Donald Trump's planned ballroom is expected to cost some $250 million

A new photo showing the partially demolished East Wing of the White House began circulating widely on social media Monday afternoon, as plans move forward for Donald Trump’s new $250 million ballroom.

The Washington Post first reported the news of the demolition, saying that constructions crews were using a backhoe to rip through and demolish a portion of the White House’s East Wing. The publication included a photo with its report, which was quickly shared by social media users, some of whom used the image to criticize the president.

“Donald Trump is now officially demolishing part of the White House to make room for his $200 million golden ballroom. This comes as Americans can’t afford groceries and the government is still shut down,” podcaster Bryan Tyler Cohen wrote on X, sharing the photo.

  • hansolo@lemmy.today
    99·
    10 months ago

    I am genuinely shocked at little these days.

    I am absolutely floored that Trump, of all people didn’t devise a way to sell tiny little bits of the East Wing to MAGA chuds for $4700 an ounce.

    Like, you want a cognitive test he just failed? A pure gold grift just passed him by. Someone call a doctor, he’s not doing OK.

  • DarkDecay@lemmy.worldEnglish
    88·
    10 months ago

    No money for health care but here’s 40 billion for Argentina and a 250 million dollar ballroom for my rich knob gobbling friends. Trumps fucking america hard

  • Furbag@lemmy.world
    51·
    10 months ago

    Does demolishing a 120+ year old historical building to replace it with a gold-plated ballroom sound like the actions of a man who intends to leave office in 3 years time?

  • barnaclebutt@lemmy.world
    46·
    10 months ago

    Yeah. Fuck you poor people. Thanks for the votes, but you’re too stupid to see that we were going to fuck you in every way possible while enriching ourselves. Tacky bullshit for the ruling Nazis!

  • KarlHungus42@lemmy.world
    46·
    10 months ago

    A picture is worth a thousand words, and this image pretty much encapsulates his entire time in power.

    Fucking clown cunt.

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
    38·
    10 months ago

    I can’t understand how anyone can be so brainwashed that they voted trump, they can’t afford groceries, yet they’re completely supportive of this stupid ballroom

    • arin@lemmy.worldBanned from communityEnglish
      7·
      10 months ago

      Peasants and their blind faith to monarchy hoping for crumbs

    • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
      6·
      10 months ago

      well you see russian propaganda through FOX, joe roegan, tim poole, jordan peterson helped. plus all the culture war stuff like anti-trans, anti-woman, anti-poc leaders.

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      As long as it annoys the liberals and as long as they think they or their white brethren get to tackle brown people and disappear them, it’s all good, bro.

  • Thrife@feddit.org
    38·
    10 months ago

    Wait! Your government is still shut down?! That’s four weeks now, isn’t it?

    • BeefandSquints@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      11·
      10 months ago

      Trump was going to spend this four year stretch hurting everyone who isn’t an obese weirdo with a bucket of orange paint, this is nothing compared to his true dreams.

    • ayyy@sh.itjust.works
      5·
      10 months ago

      I just got an urgent text from my local food bank because they’re failing to keep up with all the demand from federal employees. This country is completely fucked.

  • ThePantser@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    30·
    10 months ago

    It’s official, he has destroyed every aspect of being a US citizen. He has stuck his pedo dick in every pot.

  • TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world
    17·
    10 months ago

    “Donald Trump is now officially demolishing part of the White House to make room for his $200 million golden ballroom. This comes as Americans can’t afford groceries and the government is still shut down,”

    This kind of overt and vain corruption will not go down well in other countries. This alone should cause mass riots and demonstrations. I guess Americans are still getting used to dealing with autocracies.