The renderings are complete, the architects and contractors have been hired. After at least 15 years of talking about it, President Trump is building a ballroom at the White House. According to the White House, the work will begin this September, with a price tag of $200 million.

“President Trump is a builder at heart and has an extraordinary eye for detail,” said White House chief of staff Susie Wiles in a statement on Thursday. “The President and the Trump White House are fully committed to working with the appropriate organizations to preserving the special history of the White House while building a beautiful ballroom that can be enjoyed by future Administrations and generations of Americans to come.”

  • MrJameGumb@lemmy.worldEnglish
    86·
    13 days ago

    According to the article the president offhandedly suggested that a ballroom be built by his company around 15 years ago, and whoever he suggested it to correctly ignored this idiotic idea. So basically he’s going to spend $200 million dollars of tax payer money building a ballroom where one already exists as an act of exceedingly petty revenge because someone hurt his precious delicate feelings over a decade ago.

    Seems pretty on brand

    • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
      18·
      12 days ago

      She said the cost would be footed by Trump himself as well as “other patriot donors.” Leavitt said construction would finish “long before” the end of Trump’s term.

      So since they made a point to say that, I can only assume it will really be paid for by tax dollars, and Trump’s friends will get all the no-bid contracts…

    • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      21·
      12 days ago

      Who fucking cares, they do this constantly. Stop wasting time caring about their blatant hypocrisy. They literally could not care less.

      • Tempus Fugit@midwest.socialEnglish
        1·
        11 days ago

        I can assure you this barely registers as a blip on my Give-a-Shitometer. What’s it to you if it did? What compelled you to reply to my comment?

        • jqubed@lemmy.worldEnglish
          9·
          12 days ago

          Canada was still part of the British empire at the time, but looking at Wikipedia the British regiments were all actually raised and based in the British isles, so I’m not sure where the idea that they were Canadians came from. I’ve heard several times that the troops that burned Washington were of Canadian origin, usually proudly related by Canadians, and just assumed that was correct since my history classes usually didn’t spend much time on that war. It does look like at least some of the attack was in retaliation for American burnings and lootings of York and Port Dover in what was then Upper Canada, so maybe that’s where the idea comes from.

  • manualoverride@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19·
    12 days ago

    When developers asked the White House if they required a dickroom to go with the new ballroom, they were told that was not required as the Oval Office was serving as the dickroom for the next three years.

    Plus you can hide a button mushroom basically anywhere.

  • magnetosphere@fedia.io
    17·
    12 days ago

    That headline could have been a LOT worse. Any sentence that contains “Trump’s dream of _______ is becoming a reality” should fill us all with dread.

  • Genesis Climber MOSBURGER@lemmy.caEnglish
    10·
    12 days ago

    Is this so he can continue on with his Ms. Teen America Pageantry, but marry it with some southern debutante ball where he and the old rich guys will exchange the daughters/contestants to the highest bidders? Or does he just want a place to dance and show off his fancy high heels?

    • Pavidus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      20·
      13 days ago

      The same people paying to completely disassemble and rebuild his fancy jet. Taxpayers.

  • kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    11 days ago

    Trump […] has an extraordinary eye for detail has the tacky taste of a Florida grandma from the 90s who won money on some scratchers.

    FTFY