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    7 days ago

    Remember that scene in Inglorious Basterds where they lock the cinema full of Nazi officers and set it on fire?

    Cool scene, just thought I’d bring it up.

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    Wouldn’t it make a good court room for a Nuremberg-style trial to hold the current Junta responsible for their crimes and treason? And remember: “I was just following orders” is not a valid excuse!

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    We could probably take the ballroom apart very carefully and use the materials to rebuild the east wing but, once started, we’d discover that trumpy cut corners like hell to line his pockets even more and the ballroom is just a pig shell of nothingness, but with golden lipstick.

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      Nobody is going to rebuild the east wing. Americans don’t want it torn down, but I’m sure most of us also don’t want our money spent rebuilding it

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    Bold of you to assume they ever plan on leaving. He’s already handing out Trump 2028 hats and Bannon is just doing media interviews telling everyone he isn’t leaving.

    You don’t tear down an entire wing from one of the most (symbolically) important buildings in the country just to throw parties for a couple years and then leave.

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    I’m not convinced it’s going to survive the civil war that is required to get Trump and his cronies out of power.

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      Especially because there’s a bunker underneath.

      I’m willing to bet this is all about modernising the bunker, not the east wing.

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        “Modernizing” being euphemism for planting lots of listening devices for his friends in Russia paying customers.

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        It’s not tacky or gold-covered enough for Trump’s tastes. He needs that shitty dollar store-baroque style to feel at ease.

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    A tourist attraction, an unhallowed mausoleum to store Trump’s rotting corpse where people can walk by & spit on it or throw tomatoes at it or pour gasoline & matches on it or whatever.

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      demolished is the only answer.

      it won’t be built to code. shortcuts will be taken as everybody looks to score some free cash along the way.

      no one will know what ‘extra’ items were planted during its reconstruction. even more significant if the security bunkers underneath the demolished east wing are also rebuilt.