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    I cannot imagine the outrage if Biden had done this. There’d be actual violence from magats. It would be the only thing on all news radio and tv 24/7

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    Surebound the bastard still has some weight with the mobsters, who are likely to get his monument built.

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    In July, the ballroom was going to cost 200 million.

    In September, he said 250 million.

    In October, the cost became 300 million.

    SNAP food benefits cost 100 billion for the entire fiscal year of 2024. However, due to the government shut down (because they cannot agree on health care btw; give you two guesses who want to take it away), SNAP benefits will not be paid out to hungry families for November.

    A small skyscraper can be built for 300 million. This is a ballroom.

    Americans, you’re not angry enough.

    Edited to add: Forgot to add! He has given the go ahead on this project without the proper permits being approved.

    He is also going to seek 250 million from DOJ for them investigating him. That’s taxpayer dollars, to be clear

    Edited to correct 100 million to 100 billion.

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    The East Wing, where first ladies created history, planned state dinners and promoted causes, is now history itself. The two-story structure of drawing rooms and offices, including workspace for first ladies and their staffs, has been turned into rubble,

    Of course he demolished the part of the White House that was traditionally used by women.

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      Because his wife is useless and doesn’t do anything with the space I guess the next first lady can just fuck off.

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      14 hours ago

      Any other scenario where one-third of the White House is destroyed is called a terrorist attack.

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        Feel free to call it as such.

        It’s not that far from the definition considering how USAians view their national symbols - while not eliciting terror per se, reshaping such a thing is def a show of power to the plebs.

        A bit like how they carved them randos heads in a holy mountain.

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    Didn’t know it was that easy to just demolish a historical building. And not only a historical buidling, but the symbolic seat of power of a nation.

    Is he gonna tear down the Lincoln statue next and replace it with his own?

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      I had thought the thing had been reinforced such that it would take longer but no. Hydraulic excavator FTW. Monster machines.

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      I could totally see that happening across the nation. He tears down statues of Union leaders and replaces them with Confederate leaders, but puts a bunch of himself up too “because I’m fixing what the left did to this country’s history”.