Preservation Group Urges Pause on White House Demolition

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

We respectfully urge the Administration and the National Park Service to pause demolition until plans for the proposed ballroom go through the legally required public review processes, including consultation and review by the National Capital Planning Commission and the Commission of Fine Arts, both of which have authority to review new construction at the White House, and to invite comments from the American people. These processes provide an essential opportunity for transparency and public engagement--values that have guided preservation of the White House under every administration going back to the public competition in 1792 that produced the building's original design. Doing so will help ensure that the project honors the exceptional historic significance of the White House and its grounds and acknowledges the investment that the American people have in the preservation of this beloved place. The National Trust stands ready to assist the White House, the National Park Service, and relevant review agencies in exploring design alternatives and modifications that would accomplish the objectives of the Administration while preserving the historic integrity and symbolism of the People's House."

Posted by retort at 05:00 PM | 165 COMMENTS | permalink

The National Trust for Historic Preservation warned that President Trump's planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom would "overwhelm the White House itself," which spans just 55,000 square feet. https://wapo.st/4hmL8rC [image or embed]
" The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) Oct 22, 2025 at 10:15 AM

The National Trust for Historic Preservation wrote in a letter that Trump's proposed 90,000-square-foot addition would "overwhelm the White House itself -- it is 55,000 square feet -- and may also permanently disrupt the carefully balanced classical design of the White House." https://cnn.it/43vQs6i[image or embed]
-- CNN (@cnn.com) Oct 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM

Comments

Like any Republican cares about this.

#1 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-10-22 11:48 AM

Ha! Good luck with that. King Dotard XIV suffers no review, no question of his actions. Everything and everyone in this country belong to him to do as he pleases.
L'tat, c'est moi

#2 | Posted by TFDNihilist at 2025-10-22 11:49 AM

Trump's Niece Says His Tacky D.C. Arch Makes Her Want to Die of Shame'

www.thedailybeast.com

#3 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-10-22 11:51 AM

"When somebody's the President of the United States, the authority is total, and that's the way it's got to be"
-King Dotard

So sad that no one has the balls to ask him, "Says who?"

#4 | Posted by TFDNihilist at 2025-10-22 11:51 AM

#5 | Posted by TFDNihilist at 2025-10-22 11:51 AM

Sorry America. Trumpy ain't got time for niceties. There will be NO pause on the destruction of the White House and for the ongoing destruction and sell off of American Democratic institutions.

Now just sit back and ...

Enjoy the FAFO.

Greatest Show on Earth.

#6 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-10-22 11:58 AM

Like any Republican cares about this.

#1 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-10-22 11:48 AM | Reply | Flag:

The only thing you remotely care about is that it will forever more have Trump's name and contribution attached to it.

#7 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-10-22 11:58 AM

Girls 13 years of age and younger will get free admission to the-------------'s ballroom.

#8 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-10-22 12:01 PM

The only thing you remotely care about is that it will forever more have Trump's name and contribution attached to it.

#7 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS

Why do you think that Donald Trump will ever be loved enough to let things like his ballroom exist?

When Saddam was toppled, his statues were also.

There is no need to memorialize these long dumps of sh-- Donald is taking on America.

#9 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-22 12:04 PM

Is this the TDS committee? Maybe they should focus on the Obama Library construction. Ugly, over budget and way behind. But you know what? It totally mirrors how Dems run things.

#10 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-10-22 12:04 PM

#10 If a Dem ever takes over the WH they can have another temper tantrum and take it down. But they will use tax payer money to do it.

#11 | Posted by fishpaw at 2025-10-22 12:07 PM

#10 If a Dem ever takes over the WH they can have another temper tantrum and take it down.

#11 | POSTED BY FISHPAW

The next sane person will have this ballroom dismantled. I'd contribute money to the effort.

If he/she wanted to burn it to he ground, I'd pay double.

#12 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-22 12:10 PM

Fishpud, your child-raping hero is destroying the White House just like he's destroying the economy.

#13 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-10-22 12:11 PM

POSTED BY FISHPAW

Should I be grateful, as a Texan, that Donald didn't decide that part of the Alamo is torn down in order to build a ballroom named Trump?

It is interesting how shallow your patriotism is. So shallow that it's easier to believe that you never had any.

#14 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-22 12:13 PM

But they will use tax payer money to do it.

#11 | POSTED BY FISHPAW

You know this how?

I'd gladly contribute to remove any traces of Trumpy from the White House. Except his portrait. All the rest of his junk goes to his library.

Because unfortunately he will always be part of our history now.

They will be teaching young Americans about it forever.

The Great American FAFO.

The only US President to be convicted of Felonies and to be impeached FOUR TIMES!

