Honestly, the white house is a living structure. Its been constantly renovated as long as its stood in order to meet the changing needs of running a country. Its what happens with most old structures, additions get made, more damaged or outdated sections get replaced, and ultimately the structure changes over time.
It also makes for some brilliant imagery of what Trump is doing to the country and he knows it. He’s both literally and figuratively tearing down and replacing the seat of power, in ways that will be technically difficult, expensive and time consuming to restore or replace. And like any structure that gets a poorly conceived modification, his changes to the country won’t be torn down and reverted to their earlier state, they’ll most likely be dressed up, the most egregious flaws will be reworked, and some of Trumps changes will remain for a long time without update. Ideally all of Trumps changes will be torn down and a completely new structure will replace them, but that’s ambitious, expensive and disruptive, plus if the wrong architect does so the entire structure can be far worse than it started.
Might as well go back to the 1812 method of renovating at this point.
Probably less insulting to the concept of the USA than whatever the fuck this is.
I think the next president should tear down and start from scratch. Eho nlknows what kind of bugs that traitor has let his foreign ‘pals’ put wherever.
Honestly my biggest issue with this is that it seems to be a pretty clear sign (in addition to the other blatantly obvious signs like various public comments, selling Trump 2028 gear on his website, etc) that he has no intention of ever leaving the White House, term limits be damned. He’s just not the type of person to do major work like that if he’s expecting to move out and no longer be able to enjoy it himself in a few years.
Great, let’s tear down a well-preserved historic building in pristine condition for no absolute reason at all!
Honestly, the white house is a living structure. Its been constantly renovated as long as its stood in order to meet the changing needs of running a country. Its what happens with most old structures, additions get made, more damaged or outdated sections get replaced, and ultimately the structure changes over time.
It also makes for some brilliant imagery of what Trump is doing to the country and he knows it. He’s both literally and figuratively tearing down and replacing the seat of power, in ways that will be technically difficult, expensive and time consuming to restore or replace. And like any structure that gets a poorly conceived modification, his changes to the country won’t be torn down and reverted to their earlier state, they’ll most likely be dressed up, the most egregious flaws will be reworked, and some of Trumps changes will remain for a long time without update. Ideally all of Trumps changes will be torn down and a completely new structure will replace them, but that’s ambitious, expensive and disruptive, plus if the wrong architect does so the entire structure can be far worse than it started.
That’s actually a well put metaphor.
But God help you if you want to remove a statue honoring a Confederate general
Might as well go back to the 1812 method of renovating at this point.
Probably less insulting to the concept of the USA than whatever the fuck this is.
I think the next president should tear down and start from scratch. Eho nlknows what kind of bugs that traitor has let his foreign ‘pals’ put wherever.
I didn’t think about that. Given how lax their opsec is that is a very possibility.
Typical urban real estate mogul behavior.
old growth forest: *exists*
property developer: we got some undeveloped land here! let’s pave it up, might make money having a parking lot.
The east wing was built in like 1902. It’s historic but it’s not super duper old and was rebuilt in the 40s to hide a bunker under it.
Still is historic and well-preserved.
Aside from 80 years of constant renovation sure.
ngl I don’t care about some old building but kind of want a society where thats the biggest problem
I’m with you, the issue is doing it on a whim with no plan to the people’s property as he treats it like his own including his pathetic walk of fame.
Was historic.
Honestly my biggest issue with this is that it seems to be a pretty clear sign (in addition to the other blatantly obvious signs like various public comments, selling Trump 2028 gear on his website, etc) that he has no intention of ever leaving the White House, term limits be damned. He’s just not the type of person to do major work like that if he’s expecting to move out and no longer be able to enjoy it himself in a few years.