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Take a wild guess what Trump's ball room is modeled on? (Original Post) orangecrush Yesterday OP
Putin's fingerprints are on everything Trump does and says. Irish_Dem Yesterday #1
I'm sure it's purely coincidental orangecrush Yesterday #2
Coincidences take a lot of planning. Irish_Dem Yesterday #3
old army saying Hieronymus Phact Yesterday #17
Its a true saying orangecrush Yesterday #30
Bingo. Irish_Dem Yesterday #32
The three parts of Ian Fleming's Goldfinger PCIntern Yesterday #33
Makes sense. calimary Yesterday #54
It isn't homegirl 19 hrs ago #67
May his life become even less enjoyable with every new day EYESORE 9001 Yesterday #16
Putin knows the American people are unlikley to rise up against fascism Irish_Dem Yesterday #34
More like "footprints," evolves Yesterday #29
Perhaps he wants to share a pure cane sugar Diet Coke and big Mac with Pootie in the ballroom. Magoo48 Yesterday #61
This would be quite fitting. Irish_Dem Yesterday #62
Parcon the crudity Jilly_in_VA Yesterday #4
Just like all the gold shit he put up in the Oval Office. GoCubsGo Yesterday #5
Hideous and very distracting dixiegrrrrl Yesterday #43
So from now on he shall be know at Czar Krasnov the first. Dave Bowman Yesterday #6
Maybe the No Kings! protests should be No Czars! tanyev Yesterday #9
Even Burger Kings. Good name for him, by the way. multigraincracker Yesterday #39
Love this Joinfortmill Yesterday #12
..my bad thomski64 Yesterday #7
You beat me to Dave thomski64 Yesterday #10
My first thought was "Versailles" -- actually, most tacky, overdone ballrooms are based on the tastes of French monarchs eppur_se_muova Yesterday #8
Right. Starting with Peter the Great, Wednesdays Yesterday #38
Exactly shanti Yesterday #56
Thanks for adding that. nt eppur_se_muova Yesterday #57
Gaudy OPulence: G/OP. From the Giddy Over Putin crowd. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Yesterday #11
When Putin moves in he will feel right at home........nt Hope22 Yesterday #13
That's a tough sell if you've seen the existing Trump ballroom at MAL FBaggins Yesterday #14
Funny thing.... TommyT139 Yesterday #52
Put-In will be the first person to see it,.when it's finished .... aggiesal Yesterday #15
The ladies i sew with on Mondays don't think Trump needs more room for his balls assuming he has any. Srkdqltr Yesterday #18
Next president, that's near the top of what I'm dismantling rpannier Yesterday #19
Oh... I doubt that I would demolish a completed extension just to spite him FBaggins Yesterday #27
I would orangecrush Yesterday #31
I would, too. calimary 18 hrs ago #68
Gauche Clouds Passing Yesterday #20
Its literally a throne room JCMach1 Yesterday #21
From 2017: dalton99a Yesterday #22
MARA Make America Russia Again IronLionZion Yesterday #23
Brasnov wants Cherokee100 Yesterday #24
All of this kind of monumental shit is ultimately based on the Palace of Versailles... Wounded Bear Yesterday #25
Only cheaper. Ocelot II Yesterday #26
Hitler also had a ballroom LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #28
Hitler's architecture... sop Yesterday #46
That would certainly add a nice touch to the White House grounds dedl67 Yesterday #47
In best Boris Badenov voice COL Mustard Yesterday #35
Fucking bdamomma Yesterday #36
Pelosi to Trump, "With you all roads lead to Putin." Botany Yesterday #37
Of course it is! liberalla Yesterday #40
Hitler also remodeled the Chancellor's office at the Reichstag and another building to add ballrooms and a conservatory ChicagoTeamster Yesterday #41
Just remembering dflprincess Yesterday #42
Or for Marie Antoinette. Ocelot II Yesterday #44
It's a larger version of the Grand Ballroom at Mar-a-Lago, built by Trump in 2004. sop Yesterday #45
Disgusting! nt HarryM Yesterday #50
looks like the oval office as well. pansypoo53219 Yesterday #48
I thought it would be HarryM Yesterday #49
Trump and Epstein probably had "Massages" there LiberalArkie Yesterday #51
Looks like the acoustics will be HORRIBLE! An echo chamber. QueerDuck Yesterday #53
I find it weird that a man who clearly doesn't know how to dance (see fierywoman Yesterday #55
It's modeled after Putin's colon. Something TACO is familiar with. marble falls Yesterday #58
... orangecrush Yesterday #63
Well I Guessed Wrong... The Conductor Yesterday #59
My bad! I figured it would be modeled on... Trueblue Texan Yesterday #60
Something Russian? Iggo 22 hrs ago #64
Yup orangecrush 20 hrs ago #66
Nah, it's after the best little whore house Smilo 21 hrs ago #65
Yikes! I should have seen it, I've been there Rhiannon12866 17 hrs ago #69

