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Trump slammed for demolishing White House before Canadians could burn it down again (www.thebeaverton.com)

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US President Donald Trump’s planned White House ballroom, requiring the complete demolition of the historic East Wing, is being criticized by Canadians who will now never get to torch building for a second time since the War of 1812.

“With the way US/Canadian trade negotiations are going, it’s inevitable that we’re going to end up in a place of asymmetric guerrilla warfare,” explained Prime Minister Mark Carney. “We Canadians were definitely looking forward to another crack at burning down their president’s residence – yet another thing that Trump has stolen from us.” [...]

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[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's ok. Seeing as this is Trump we're talking about, the new building will be made by the absolute lowest bidder, who has zero experience building anything larger than a shed. The new building will probably burn way better than the old one.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago

Unfortunately all the painted-plastic fake gold trim will produce a LOT of toxic fumes when it goes up.

[–] The_Helmet_Stays_On@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago

Just less for them to burn. To make up for it they could burn his house

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Canada, there's still time, and the fire suppression system is currently offline.

[–] dumbass@aussie.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago

He's just made it easier for them to get in.