said:
True, but Trump is incapable of writing anything longer than maybe a sentence or two. He's hired ghostwriters to do all of his books (including "The Art of the Deal") and has probably never read more than a few sentences of any of them. If he does an autobiography no doubt it will be the same - he'll hire some ghostwriter to actually write the book and then just slap his name on the cover. I'm sure he'll give some interviews to the ghostwriter, but that's about it.
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The guy who who actually wrote " The Art of the Deal" said in an interview that Trump has not read a single book cover to cover in his entire adult life.
 
heelinhell said:
The guy who who actually wrote " The Art of the Deal" said in an interview that Trump has not read a single book cover to cover in his entire adult life.
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Yep, and he also said repeatedly in 2016 to anyone who would listen that Trump, based on his personal observations traveling around with him while writing the book, was utterly unqualified to be POTUS. And yet here we are.
 
heelinhell said:
The guy who who actually wrote " The Art of the Deal" said in an interview that Trump has not read a single book cover to cover in his entire adult life.
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IIRC, the same man also said it was nearly impossible to get Trump to sit for an interview and on the rare occasions Trump allowed an interview, Don the Con just spewed nonsense.
 
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