Decorating style reminiscent of the late Rococovfefe period

[Calheel]

FINALLY, a sane and sober article regarding the "historic" East Wing. In 10 years the Donald J. Trump ballroom will be universally loved and appreciated.

Thanks for posting this.

In 10 years it will be torn down.

 

[wmheel1287]

You're so angry and tied up in knots about everything "Trump" that you can't even appreciate a bit of levity.

I hope you have a pleasant weekend.

You have never once said anything remotely funny.

 

[StrangePackage]

You have never once said anything remotely funny.

Not intentionally, at any rate

 

[Wheels81]

I just don’t see how a ballroom can cost $300 million.

 

[Molotov Mocktail]

I just don’t see how a ballroom can cost $300 million.

It’s going to cost much more

 

[finesse]

It’s going to cost much more

It's all part of the effort to clean up Washington by laundering all the dirty money.

 

[whatntarnation]

Cost to the builder 30-40 million, cost to tax payer 300-400 million. A tale as old as time.

 

[korgguy1971]

I just don’t see how a ballroom can cost $300 million.

The same way Mar-A-Lago is somehow worth $18 billion. Trump is the appraiser.

 

[altmin]

Cost to the builder 30-40 million, cost to tax payer 300-400 million. A tale as old as time.

don't forget the kickbacks to Orange Foolius

 

[dukeman92]

 

[nycfan]

 

[Mulberry Heel]

We really have reached the "mad, degenerate king" stage of Trumpism. And yet MAGAs like rammy will cheer it all on as Dear Leader builds one massive, gaudy monument after another to himself and his personal ego in our nation's capital. Our Founders must be spinning in their graves, as Trump is exactly why most of them pushed for a system of checks and balances and separation of powers and all that - to prevent someone like Trump from completely dominating the government to do insane, tyrannical shit.

 

[heelinhell]

I just don’t see how a ballroom can cost $300 million.

If the ball room is 90,000 square that would come out to around $3,500/square foot but you have to factor in:

Cost of East Wing rubble removal
Cost of ticky tacky decorations to match the ticky tacky Oval Office
Cost of the 200 million direct kickback to Trump and his family

300 million seems reasonable to me

 

[1moretimeagain]

If the ball room is 90,000 square that would come out to around $3,500/square foot but you have to factor in:

Cost of East Wing rubble removal
Cost of ticky tacky decorations to match the ticky tacky Oval Office
Cost of the 200 million direct kickback to Trump and his family

300 million seems reasonable to me

Is the 90,000 square feet on one floor?

 

[heelinhell]

Is the 90,000 square feet on one floor?

Looking at pictures of the renderings, it indicates there will be a 2nd floor ...

 

[altmin]

 

[UNCBAdookJD]

I just don’t see how a ballroom can cost $300 million.

It’s a bribery laundering scheme, like everything with him.

 

[Geisterfahrer]

The arc is unquestionably a much stupider idea than the ballroom.

 

[nycfan]

The president is a master builder. It could've been asbestos. It could've been mold.

 

[Zoo_View]

The president is a master builder. It could've been asbestos. It could've been mold.

Yes, the proper way to demolish a building with asbestos in it is to knock it down with heavy machinery. No need to contain the asbestos and dispose of it properly.