#15 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-10-22 12:15 PM

The destruction of the White House is the most concrete example of Trump's insanity yet.

Those who applaud the destruction are also insane. Nasty, nasty, and quite insane.

#16 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-22 12:15 PM

It's funny that nobody wanted to preserve the decomposing orange pedo's bankrupt casino.

www.nj.com

#17 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-10-22 12:24 PM

When Cromwell died, he was hated enough that Englishmen dug up his grave and placed his decomposing head on a spike.

Just saying.

#18 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-22 12:27 PM

Well, the American people are a little bit pregnant with the ballroom concept, given that the East Wing of the WH is no longer useable. Der Dotard did it this way so that anyone with a say-so would be faced with the choice of approving the project or having a partially demolished "Peoples House" on their hands.

What I want to know is who is holding the funds for the project? That money, if it exists, should be in the hands of the GSA or the entities which NORMALLY would have responsibility over such affairs.

Just think: if the Epstein Files had been released, we would not be in this mess right now...

#19 | Posted by catdog at 2025-10-22 12:42 PM

breaks my ------- heart

#20 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-10-22 01:06 PM

If any Democrat had done this, the right would be screaming bloody murder. And the thing is, most people on the left wouldn't be happy about it either.

#21 | Posted by Derek_Wildstar at 2025-10-22 01:09 PM

A democratic president wouldn't have done this. They have actual respect for our country

#22 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-10-22 01:19 PM

The ballroom tables will probably come equipped with hidden microphones so that Trumpy can spy on guests to see if they are properly loyal enough. And of course hidden cameras and mics in both bathrooms.

#23 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-10-22 01:22 PM

Tax payer money? Better that than bribes with strings attached. At least we know where the $$ going.

#24 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2025-10-22 01:35 PM

Trump is building a new $200 million ballroom at the White House (July 31, 2025)
abcnews.go.com

... The ballroom addition will be separated from the main building and positioned off the White House East Wing.

"It won't interfere with the current building ... It'll be near it, but not touching it and pays total respect to the existing building, which I'm the biggest fan of. It's my favorite," Trump said. ...

#25 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-22 01:51 PM

@#25 ... pays total respect to the existing building ...

I guess Pres Trump's definition of "respect" is "demolition?"

#26 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-22 01:52 PM

Trump isn't planning on leaving office. It's obvious, which is why the so-called constitutional conservatives here don't get it.

#27 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-10-22 02:00 PM

Like any Republican cares about this.
#1 | Posted by snoofy

Is this the TDS committee? Maybe they should focus on the Obama Library construction.
#10 | Posted by fishpaw

See what I mean?

Trump could level the entire White House, and Republicans would be talking about how the Pacific Palisades isn't 100% rebuilt.

#28 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-10-22 02:03 PM

I guess Pres Trump's definition of "respect" is "demolition?"

He's just acting out because he is enraged about not getting "his" Peace Prize.

#29 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-10-22 02:03 PM

Kind of ironic he's using a Swedish excavator to tear down the White House. Alfred Nobel would be proud.

#30 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-10-22 02:13 PM

See what I mean?
Trumpf could level the entire White House, and Republicans would be talking about how the Pacific Palisades isn't 100% rebuilt.

#28 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-10-22 02:03 PM | Reply | Flag: Why Bother With Trolls?

#31 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-10-22 02:14 PM

After the deplorable "No Kings" Democrat Rally, why not call it the "White Castle"?

#32 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-10-22 02:27 PM

---- off you ignorant ----.

#33 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-10-22 02:34 PM

We still have at least three years of this. How long before Trump bulldozes the National Mall to build a golf course?

#34 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2025-10-22 02:35 PM

After the deplorable "No Kings" Democrat Rally, why not call it the "White Castle"?

#32 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-10-22 02:27 PM | Reply

Trump is exactly like White Castle. Cheap, terrible, and makes you want to crap.

#35 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-10-22 02:37 PM

www.whitecastle.com

#36 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-10-22 02:41 PM

The next sane person will have this ballroom dismantled. I'd contribute money to the effort.
-zed

Why? Why do you want State dinners held in a temporary tent?is to show off how broke America is?x.com

Seems like the design matches the current facility. It's not some modern pile of crap Alexa would like.

#37 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-10-22 02:44 PM

Harry S. Truman gutted the White House in 1948.
Teddy Roosevelt built the West Wing.
FDR built a swimming pool when he added the East Wing.
Obama added a basketball court.
Nixon built a bowling alley.
Last year it is reported the government rented several large tents for large gatherings costing over a $1 million. All of the items were paid by tax dollars
Trump is adding a ballroom paid for by private donations.

