Embarrassing Flaws Emerge in Trump’s New White House Design
Photo: marianne williamson (Note: artist rendering above is backward)
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Construction on Donald Trump’s controversial new White House addition is off to a disastrous start if his model of the glitzy East Wing ballroom is anything to go by.
Plans shared by the MAGA administration suggest “a hurried process,” the New York Times reports , noting that a miniature mock-up of the 90,000 square foot annex, proudly unveiled to the press Wednesday, featured some truly bizarre architectural features.
These include a staircase leading up from the South Lawn directly into a brick wall, and at least two woefully misaligned windows that appear to open out onto one another.
Demolition of the existing structure, which began Monday, has prompted fierce outcry as cranes and backhoes were seen tearing down sections of exterior cladding and ripping windows off their hinges at one of the most instantly recognizable historic sites on the planet, with the scale of destruction now even visible from space .
The White House can’t seem to decide how many guests the new ballroom will accommodate, with official estimates ranging from 650 to 1,350 people. Once Trump has flattened the old East Wing, he has toyed with naming the $300 million new venue after himself.
Though the plans were first announced months ago, backlash to the actual start of construction has been swift. Critics, l ike MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough , have lamented what they describe as the president treating the physical structure of the nation’s highest office as if it was his own personal backyard.
“To take literally a wrecking ball to the White House… it’s grotesque, just grotesque!” the Morning Joe host said Tuesday. “It’s not yours! You rent it from the American people for four years.”
Everyone must behave (or they might suffer the consequences).
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Construction on Donald Trump’s controversial new White House addition is off to a disastrous start if his model of the glitzy East Wing ballroom is anything to go by.
Trump has done more to damage The White House than the Brits who set it on fire in 1814.
The Brits defending Canada?
Ever heard of the Battle of Stoney Creek? Prepare yourself for Camp David to become Camp Donald. LOL
A disastrous start for a disastrous President. It's been 1 disaster after another.
Plans shared by the MAGA administration suggest “a hurried process,” the New York Times reports , noting that a miniature mock-up of the 90,000 square foot annex, proudly unveiled to the press Wednesday, featured some truly bizarre architectural features.
These include a staircase leading up from the South Lawn directly into a brick wall, and at least two woefully misaligned windows that appear to open out onto one another.
If that image at the top of the article is accurate, Trump is so damaging the image of The White House, and how it has been respected around the world due to his making it a source of ridicule.
I'm not sure...I think the size comparison is accurate, but the new building might not be right next to the existing White House, but rather a short distance away?
If it's a distance away, why did they need to demolish the East Wing?
“To take literally a wrecking ball to the White House… it’s grotesque, just grotesque!” the Morning Joe host said Tuesday. “It’s not yours! You rent it from the American people for four years.”
Others have compared the Trump administration’s work on the building, which the president had previously promised would leave the existing structures untouched, to ISIS’s desecration of historic sites and artifacts during the terrorist group’s brutal reign across parts of Syria and Iraq.
Trump has more than 3 years to destroy much more of America's image around the world. I've said before that he might change the face of Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial to be his own. Thank heaven there isn't room on Mount Rushmore for another head.
The portrait of JFK in The White House must have been a harbinger of what The White House was going to experience down the road - he must have forseen what was going to happen to it (and, sadly, to himself).
IMO that portrait of JFK is pretty terrible . . . yuk!
(Not only is it unflattering, but it really doesn't look like him)
The portrait is very different than most such portraits, and IMO it displays sadness, perhaps regret, which is very much in keeping with his misfortune, and as well, with what Trump is doing to JFK's last home.
Near the beginning of the movie The American President, President Andrew Sheppard (Michael Douglas) says this to Sydney Ellen Wade (Annette Bening) in the Oval Office
SHEPHERD Did you know that when the City Planners sat down to design Washington, D.C., their intention was to build a city that would intimidate and humble foreign heads of state? It's true. SYDNEY I didn't know that. SHEPHERD The White House has the single greatest home court advantage in the modern world.Maybe it DID have the single greatest home court advantage in the modern world, but you now know who is making it (besides himself) the laughing stock of the world.
The picture is inaccurate, the ballroom should be on the right side of the building in the photo. Also, it will not butt up against the White House , but will be separate from the same way the East Wing was, by an enclosed walkway between the White House and the ballroom
So the ballroom will be appx 35 yards from the white house, or the distance of an extra point in in nfl game. In other words not very far at all.
The fact that there are inconsistencies and errors in the plans is disconcerting, making it more likely the whole thing is a boondoggle intended to enrich Trump.
The plans really are a mess.
(It makes me wonder-- maybe they hired the firm that did such a wonderful job in designing the security features of the Louve . . .?)
Trump is once again suggesting he is going to rename the Kennedy Center after himself. He said that either this morning or yesterday.
LOL. Why does that not surprise me?
Does that mean that Trump is a big fan of the Kennedys?
This is a photo of the ballroom at Maralago.
It bears a remarkable similarity to the renderings of the new ballroom at the White House.
I suppose its supposed to be "elegant", but IMO the chairs are a bit tacky-- they could've chosen nicer chairs!
Fortunately Noah finished his 'hobby' before Donald's deluge of shlock-'n-awe.
Trump is just making this up as he goes. None of the renderings or models mean anything. Just another piece of shoddy work by a shady New York property developer.
What kind of American would destroy such an important piece of American history and heritage?
A quote from the movie Contact :
"The first rule of government spending: why build one when you can have two at twice the price?"
at least there is symmetry with two
Kinda looks like an alien spacecraft landed there and took over. Apropos. Come to think of it, Trump is A Pro POS.
What's the second one for? A baskeball court?
It’s a hall that is explicitly for teen beauty pageants, with a connected massage parlor.
So where is Jeffrey Epstein when Trump really needs him?
that he is.
I doubt wannabe gangster trump will be hanging around DC much when they start pouring all that concrete.
And that quote was said by Mr. Hadden, who bankrolled Dr. Ellie Arroway and asked her if she would like to take a ride. Really liked that movie and watched it again recently.
It's the resting place for the Epstein files. That's why Johnson won't call Republicans back from recess. They need time to bury them, literally.
The flawed renderings look like AI instead of actual architect renderings. A staircase to nowhere, odd corner with windows overlapping, it's a mess.