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Of course he didn't have to, but he wanted another headline to flood the zone and distract from the Trumpstein Files.
Didn't have to send troops to arrest citizens either; just wanted to.
Didn’t have to rape Jane Doe. Just wanted to.
Trump also addressed reports that demolition has not gone over well with a notable group: first ladies
No shit, Sherlock. The majority of people don't like you.
Next admin - if there's a next admin - should tear it down again, but don't build anything in its place. Just leave it as rubble.
One thing this country could use is a visibly obvious scar to prevent us from forgetting the unfathomable damage that can be done to ourselves when we give power to someone like Trump.
The next admin should tear it down because it is probably filled with foreign listening devices
That's a bingo! The United States is probably 90% exposed. All of their deepest secrets are completely compromised. I mean we have a Russian asset as the president, Russian asset as the DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE, classified documents all over the place because of the extreme incompetence of this administration, and a million other fully exposed positions.
It's to the point where I really don't know what to do about it other than shrug. There is nothing that could meaningfully change it at this point. It's insanity.
it'll take decades to clear out all the bugs, literal and electronic.
Have you considered using fire?
wise man say idiot who burns down house to kill bugs still burn down house.
in this case, might be the only option really
Tear it back down, prosecute everyone involved in this resign if terror, and dedicate the space to being a museum detailing their crimes and punishment
I was thinking, build a new, brutalist, mainly underground executive complex and turn the white house into a museum. The ballroom houses an exhibit on the warning signs of oppression and fascism.
I just hope all the lawsuits happen before he dies. But I'll settle for dragging his bloated corpse to court.
But I'll settle for dragging his bloated corpse to court.
I can't imagine him smelling worse or being any less useful, so it should be allowed.
I'm sure he'll shit himself less when he's dead
Lawsuits are dead in the water. It's official acts and presidents are immune for all official acts as of 2024.
Laws change. We just gotta change the Supreme Court.
Many of them would fall out of statute of limitations by then.
If he can't be punished in life there's always damnatio memoriae.
Appropriate his presidencies to "not worth mentioning" and make that the official way for the government to refer to him. Seize his assets and remove his name from everything associated with him. It might not be necessary to ban mentioning him; he'd already throw a fit if he knew that the United States have officially decided to not remember him.
Mmm... Formosus.
Go all Cadaver Synod on him?
That's just a miniature example of his complete lack of give-a-fuck about anything but his personal desires. People are shocked that he doesn't respect history or anything that means something to others? Just wait.
He would have to know history to respect it. He simply is also ignorant.
There is no coming back from this.
Its just a building, I am more concerned about the destruction of human rights.
It's symbolic. Apparently saying the quiet part out loud isn't enough anymore, now they're performing metaphors to make it really sink in
The destruction of the east wing is the pointless and haphazard destruction done to the government. The great Gatsby party was a feast celebrating people starving. A ballroom bigger than the white house is promise the president will keep the rich having fun first and foremost
The building itself doesn't matter... But the kind of president that would destroy a national monument just cause is the kind of president that doesn't care about our country, let alone human rights
Why not both?
Because I don't hold them equally valuable.
I meant this as in the direction of the United States.
so if someone destroyed part of your garage you're cool with it?
I mean, it's not like you live in it.
My garage is detached and has been leaning at a 20 degree angle since I bought the house, they would be doing me a favor. I get your point, I am not happy about it either but it comes no where close to important as people being literally disappeared right now.
I'll take some of that action. This is easy cult money.
Looooool critical support