Where were they when this was going on?

All you democrats are is a bunch of hypocrites. Your TDS is showing.

You really don't want conservatives to be able to do anything, do you?

Go ---- yourselves.

#38 | Posted by boaz at 2025-10-22 02:48 PM

You're a moron.

Leave the white house alone.

#39 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-10-22 02:48 PM

Why do you want State dinners held in a temporary tent?

They usually hold State Dinners in the State Dining Room in the Executive Residence.

#40 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-10-22 02:49 PM

#39 was intended for Oneironut, but you have it too, boaz.

#41 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-10-22 02:49 PM

He's (Trump) just acting out because he is enraged about not getting "his" Peace Prize.

#29 | POSTED BY REDIAL

Could be true.

Or that this demolition is him bombing the American people with feces after No Kings Day.

Or that he's going through that phase that all dictators go through, to build his way into immortality. Think Saddam's palaces.

#42 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-22 02:49 PM

Go ---- yourselves.

#38 | POSTED BY BOAZ

Trump also plans to build a triumphal arch.

Honoring what triumph exactly, other than his birth, remains a mystery.

That arch is something else that will need tearing down.

The be replaced, perhaps, with a grand F--- Donald Memorial, which will stand for all time.

#43 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-22 02:52 PM

Leave the white house alone.

#39 | Posted by Alexandrite

Why? Just because WE are in office and not you?

#44 | Posted by boaz at 2025-10-22 02:56 PM

Have you seen pictures of the demolition? Go look at it. It's a disgrace.

#45 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-10-22 02:58 PM

Trump destroyed the rose garden.

#46 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-10-22 02:59 PM

WE are in office

#44 | POSTED BY BOAZ

What you mean "WE", Black man?

#47 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-22 02:59 PM

Have you seen pictures of the demolition? Go look at it. It's a disgrace.

#45 | POSTED BY ALEXANDRITE

My wife gasped when she first saw it.

#48 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-22 03:00 PM

Trump destroyed the rose garden.

#46 | POSTED BY ALEXANDRITE

Famous and beloved in this country and around the world. Planted by the wife of an assassinated president.

#49 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-22 03:02 PM

This is sacrilegious to do to the People's House.

#50 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-10-22 03:05 PM

Is this the TDS committee? Maybe they should focus on the Obama Library construction. Ugly, over budget and way behind. But you know what? It totally mirrors how Dems run things.

#10 | Posted by fishpaw

STFU you stupid pile of s*&^.

We have no idea how much Trump is spending because he's constantly violating the Constitutional separation of powers and usurping Congress' power of the purse.

Not to mention he added more to the debt than any other POTUS in his first administration.

So, again, STFU idiot.

#51 | Posted by jpw at 2025-10-22 03:06 PM

Your TDS is showing.

You really don't want conservatives to be able to do anything, do you?

Go ---- yourselves.

#38 | Posted by boaz

You too you worthless mooching piece of s*&^.

TDS is only said by f*&^ing terards.

You're not a victim you giant bleeding p^&&$.

You and your side degrade everything you touch. Now f*&^ off.

#52 | Posted by jpw at 2025-10-22 03:07 PM

What you mean "WE", Black man?

#47 | Posted by Zed

Go ---- yourself racist.

#53 | Posted by boaz at 2025-10-22 03:08 PM

Go ---- yourself racist.

#53 | POSTED BY BOAZ

Trump gave Charlie Kirk the Medal of Freedom.

#54 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-22 03:11 PM

You too you worthless mooching piece of s*&^.
TDS is only said by f*&^ing terards.
You're not a victim you giant bleeding p^&&$.
You and your side degrade everything you touch. Now f*&^ off.

#52 | Posted by jpw at 2025-10-22 03:07 PM | Reply | Flag: Why Bother With Nasty MAGA Trolls?

#55 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-10-22 03:12 PM

This is sacrilegious to do to the People's House.

#50 | Posted by LauraMohr

So upgrades can only happen under progressive administration?

Do you realize how stupid you sound?

#56 | Posted by boaz at 2025-10-22 03:20 PM

Trump destroyed the rose garden.

He has not.

The rose garden is still there.

#57 | Posted by boaz at 2025-10-22 03:22 PM

HE PAVED IT OVER!

#58 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-10-22 03:23 PM

www.npr.org

#59 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-10-22 03:27 PM

So upgrades can only happen under progressive administration?
Do you realize how stupid you sound?

Posted by boaz at 2025-10-22 03:20 PM | Reply

There's a process that must be followed in order to "upgrade" a historic building. It wasn't followed here.

