@futurebird I dunno, seems like he started by developing new buildings and slapping his name on them, then he went to buying existing buildings and slapping his name on them, then to just letting other people slap his name on their own buildings...which makes me feel like it was never about the buildings as much as just about having his name all over a bunch of big shit.

He just wants the majority of the White House to forever be known as the Trump Ballroom. Lincoln Bedroom? How cute. Just one teeeny little room!

@moira @robotistry @waitworry

I think you are underestimating how ugly "plantation bunker" really is.

I mean... I'll take the bank.

@futurebird @robotistry @waitworry "But if we need to tear the wing down again we can." This is what I've been thinking, too. The original East Wing replaced stuff that had been there, and this monstrosity can be replaced, as well.

@mfennvt @futurebird @robotistry @waitworry Yeah, Nixon removed the Johnson cleaning station.

@robotistry

It could be that in some happy future we write "Nearly everything that occurred during the Trump presidency was a disaster, except for the White House renovation."

Is it very likely? I give it a chance.

I also understand that he has not earned the trust to do this, so if people find it upsetting that is very reasonable.

(And I really do think that building was ugly and dysfunctional.)

@rubinjoni @mfennvt @robotistry @waitworry

The WHAT?

@futurebird @mfennvt @robotistry @waitworry It wasn't just a plain old bidet, it was a full omnidirectional shower installed by pres. Lindon Johnson. Which led to a lot of puns in another thread, so I'm spreading the good word.

@futurebird @robotistry @waitworry Eh, maybe. I associate Bank Classical with _fascist_ Classical real hard, so that's got to be an influence. And they're definitely doing the Hitlerian version of Bank Classical in the renders, so.

@futurebird @robotistry @waitworry (honestly this is all just emotional reaction to the shitstorm we're in, really. in a less... psychotic... environment I'd maybe feel differently. But, well, here we are. )

@robotistry

It could be that in some happy future we write "Nearly everything that occurred during the Trump presidency was a disaster, except for the White House renovation."

Is it very likely? I give it a chance.

I also understand that he has not earned the trust to do this, so if people find it upsetting that is very reasonable.

(And I really do think that building was ugly and dysfunctional.)

@futurebird @robotistry Depends upon how much asbestos has been released by the demolition, and how many lawsuits end up being filed.

@futurebird @robotistry @waitworry (I also keep thinking of that fucking "arc de trump" shit and how much bigger it is than the lincoln memorial and that makes me want to start fires.)

@futurebird @mfennvt @robotistry @waitworry https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2015/03/ldb-white-house-shower

@rubinjoni @futurebird @mfennvt @robotistry @waitworry he really liked when wumbo got special attention

Wild that a dude who came to power following an assassination would piss on his security detail

@cykonot @rubinjoni @mfennvt @robotistry @waitworry

Please tell me it didn't have a name.

@futurebird @rubinjoni @mfennvt @robotistry @waitworry it was wumbo lmao

@moira @robotistry @waitworry

Someone 3D printed that little nazi trinket for him and he was showing it to everyone ... I think he's given up on it? I hope?

@futurebird @robotistry @waitworry I just saw him waving it around (again?) like... yesterday. But I didn't check to confirm it was fresh that day, maybe it was old.

@futurebird I recognise that I don't get a say since it's not my country, but I've been feeling the exact same way. Unless there's a tradition that presidents must never change the white house then I can't get animated about this.

Over here in Britain, there was a scandal about Boris Johnson redecorating No.10. I didn't like the man, but couldn't give a shit.

The real scandal, I guess, is that Johnson & Trump have taken money from donors to pay for it
@robotistry

I think it’s more about the fact that he’s a real estate developer. The one thing that he actually knows is how to do is a real estate project: he has actual experience, knows the process end to end. It’s probably very comforting for him to work on something where he’s not out of his depth.

(for this reason the only thing I don’t worry about with this clown show is the white house construction)