Irish_Dem

(76,650 posts)
1. Putin's fingerprints are on everything Trump does and says.
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 09:55 AM
Yesterday

Putin is having the time of his life destroying the US.

PCIntern

(27,722 posts)
33. The three parts of Ian Fleming's Goldfinger
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 11:14 AM
Yesterday

Except the first part is Happenstance as in once is happenstance.

calimary

(88,203 posts)
54. Makes sense.
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 03:38 PM
Yesterday

Old army saying:

Once is a mistake,
twice is a coincidence,
three times is enemy action.

I had not heard that one before, but it’s a keeper for sure.

homegirl

(1,882 posts)
67. It isn't
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 11:14 PM
19 hrs ago
coincidental that the first work day after SEVEN MILLION AMERICANS held a NO KINGS EVENT, that Drumpf in his rage tore down the East Wing of the White House.

Donald had a temper tantrum and he desttroyed part of the White House!!!

EYESORE 9001

(29,197 posts)
16. May his life become even less enjoyable with every new day
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 10:14 AM
Yesterday

Poot can’t feel too comfortable about anything else right now, and it appears the guy he wanted to eff-up the USA is even effing- up that plan. He can’t be confident that the people of the USA will tolerate this execrable shitheel regime for much longer. If he believes that, we must prove him wrong.

Irish_Dem

(76,650 posts)
34. Putin knows the American people are unlikley to rise up against fascism
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 11:16 AM
Yesterday

in any meaningful way.

Magoo48

(6,658 posts)
61. Perhaps he wants to share a pure cane sugar Diet Coke and big Mac with Pootie in the ballroom.
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 05:58 PM
Yesterday

Afterwords, a long, leisurely stroll down to the situation room where they can imagine world conquest and be alone.

Irish_Dem

(76,650 posts)
62. This would be quite fitting.
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 06:08 PM
Yesterday

Putin can get a look at his handiwork up close and personal.

GoCubsGo

(34,485 posts)
5. Just like all the gold shit he put up in the Oval Office.
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 10:00 AM
Yesterday

It's just like all of Sweet Daddy Vlad's offices and properties. All of it is fucking hideous.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,117 posts)
43. Hideous and very distracting
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 12:25 PM
Yesterday

Watched his press conference yesterday from the Oval. He was sitting with all that fake gold stuff glued to fireplace next to him,
distracting from his appearance,fortunately. Unbelievably tacky.

Wednesdays

(21,122 posts)
38. Right. Starting with Peter the Great,
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 11:22 AM
Yesterday

Russia wanted to emulate France. They spoke French at the Russian court, for example.

RedWhiteBlueIsRacist

(1,348 posts)
11. Gaudy OPulence: G/OP. From the Giddy Over Putin crowd.
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 10:08 AM
Yesterday

Hopefully, the architects have factored in enough Porta-Potties for the MAGA attendees.

FBaggins

(28,512 posts)
14. That's a tough sell if you've seen the existing Trump ballroom at MAL
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 10:14 AM
Yesterday

Which he did about 20 years ago

TommyT139

(2,006 posts)
52. Funny thing....
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 03:10 PM
Yesterday
While it is hard to pinpoint the beginning of Trump and Putin’s relationship, Trump claimed to have met Putin while Trump was still a private citizen.