#60 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-10-22 03:43 PM

Those flowers aren't going anywhere. Only the grass was removed. The $1.9 million price tag is being covered by private donations to the Trust for the National Mall, which also paid for the earlier overhaul.

Alexandrite has BEEN CAUGHT IN A LIE.

The roses are not paved over. Only the grass was because it was becoming a soggy mess.

Alexandrite is scum.

#61 | Posted by boaz at 2025-10-22 03:49 PM

Osama Bin Laden flew terrorists into the Trade Center, Vladimir Putin flew Donald Trump into the East wing.

~ Secret Agent Number Six ~

#62 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-10-22 03:52 PM

Give Boaz a break. He's just excited to live in the Slave Quarters that Trump is bringing back, like in the Good Old Days.

#63 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-10-22 03:54 PM

The rose garden is still there.
#57 | Posted by boaz

Sort of.
It's a Rose Patio now.

#64 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-10-22 03:56 PM

I've seen the pictures, boaz. Where are the roses? It's stone and grass now.

Idiot.

#65 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-10-22 03:57 PM

Alexandrite is scum.

#61 | Posted by boaz at 2025-10-22 03:49 PM | Reply | Flag:

You don't even understand the constitution you swore to uphold.

MAGA filth.

#66 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-10-22 03:57 PM

Just going to point out that adding a basketball court or bowling alley in discreet out of the way places is not the same as destroying half of the structure and doubling the square footage of the building

Any honest person who respects our country could see the difference.

#67 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-10-22 03:59 PM

I've seen the pictures, boaz.

#65 | POSTED BY ALEXANDRITE

I've seen the pictures, too.

The "Rose Garden" now looks like Gaza.

Kind of amusing, though, that BOAZ gets upset about roses.

Sounds....Woke.

#68 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-22 04:01 PM

Rose garden before/after
i.e. elegant/tacky

As someone pointed out above

Built by the universally adored first lady of an assassinated president

Just utter disrespect of our country and it's heritage

#69 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-10-22 04:01 PM

www.facebook.com

Forgot the link

#70 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-10-22 04:02 PM

BOAZ---

Don't you ever extract messages of character and psychology from Trump's behavior---

Or do you reflexively accept whatever it is you see him do as being somehow normal?

#71 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-22 04:03 PM

#67 | Posted by truthhurts a

Correction tripling

such ------- disrespect

-------- gilded --------- will be twice the size of the rest of the WH

so ------- disrespectful

------- magat scum

#72 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-10-22 04:04 PM

boaz holds anonymous bloggers to a higher standard of truth than the president he votes for.

you're pathetic to turn a picture of no roses in the rose garden into some kind of lie.

#73 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-10-22 04:05 PM

www.npr.org

#59 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-10-22 03:27 PM | Reply | Flag

Fake news

#74 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-10-22 04:06 PM

Pedo 47 Is Tearing Down the Entire East Wing

politicalwire.com

#75 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-10-22 04:06 PM

pictures are fake! duh der der.

-lefthandturd

#76 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-10-22 04:07 PM

"character and psychology from Trump's behavior"

It's not complicated.
Deplorables like Trump because he's Deplorable.

#77 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-10-22 04:09 PM

Why? Just because WE are in office and not you?

#44 | Posted by boaz

F*&^ off you pathetic sycophantic piece of s*&^.

You're not anything. What will it take for you to realize that?

Jesus Christ you're f*&^ing pathetically stupid.

#78 | Posted by jpw at 2025-10-22 04:11 PM

BTW that's a thoroughly unAmerican view you pathetic sack of s*&^.

#79 | Posted by jpw at 2025-10-22 04:12 PM

pictures are fake! duh der der.

#76 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-10-22 04:07 PM | Reply | Flag

Fake like your outrage. Presidents in history have changed/added - it's not that hard to see. You however have an issue with THIS president doing it. And here's the kicker, It will always be known and the President Donald Trump Ball Room. Dedicated without the use of tax payer's money. It will be forever marked in history books. Children will learn about it in school. Be honest, that's what's giving you the ------- warts about this whole situation.

#80 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-10-22 04:13 PM

LMAO That edit was quick

#81 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-10-22 04:15 PM

The atrocity the decomposing orange child is building will be forever known as the trumpstein ballroom.

#82 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-10-22 04:15 PM

"Dedicated without the use of tax payer's money"

That's what makes it an ethical conflict of interest.
You probably don't know what a conflict of interest is, since you don't have any interests.
And you certainly don't have any ethics. Or think the President should be expected to behave ethically.

#83 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-10-22 04:16 PM

"Presidents in history have changed/added - it's not that hard to see."

How many have demolished a Wing? Enlighten us.

#84 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-10-22 04:17 PM

You however have an issue with THIS president doing it.

