I think they would be better putting the whole thing under a Bigtop with the way things are.
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It's going to be so satisfying to see it torn back down
It is so fucking ugly and going to dwarf the rest of the white house. It will have to be torn down.
My guess is that it will only be partially completed by 2028 and will then be re-purposed into office spaces or something.
It's an architect's nightmare. Fr, they're going to have to fix it. It's the symbol of America. They might do other things, but keeping it as is, is not really an option.
"It's the symbol of America" applies to whatever Trump builds, too.
Usually, countries don't keep their shame on display.
Assuming it doesn't have to be torn down simply due to the shoddy construction that resulted from Trump skimming as much money off of the project as possible, leaving only dregs for the actual contractors.
Funny to assume he'll pay his contractors.
It's not a ballroom project, that's just the cover. The real project is a nuclear hardened underground command and control datacenter. The same guy who lead the Pentagon hardening projects after 9/11 (Shalom Baranes) was chosen as the designer, and the contractor specializes in classified datacenter projects.
https://thedreydossier.substack.com/p/trump-isnt-building-a-ballroom
What we have instead: classified telecommunications networks, data center cooling systems, electromagnetically shielded rooms, and 100-megawatt generators. Classic ballroom essentials.
The PEOC (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Emergency_Operations_Center)has existed under the East Wing since WWII.
I'm sure they'll do work on it (especially if Trump can get a kickback for giving the contract to a corrupt contractor) but it isn't a new addition.
Understood. The original PEOC was build with 1940s tech, and has surely been upgraded along the way. But this project is not about a ballroom.
When the initial ballroom news was spread, Trump bragged about hiring a prominent classical architect, James McCrery, known for designing large cathedrals and civic sites. Then after everyone ate up the ballroom story, he was fired and replaced with a bomb-shelter designer.
The budget and specifications involved with this project just happen to match those of deep underground military data centers recently built in Israel. These sister sites host military AI programs, like the Palentir software that chooses who gets drone striked.
The DC power grid capacity is being increased 500% and additional $300 million is being invested into DC water infrastructure, all for a "ballroom".
Project funding is coming from private donations, bypassing Congressional oversight. Caterpillar, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Palantir, and Blackstone are all major contributors, some outright donating data center power and cooling hardware in addition to funding.
No, I don't believe this is a ballroom project with some side renovations to an existing emergency shelter. This is a privately funded military AI datacenter, using the ballroom demolition as cover for the excavations necessary to bury it under the White House.
And guess who's paying for that bullshit.
I can't wait for this nightmare to be over and we have to bulldoze the fucking White House to remove the stench of that nasty pedo rapist felon...
We're paying for the general infrastructure upgrades around the DC area to support the 400-million-dollar military AI datacenter. But ultimately, this project under the ballroom is being privately financed by the likes of Microsoft, Google, and Palentir, whom will surely want some influence over how it is used.
https://thedreydossier.substack.com/p/trump-isnt-building-a-ballroom
Trump-appointed panel approves Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Ballroom project.
Whats really annoying is if we get through this the next pres will have to massively fire these sycophants and get professionals back in and the republicans are going to be. See its all the same they did just like us. Ugh the republicans in my state are blaming the economy on the govenor. eff the right off.