This is a good read about how Trump managed to make himself hated by the Manhattan elites he was so desperate to impress.
the tl, dr is that he had promised to preserve a famous Fifth Avenue building's façade. Not only did he demolish it, he lied about the promise he'd publicly made.
There used to be jokes about the 'Edifice Complex' that drove otherwise sane people to build bigger and bigger and ever more elaborate structures to show they world that they'd arrived.
Can we talk about the real reason they did this? They need to label every room in the place so Trump can pretend he's not lost. He's completely deranged and clearly sunsetting. This is also why he stays at Mar a Lago instead so often: the familiarity. He's easier to calm down when he can figure out where he is.
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DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 60 pts · 19d
Native New Yorker here.
I remember the first time I walked into Trump Tower.
I thought it looked like a giant, golden toilet.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 19d
I suspect it would be very impressive if it were actually gold and not rattle-can spray-paint "gold" from Big Lots.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 16 pts · 19d
https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaellisicky/2020/10/03/how-donald-trump-took-down-bonwit-teller-a-fifth-avenue-landmark/
This is a good read about how Trump managed to make himself hated by the Manhattan elites he was so desperate to impress.
the tl, dr is that he had promised to preserve a famous Fifth Avenue building's façade. Not only did he demolish it, he lied about the promise he'd publicly made.
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 19d
It's a crust of dried urine.
mushroommunk@lemmy.today · 7 pts · 19d
You're confusing Trump and R. Kelly. Understandable mix up
NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social · 3 pts · 19d
It's hard to tell the difference when they both enjoy the piss of minors
Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 19d
Ian Hislop once described Trump’s taste in interiors as being somewhere between early Saddam Hussein and late Colonel Gaddafi. I can see that.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 3 pts · 19d
There used to be jokes about the 'Edifice Complex' that drove otherwise sane people to build bigger and bigger and ever more elaborate structures to show they world that they'd arrived.
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca · 54 pts · 19d
This is so trashy.
It looks like the decor at your high school acquaintances wedding, and both the bride and groom have been cheating on each other the whole engagement.
DrSleepless@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 19d
Now I’m craving Thai food
NoForwadSlashS@piefed.social · 9 pts · 19d
Don't go to The Rose Garden, I heard it's just McChickens with some gold spray paint on.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 19d
I'm never not craving it. Might be the tastiest of all cuisines. It's soooooo goooood.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 19d
So goddamn good
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 8 pts · 19d
You guys just don't understand what true class is.
pupbiru@aussie.zone · 14 pts · 19d
class is gold plated plastic
… well, brass plated
… well, a spray of paint
… wellllll add some paint thinner, use half as much, and make the plastic yellow
NOBODY CAN TELL THE DIFFERENCE NOBODY AND IF THEY SAY THEY CAN THEYRE GROOMERS
aldhissla@piefed.world · 5 pts · 19d
Damage@feddit.it · 4 pts · 19d
Ceruleum@lemmy.wtf · 1 pts · 19d
A plastic bag can do the same job!
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 19d
I bet it's all made of instant ramen.
crystalmerchant@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 19d
My god is this real. This can't be real
HailSeitan@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 19d
Can we try insulting the orange man without insulting Thai restaurants in the process? Dig deeper, please.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 19d
Fair enough, I'm sorry to any Thai people who may have caught a stray from this meme. But also 🙄.
Sanguine@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 19d
As if trump or any of his goons would ever be so brave to try something so, ahem, ethnic.
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 19d
Disney did it better.
unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 19d
My local Thai place looks nothing like this. It's just a clean, boring restaurant that can knock out a curry
zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 19d
This is so surreal and dumb. A+ post text though
EmptyAsparagus@piefed.social · 3 pts · 17d
this man has no taste or style. why does it have the same color as his hair/face?
tmyakal@infosec.pub · 3 pts · 19d
Can we talk about the real reason they did this? They need to label every room in the place so Trump can pretend he's not lost. He's completely deranged and clearly sunsetting. This is also why he stays at Mar a Lago instead so often: the familiarity. He's easier to calm down when he can figure out where he is.