Stop trying to tell people what they think.

You can't even figure out what you think, idiot.

The rest of your post is just pathetic cultism.

#85 | Posted by jpw at 2025-10-22 04:18 PM

#83 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-10-22 04:16 PM | Reply | Flag

You know what? You have no place talking to anyone about ethics with your voting record and neither does Alexa.

You're getting a ball room with Trump's name on it. Like it or not, and no one who voted for this administration is going to feel guilty about it. Think of it more like a celebration.

#86 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-10-22 04:23 PM

Stop trying to tell people what they think.

#85 | Posted by jpw at 2025-10-22 04:18 PM | Reply | Flag

Sorry, I forgot that was your responsibility around here, raetard.

#87 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-10-22 04:25 PM

How many have demolished a Wing? Enlighten us.

#84 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-10-22 04:17 PM | Reply | Flag:

It's really not a big deal. It's an upgrade. You gotta break a few eggs to make an omelet.

#88 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-10-22 04:27 PM

It's really not a big deal.

Nothing Trump does is a big deal for you because you are a cultist.

You're a loser who sees Trump's actions irritating liberals and you think that means you're winning.

Your life still sucks.

And now America is failing.

Congratulations?

#89 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-10-22 04:33 PM

By the way, unless Trump is already a king of America, the White House is not his.

#90 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-10-22 04:34 PM

Schooley
@Rschooley

90% of right wing humor is, "Oh, does my behaving like a garbage person TRIGGER you?"

#91 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-10-22 04:34 PM

Fake news
#74 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTURDS AT 2025-10-22 04:06 PM | FLAG: Fake American

No real American could see this and be in support of it.

You Deplorable Trumping MAGAts really HATE America.

#92 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-10-22 04:38 PM

#80 | Posted by lfthndthrd

Adding tacky gold trim to the Oval office is remodeling, tripling the size of the WH to add a ------- ballroom and paving over the rose garden is grossly disrespectful to our shared heritage.

Only a ---- can't see that

#93 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-10-22 04:39 PM

Children will learn about it in school. Be honest, that's what's giving you the ------- warts about this whole situation.

#80 | Posted by lfthndthrds

The future will not be kind to ------- and the magat scum

He WILL go down as the most corrupt president in our history. It is to be seen whether he reigns over the actual collapse of our democracy.

One thing for certain is his grave will smell like piss

#94 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-10-22 04:41 PM

You don't even understand the constitution you swore to uphold.
#66 | POSTED BY ALEXANDRITE

Boaz couldn't care less about America or the constitution.

He only joined the army because he was a high school dropout out with zero options.

Thats why republicans are hell bent on destroying public education.

To help increase enlistment.

#95 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-10-22 04:42 PM

One thing for certain is his (trum's) grave will smell like piss

#94 | POSTED BY TRUTHHURTS

Oh, absolutely.

They'll have to install twenty-four hour surveillance to make sure it doesn't happen.

But Americans, being creative, will still find a way.

#96 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-22 04:43 PM

the White House is not his.

I wonder how many times you called the White House during Obama's term "his house"?

I would guess a lot.

#97 | Posted by boaz at 2025-10-22 04:44 PM

#97 | POSTED BY BOAZ

You don't wonder what American treasure Trump will ruin next?

As jealous as the man is of Washington and Lincoln, I'd look that direction.

#98 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-22 04:53 PM

I wonder how many times you called the White House during Obama's term "his house"?
I would guess a lot.
#97 | POSTED BY BOAZ

Obama?

What the ---- are you talking about Uncle Ruckus?

Trump is literally destroying the White House, the People's House.

Your racist shht filled brain is still upset a Black man became the president of the United States.

Seek therapy stupid.

#99 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-10-22 04:58 PM

The same people who lost their minds over renovations to Cracker Barrel are totally fine with the White House getting bulldozed

~ Brett Meiselas ~

#100 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-10-22 05:01 PM

You know what? You have no place talking to anyone about ethics with your voting record and neither does Alexa.

You voted for a STUPID, fraud, racist, rapist.

Go sit in the corner, potato head.

#101 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-10-22 05:05 PM

Trump could eat a live baby on tv and lefthandturds and boaz would defend it.

C-U-L-T of personality.

#102 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-10-22 05:10 PM

"... until plans for the proposed ballroom go through the legally required..."

Legally required? Since when has that matter to these Fascists in the WH?

(definition of Fascists avail upon request)

#103 | Posted by Corky at 2025-10-22 05:10 PM

Trump is the WORST, most corrupt, most incompetent president in the history of the United States.

In the past 10 months, the Republican Party has done nothing but make life worse for Americans.

