President Donald Trump schemed to keep his violent destruction of the White House’s East Wing hidden from the American public, according to author Michael Wolff.
Rather than weigh the consequences of erasing the 123-year-old building’s history, the president’s first concern was reportedly how to keep its potential destruction hidden from the public.
By the time White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that Trump had changed his mind about preserving the East Wing, the building had already been reduced to twisted metal and rubble.
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AbidanYre@lemmy.world · 76 pts · 314d
Can DC not yank the business license of the company doing the demolition without permits?
tonytins@pawb.social · 52 pts · 314d
The White House invented a loophole out of thin air to avoid going through proper channels.
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net · 19 pts · 314d
Doubtful. They could try but DC has basically zero political autonomy. They’re essentially an internal colony of the US.
SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world · 73 pts · 314d
sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz · 29 pts · 314d
Like, I want to hear the rant sure. But unless I can physically listen to it, who gives a fuck if the dude swears? He fucked kids, c'mon
P1nkman@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 314d
"Kiddie fiddling is fine, swearing is where I draw the line." -some republican
LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 313d
Man that image is CRISP.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 37 pts · 314d
While it will always be the Epstein Ballroom to me, when the Trump name becomes a humiliating stain on US history, wonder what they'll rename it?
GuyFawkes@midwest.social · 34 pts · 314d
Fuck renaming it; raze it.
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 314d
Yes. If Democrats get into the WH, they should start on day one. Incorporate the destruction of the Epstein ballroom as part of the inauguration.
Fuck norms, fuck the Tone Police, and fuck being doormats for the asshole Confederates.
Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 313d
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 313d
That's a necessary part of damnatio memoriae, along with removal of every occurrence of Trump's name and image.
bcgm3@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 312d
Inb4 "dEmOnRaTs ArE WASTING aLl YoUr TaX dOLlArS mOdIfYiNg tHeIr PaLaCe!"
al_Kaholic@lemmynsfw.com · 5 pts · 314d
The trump no balls room Epstein wing expansion
DaddleDew@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 314d
Imagine the incredible feeling of raw power the excavator operators must have experienced while destroying the White House though.
LordMayor@piefed.social · 27 pts · 314d
Would be funny if they were Canadian.
driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br · 21 pts · 314d
Or a Mexican immigrant
Brown5500@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 313d
They used European equipment at least
al_Kaholic@lemmynsfw.com · 6 pts · 314d
Imagine the incredible feeling of raw power you feel driving your 2010 ford f150 to the same job 5 days a week 12hrs a day for the last 15 years, that is exactly what they experienced.
RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 314d
Raw $ falling into his pocket, kickbacks from the bribes paid by the company as trump donations.
frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io · 24 pts · 314d
But we have eyes, and memory recall? Is he missing one or both of these things?
tonytins@pawb.social · 17 pts · 314d
Idiot. There are cameras all over the White House! Of course everyone was going to see your evil scheme.
the_q@lemmy.zip · 13 pts · 314d
melsaskca@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 313d
Even without any of Epstein disclosures trump is insane, old, bitter and tired and should be removed. It almost seems to me that the democrats are complicit in keeping the trump flame alive. What does this tell us? The obvious answer is that kid diddling is non-partisan.
Dragonstaff@leminal.space · 2 pts · 312d
Hmm...I agree kiddy diddling is nonpartisan even if I quibble with your reasoning here.
Democrats are complicit because both parties are bought and paid for by the same donors.
51dusty@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 314d
I hope, one day, we can turn it into low income housing or a dog shelter... one can dream.
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 314d
Assuming true:
I... weirdly am at least really happy that it was intentional destruction and not just complete and utter incompetence with tearing down a single exterior wall?
MagicShel@lemmy.zip · 21 pts · 314d
It was still complete and utter incompetence. Guaranteed they failed to properly preserve some historical artifacts. Because they didn't have time, there was no visible presence of proper handling by experts. They probably strewed a bunch of asbestos all over the place.
So fear not, there was no sudden burst of competence here.
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip · 10 pts · 314d
Oh yeah. They 100% destroyed a very countable number of historic arguments and important documents. And likely lost even more to the construction crew and whoever else was around taking souvenirs.
And yeah. Asbestos is 100% a concern and a LOT of people are likely going to have respiratory issues from the clean-up and just being in the area.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 314d
He should go ahead and tear the whole thing down, since the US government's cooked anyway.
sturmblast@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 314d
Tearing down the White House won't change a damn thing about government corruption. But it sure is evidence of government corruption.
phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 313d
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