Among other times, in Oct. 2013, Trump mentioned knowing Putin in a late night interview with David Letterman. “I’ve done a lot of business with the Russians,” Trump said, adding that they’re “smart” and “tough.” He went on to say about meeting Putin, “He’s a tough guy. I met him once,” though he never clarified when this first meeting was.


https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/what-is-donald-trumps-relationship-with-vladimir-putin-a-timeline

So even if Trump is lying about having met Putin, his envy was already in action back then.

aggiesal

(10,438 posts)
15. Put-In will be the first person to see it,.when it's finished ....
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 10:14 AM
Yesterday

He needs to get Put-In's stamp of approval.

Srkdqltr

(9,028 posts)
18. The ladies i sew with on Mondays don't think Trump needs more room for his balls assuming he has any.
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 10:30 AM
Yesterday

FBaggins

(28,512 posts)
27. Oh... I doubt that I would demolish a completed extension just to spite him
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 10:50 AM
Yesterday

But it won't bear his name (or that of any funding corporations), and the decor will change so it's unrecognizable.

calimary

(88,203 posts)
68. I would, too.
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 12:23 AM
18 hrs ago

Dismantle everything he installed, after his years in the White House are over.
Restore the White House to how it was before he started fucking with it!
Have what was removed trucked down to Mar-a-Lago and delivered to the front gates.

Let him decide what to do with it.

Wounded Bear

(63,277 posts)
25. All of this kind of monumental shit is ultimately based on the Palace of Versailles...
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 10:44 AM
Yesterday

built in the reign of Louis the XIV of france, otherwise known as The Sun King, one of the longest reigning kings in European history.

He was also known for the many wars he got into.

Ocelot II

(127,911 posts)
26. Only cheaper.
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 10:47 AM
Yesterday

It will certainly be constructed with the cheapest materials, and he'll pocket the rest of the money after he stiffs the contractors. But at least if it's cheaply made, it will be easier to demolish eventually.

dedl67

(112 posts)
47. That would certainly add a nice touch to the White House grounds
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 01:09 PM
Yesterday

Also, the "Volkshalle", designed by Albert Speer, never had the chance to be built. The architectural plans may still be around someplace, and since it suits Trump's style, he might consider, say, tearing down the Capitol and erecting that in its place, named of course, after himself..

COL Mustard

(7,726 posts)
35. In best Boris Badenov voice
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 11:17 AM
Yesterday

Is coincidence. Nothing but coincidence! Nothing to see here, so moving along, please.

ChicagoTeamster

(66 posts)
41. Hitler also remodeled the Chancellor's office at the Reichstag and another building to add ballrooms and a conservatory
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 12:05 PM
Yesterday

Although the pictures in the MT bluesky post do show compelling similarities, I don't have any pictures of what Hitler's ballrooms looked like, he redesigned the Chancellory and other buildings. So maybe Trump is following Hitler's playbook and Kremlin design because so much of the Third Reich's property was destroyed. Either way, he's cobbling together everything from the examples of other Authoritarians and Fascists.

QueerDuck

(336 posts)
53. Looks like the acoustics will be HORRIBLE! An echo chamber.
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 03:17 PM
Yesterday

No public speeches or toasts will be understood. No "ballroom" orchestral ensemble will sound decent... any piano and string quartet will sound like a music box playing at the bottom of a steel drum.

Burn it down.

fierywoman

(8,450 posts)
55. I find it weird that a man who clearly doesn't know how to dance (see
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 04:00 PM
Yesterday

inauguration party photos) wants a ballroom ...

{{{ s.a.r.c.a.s.m. }}}

Rhiannon12866

(245,497 posts)
69. Yikes! I should have seen it, I've been there
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 01:29 AM
17 hrs ago

And it is enormous, with thousands of rooms, and yes, filled with gold and art, built in 1714 for Peter the Great - of course TFG would want to copy the outsized lavish rooms. There's not room for anything like this anywhere near D.C.

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