In the past 10 months Republicans have alienated and strained relations between America and our allies. Between American and our trade partners.

Now while Americans are out of work, he's busy giving $40 billion to Argentina, building golden ballrooms to the White House and asking for the department of justice to give him $237 million. Because all he cares about is himself

Trump isn't a leader. He doesn't care about America and neither do the people who voted for him

#104 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-10-22 05:11 PM

Just wait about a month or less, when people figure out what they'll be paying in insurance rates next year.

MAGA sucks.

#105 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-10-22 05:13 PM

Just wait about a month or less, when people figure out what they'll be paying in insurance rates next year.
MAGA sucks and swallows.

Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-10-22 05:13 PM

#106 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-10-22 05:45 PM

Flagged funny by lfthndthrds

The sole contribution of this jobless passive-aggressive twit.

#107 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-10-22 05:51 PM

Just checking in to see if the Lincoln Memorial is still standing.

#108 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-22 05:52 PM

Good lord. Nothing that made America great actually matters to these MAGA fools.

#109 | Posted by cbob at 2025-10-22 06:54 PM

Just checking in to see if the Lincoln Memorial is still standing.

#108 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-22 05:52 PM | Reply | Flag:

It is, but word on the street is the basketball court is next on the hit list.

#110 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-10-22 07:05 PM

the basketball court is next on the hit list.

#110 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-10-22 07:05 PM | Reply

Makes sense. Trump only dribbles when he's in the dressing room of teenage girls at one of his pageants.

#111 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-10-22 07:15 PM

The sole contribution of this jobless passive-aggressive twit.

#107 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-10-22 05:51 PM | Reply | Flag:

I accomplish more on my worst days than you do on your best. And again it's not passive-asgressive.. You fckkers crack me up with the drama.

#112 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-10-22 07:17 PM

No way do you have a job your dad or cousin didn't get you, trust funder.

#113 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-10-22 07:18 PM

#112

You're a nothing, a nobody, a never-was.
That's all.

#114 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-10-22 07:21 PM

Makes sense. Trump only dribbles when he's in the dressing room of teenage girls at one of his pageants.

#111 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-10-22 07:15 PM | Reply | Flag:

That's what you resort to when you have nothing. The left will always be remembered for their era when everyone they couldn't out maneuver was either a Nazi or a pedo to them. It's childish, lame and a big reason why you clowns are parked at a 19% approval rating.

#115 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-10-22 07:23 PM

You're a nothing, a nobody, a never-was.
That's all.

#114 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-10-22 07:21 PM | Reply | Flag

Bless your heart. Don't you know some you could encourage to kill themselves. This conversation may be too big for you.

#116 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-10-22 07:25 PM

Trump is a pedophile. you voted for that.

#117 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-10-22 07:26 PM

Where's the decomposing------------------- going to put the Slovenian skank's stripper poles?

#118 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-10-22 07:27 PM

Where's the decomposing------------------- going to put the Slovenian skank's stripper poles?

#118 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-10-22 07:27 PM | Reply | Flag:

If it goes in your @$$ you'll know where it's at.

#119 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-10-22 07:31 PM

@#25 ... The ballroom addition will be separated from the main building and positioned off the White House East Wing. "It won't interfere with the current building ... It'll be near it, but not touching it and pays total respect to the existing building, which I'm the biggest fan of. It's my favorite," Trump said. ...

White House's entire East Wing to be demolished 'within days,' officials sa
www.nbcnews.com

... The entire East Wing of the White House will be demolished "within days," according to two Trump administration officials.

The demolition is a significant expansion of the ballroom construction project from what President Donald Trump said this summer.

"It won't interfere with the current building," Trump said on July 31. "It'll be near it, but not touching it, and pays total respect to the existing building, which I'm the biggest fan of."

The New York Times first reported the extent of the demolition.

A White House official told NBC News the "entirety" of the East Wing would eventually be "modernized and rebuilt" while acknowledging the process is fluid.

"The scope and the size of the ballroom project have always been subject to vary as the process develops," the official told NBC News. ...

#120 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-22 07:31 PM

@#120 ... while acknowledging the process is fluid. ...

So, no plan?

#121 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-22 07:33 PM

Trump being in the epstein files is all you libs have got!

-lefthandturds

LOL

#122 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-10-22 07:34 PM

119 | POSTED BY LUVSORANGETURDS

Your ass is full of your burly sister's fists.

#123 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-10-22 07:34 PM

Trump being in the epstein files is all you libs have got!

Turds supports pedophilia.

Mostly due to the fact his dad raped his ----- sister to teach her how to take a dick.

#124 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-10-22 07:41 PM

that's ------ up, clown.

#125 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-10-22 07:42 PM

Agreed.

