• pastermil@sh.itjust.works
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    Great, let’s tear down a well-preserved historic building in pristine condition for no absolute reason at all!

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      Might as well go back to the 1812 method of renovating at this point.
      Probably less insulting to the concept of the USA than whatever the fuck this is.

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      The east wing was built in like 1902. It’s historic but it’s not super duper old and was rebuilt in the 40s to hide a bunker under it.

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            ngl I don’t care about some old building but kind of want a society where thats the biggest problem

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              I’m with you, the issue is doing it on a whim with no plan to the people’s property as he treats it like his own including his pathetic walk of fame.

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        old growth forest: *exists*

        property developer: we got some undeveloped land here! let’s pave it up, might make money having a parking lot.

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    So, quick question: what exactly does he need a ballroom for? It’s not like he’s any good at dancing, even though he is somewhat famous for his double-handed cock milker move. Exhibit A

    What’s more, he doesn’t have any balls, either. Certainly not the kind that would require a dedicated room. Exhibit B

    I really don’t get these brain farts of his. But hey, I’m not the one with syphilis-induced dementia here.

    God, I can’t wait until you guys finally muster the courage to oust this wannabe dictator and his clique.

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      Because it is not so much a ball room as it is a throne room. He wants a giant hall where he can preside at a throne in the end, where people who wants to see him has to walk through the entire thing feeling humbled, just like his dictator pals does it.

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      His entire life has been based around his perception of what people above him think of him. That’s why he plastered the oval office with garish gold leaf everywhere. He thinks it will impress people like putin and erdoğan and kim . Even more so because he’s showing that he has the power to spend lavishly on stuff the country doesn’t want or need because that’s what dictators do.

      That’s what this is for

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        You missed another thing he loves doing. He smashed an historical building in the early '70s in NYC during the starting of his “real estate” career. He smashed an historical building while other people were offering to pay to have the historical artifacts properly recovered. His excuse at the time? “It would have been too expensive.” Meanwhile he knew it would have been free to him, it just would have taken 6-8 months later for him to break ground.

        He’s continued desecrating any historical site he can get his hands on, to this day.

        He gets off on destroying historical monuments.

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          He smashed an historical building

          This immediately made me read your comment in a strong French accent

          (At least in my dialect, word-initial h’s are pronounced as a consonant. That means it would be “a historical” instead of “an”)

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    Man… Seriously! Fuck this guy. I hope when the Epstein files finally get released he fucking burns

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      He led an insurrection on live TV, got away with it, and got reelected. Nothing is going to happen until the propaganda machine is torn down; or, more likely, the whole system just caves in on itself under the weight of its own greed and mismanagement.

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        I’d say the evangelical base won’t appreciate sex with teens but… given their track record they’ll probably say well actually sex with teens is just a-ok with us now

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          They’re already influencing the idea with Megan Kelly. It’s amazing to me how they’ve moved the goalposts so far that the general populace are now becoming apologists for so many things they once vehemently condemned. I’m not talking politicians who are projecting. I’m talking regular folks that are allowing outside influence to convince them that abuse is ok. I was raised by bigots. I was taught inequality and mistrust as a child. Thankfully it was never outright hatred, but it could have easily gone there. But pedophilia, that was the vilest of vile, the atrocity that could not stand. Now those same family members would be of the group to most likely defend this, were they alive today.

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          They’ve started to distinguish between pedophiles and ephebophiles, just so they can continue to say that Trump isn’t a pedo.

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                God will judge them

                Matthew 7:21-23

                [21] “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. [22] On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ [23] And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’

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          I’d have said the Evangelical base wouldn’t appreciate him having sex with porn stars either, but here we are

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            Or the groping, adultery, several divorces and remarriage, platforming kenneth copeland or flip flopping between being pro and anti abortion. Or him preaching works-based salvation recently.

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    ah, the ‘just because i feel like it’ defense. truly inspiring architecture, really. imagine the white house tour: ‘and over here, we have the ballroom, built purely on a whim. truly a testament to… something.’

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    I hope the next President makes two changes to the WH:

    1. Restore the previous incarnation of the East Wing, but with a plaque listing all the people and companies that supposedly paid for it, labeled “In remembrance of these individuals that bribed the President.”

    2. Leave the paved-over Rose Garden, and rename it to the Donald J. Trump Memorial Concrete Slab.

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      I’m with you on 1.
      But can’t on 2.
      Everything he did to the White House needs to be reversed.
      Then also to the rest of the country.

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      You forget another huge thing.

      Rip out all the tacky gold fittings that Trump has added all over.

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      Nah. The only place where trump would be acceptable is as a footnote in a history book. Get that filth out of the way.

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        We do not deserve this kindness. We should always be reminded of our horrible mistake.

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    The right and Trump’s own base really didn’t like him doing this. This will do as much if not more harm to him from his own side than the goddamn Epstein files.

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      Eh, if you’re a pedo and your preacher is a pedo, it doesn’t really matter if your president is too

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    Obama’s going to DESTROY the White House Trump is doing What NEEDS to be Done with the Old House!