#126 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-10-22 07:44 PM

Accurate, however......

#127 | Posted by Corky at 2025-10-22 07:48 PM

No wonder he sees pedo 47 as his daddy.

#128 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-10-22 08:00 PM

Things Republicans don't care about:

Trump scamming Americans with cryptocurrency.

Trump cutting funds to help feed the poor.

Trump destroying trade relations with other countries causing farmers to fail.

Trump spending hundreds of millions on golfing.

Trump spending hundreds of millions on parades for himself.

Trump handing himself a tax cut.

Trump openly accepting bribes from China and Qatar.

Trump killing innocent people in international waters.

Trump's ICE arresting and detaining American citizens.

Trump's ICE deporting American citizens.

Trump sending $40 billion to Javier Milei to interfere in Argentina's elections.

Trump demanding the DOJ give him $237 million to pay for his legal fees.

Trump demanding red states gerrymander the districts to eliminate all democratic representatives.

Trump being in the Epstein files.

Trump having been found guilty of sexual assault, aka rape.

Trump demolishing the White House.

#129 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-10-22 08:12 PM

Obama changed the paint on the tennis court and added a couple of hoops. He didn't "build a basketball court."

Dementia Donald is building a ballroom that is almost twice as big as the White House. Nobody wants a ballroom in the White House, it's the brain-worm-child of the demented pedo, who has chosen the destruction of an historical landmark in a time when he can't even keep the government open.

You conservitaurds are something else.

#130 | Posted by chuffy at 2025-10-22 08:24 PM

@#130 ... who has chosen the destruction of an historical landmark in a time when he can't even keep the government open. ...

Yup.

#131 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-22 08:38 PM

everyone they couldn't out maneuver was either a Nazi or a pedo
#115 | Posted by lfthndthrds

The track record is pretty solid.
Starting with President Trump, who is both.

I think it's fair to judge a man by the company he keeps.

You do too, and you're okay with a pedo President whose only friend was Epstein.

#132 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-10-22 09:01 PM

Who here thinks he'll stop "renovating" after adding the ballroom to his palace?

#133 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-10-22 09:03 PM

Don't you know some you could encourage to kill themselves. This conversation may be too big for you.
#116 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Purebloods Prefer Ivermectin.
--Herman Cain, probably

#134 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-10-22 09:04 PM

I accomplish more on my worst days than you do on your best.
#112 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Are you gesturing towards a Buc-ee's when you make this claim?
What in this life do you think you've accomplished?
You don't have an answer.

#135 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-10-22 09:09 PM

This is no different than when Reagan removed Jimmy Farmer's solar panels from the roof.
--Republicans

#136 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-10-22 09:10 PM

Mostly due to the fact his dad raped his ----- sister to teach her how to take a dick.

#124 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-10-22 07:41 PM | Reply | Flag

You have some sick fantasies...LOL But in reality, the ---- your Iranian dad did to you when he found out you were gay probably inspired you. So I'm not hatin' on you.

#137 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-10-22 09:13 PM

It's also fair to judge a man by the constant homoerotic insults he fabulously makes.

#138 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-10-22 09:21 PM

"Mostly due to the fact his dad raped his ----- sister to teach her how to take a dick."

#139 | Posted by eberly at 2025-10-22 09:24 PM

@#133 ... Who here thinks he'll stop "renovating" after adding the ballroom to his palace? ...

Good question.

My answer: I have my doubts.

#140 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-22 09:39 PM

Leave it to Trump to ruin a national residence.

I'm sure it will look gaudy because, well, that's Trump.

But know what would be actually funny? The next Dem president should shrink it down and remodel the entire ballroom......I know that's what I would do.

Would kill Trump.

#141 | Posted by brass30 at 2025-10-22 09:41 PM

He WILL go down as the most corrupt president in our history.

People are going to do studies and documentaries on how it actually was allowed to happen.

#142 | Posted by brass30 at 2025-10-22 09:43 PM

What's going to be funny is when the Demolition Company tries to get paid.

#143 | Posted by Corky at 2025-10-22 09:48 PM

143

My daughter's company is the engineer for this project. Not her project or department but I would laugh if they don't get paid.

#144 | Posted by eberly at 2025-10-22 09:56 PM

No one would be surprised if they don't... as the Mob Boss, his favor is payment enough for one's loyalty; meaning not asking him to pay.

#145 | Posted by Corky at 2025-10-22 10:35 PM

My daughter's company is the engineer for this project.

She owns the company?

#146 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-10-22 10:45 PM

If it goes in your @$$ you'll know where it's at.

#119 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS AT 2025-10-22 07:31 PM | REPLY

Of course, you read the word pole and the first thing you think is "up my a%^.

#147 | Posted by jpw at 2025-10-22 10:49 PM

146

Oh no. I should have said her employer.

#148 | Posted by eberly at 2025-10-22 10:49 PM

I should have said her employer.

This is good... she will probably get paid.

#149 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-10-22 10:53 PM

@#141 ... Leave it to Trump to ruin a national residence. ...

Yeah. Pres Trump seems to think the White House is his property.

What he forgets is that the White House is the People's property.

His unilateral bypassing of the People is not a good thing.

#150 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-10-22 11:08 PM

Pres Trump seems to think the White House is his property.

It pretty much is. He's turning it into a gaudy casino and no one can stop him.

His unilateral bypassing of the People is not a good thing.

His authority is total. It has to be.

#151 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-10-22 11:14 PM

Go ---- yourself racist.
#53 | POSTED BY BOAZ

Lol, you voted for a man who made racism great again. Expect the n-word, and I don't mean nuclear, and back of the bus seating.

Get used to feeling what your great grandparents were feeling, soon enough.

Maybe Trump's underlings can find out who your original owners were and send you back to work for them. Like a pardon for the south and making the slave owners' ancestors whole again.

#152 | Posted by dibblda at 2025-10-23 12:08 AM

@mamasissiesays

Many don't realize the East Wing symbolizes the work of our First Ladies - both because the offices of First Ladies & staffers are located there, and because First Ladies have historically conducted social duties via this entrance - their portraits align the lobby.

In a very meaningful way, Donald Trump is erasing the work and the space that has been painstakingly carved out for women both at the White House, and throughout this country.

#153 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-10-23 02:33 AM

Sooooooooo... is anyone amazed at how easy it was for Putin to blow up the White House without launching a single missile?

#154 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2025-10-23 08:51 AM

There's a through-line between Donald burying his ex-wife on a gold course and Donald tearing down a national treasure in the White House.

It's an insane patter, and as a pattern it will repeat.

He's bound to start threatening nuclear strikes, for instance. The appeal to his insatiable megalomania is irrestible.

#155 | Posted by Zed at 2025-10-23 09:30 AM

Preservation Group Urges Pause on White House Demolition

Too late for that! The next democrat to be elected president should either tear it down or set aside a large portion of it for the Smithsonian to be used as a museum featuring DEI, Woke, LGBTQ+, Immigration, CRT, etc. artifacts.

#156 | Posted by FedUpWithPols at 2025-10-23 10:04 AM

#38 | Posted by boaz

And how many of those renovation projects happened without going through proper channels first? Trump completely ignored the process to destroy part of an historical building that belongs to ALL of us. No review whatsoever. ...Just like a King would do.

#157 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2025-10-23 12:45 PM

It's actually in such bad taste to build a structure that will actually be bigger than the residence itself.

Looks really bad w/ Trump talking about it everyday, getting money from doners while fed workers aren't getting paid.

Bad, bad look from all ends.

#158 | Posted by brass30 at 2025-10-23 03:25 PM

Definitely unsettling images.

And I'd find it equally unsettling if a dem was in office. Rtardnation would flip the eff out.

Trump said he wouldn't touch it, and he demolished an entire wing. Now that he's said he'll only demolish a single wing, what will he tear down next?

We can't believe what he says, as his lie about "not touching it" clearly demonstrates.

#159 | Posted by horstngraben at 2025-10-23 03:32 PM

too damn late for that. Trump just destroyed a big part of our national history, the sorry bass tehrd.

#160 | Posted by e1g1 at 2025-10-24 10:56 AM

GOOGLE AI Overview:
Every president since the White House's construction has made some changes, with some presidents initiating major renovations while others have made smaller, more personal additions. Notable examples of presidents who oversaw significant structural or functional changes include Harry S. Truman, who rebuilt the interior, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, who expanded the West Wing and created the Oval Office in its current location.

Replacing the inadequate 200 seating ballroom to one with seating for 400 is a good move an then will not have to seat people under tents like obama had to do which IMO is embarrassing for our country IMO.

#161 | Posted by MSgt at 2025-10-24 11:29 AM

How many of you libbies were up in arms when obama did this:
i.imgur.com

#162 | Posted by MSgt at 2025-10-24 11:37 AM

How many of you libbies were up in arms when obama did this:

Obama did that in 1948?

#163 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-10-24 11:52 AM

like obama had to do which IMO is embarrassing for our country IMO.

#161 | Posted by MSgt

A trumper acting like someone else is an embarrassment to our country.

F*&^ off, idiot.

#164 | Posted by jpw at 2025-10-24 12:29 PM

Some people are incredibly gullible.