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milestogo

(22,051 posts)
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 04:02 PM 21 hrs ago

When we get the WH back again, what should the ballroom be used for?

Democratic fundraisers?
Housing for the homeless?
A museum of fascism?

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When we get the WH back again, what should the ballroom be used for? (Original Post) milestogo 21 hrs ago OP
Recycled construction materials. johnnyfins 21 hrs ago #1
Reclaim all the gold , and return it to the people.. Restore the East Wing the way Ars Longa 15 hrs ago #46
It should be torn down andrebuild the East Wing Trueblue1968 13 hrs ago #47
Tear It Down And Restore The East Wing WiVoter 21 hrs ago #2
Make "Trump will pay for the reconstruction" the Democratic campaign slogan, sop 21 hrs ago #8
Yes, this is an issue everyone can understand and a promise that a president could keep. Walleye 21 hrs ago #18
Trump is so unheathy, he wont live much !ongerr. That is what i think. His body looks sick Trueblue1968 13 hrs ago #48
Union jobs BeyondGeography 21 hrs ago #3
Landfill. /nt bucolic_frolic 21 hrs ago #4
A courtroom for MAGA trials muriel_volestrangler 21 hrs ago #5
You and I think alike, Muriel_volestrangler... Trueblue Texan 21 hrs ago #7
I was thinking a place for public hangings milestogo 21 hrs ago #12
+1 leftstreet 21 hrs ago #14
absolutely 1st order of business rampartd 21 hrs ago #19
Something similar to the Nuremberg trials?nt Trueblue Texan 21 hrs ago #6
omg Skittles 19 hrs ago #31
Demolish it and haul it to the dump.Burn down the white house Autumn 21 hrs ago #9
It's going to take a hell of a lot to get the smell of stupid out of the room! Initech 19 hrs ago #32
The stench will never leave. Autumn 16 hrs ago #43
Gravel for landscaping. Crunchy Frog 21 hrs ago #10
Construction debris. Tear that fucker down on Jan 21, 2029. marble falls 21 hrs ago #11
Blow it to smithereens along with Fat Fuck's 'legacy' Blue Owl 21 hrs ago #13
Hearings then criminal trials dlilafae 21 hrs ago #15
artillery practice rampartd 21 hrs ago #16
Tear it down and salt the earth obamanut2012 21 hrs ago #17
Let the Rebl2 21 hrs ago #20
Tear it down RainCaster 20 hrs ago #21
As another has said, should be torn down and the original restored. sakabatou 20 hrs ago #22
Kindling Easterncedar 19 hrs ago #23
Dismantle it and sell it to someone who loves drump and will foot all the allegorical oracle 19 hrs ago #25
Looks like the ceiling will be high enough for a gallows, or a guillotine Americanme 19 hrs ago #24
Compost heap Dave says 19 hrs ago #26
War crimes trials SocialDemocrat61 19 hrs ago #27
By then it will be a portal to hell. spanone 19 hrs ago #28
Firewood Hekate 19 hrs ago #29
Tear the fucker down and recycle the materials, if that's even possible. Ocelot II 19 hrs ago #30
TEAR IT DOWN! John Coktosten 19 hrs ago #33
Tear The F'ing thing down! Don't Use it! rebuild the East Wing Bread and Circuses 19 hrs ago #34
Demolition FirefighterJo 18 hrs ago #35
Nuremberg 2.0. ZZenith 18 hrs ago #36
Command center and court room for investigation and prosecution PufPuf23 18 hrs ago #37
Do you think it'll ever be completed? xmas74 18 hrs ago #38
Doubt anything will happen to it, sad to say. Xolodno 18 hrs ago #39
Summer home for the Loch Ness Monster, n/t OneBlueDotS-Carolina 18 hrs ago #40
An Immigration Processing Center ProfessorGAC 18 hrs ago #41
I'm sorry to say that it has occurred to me that President Trump isn't done. Morbius 18 hrs ago #42
Realistically , how useful would it be if they kept it JI7 16 hrs ago #44
Finger painting lessons for all the Kindergarten students in DC ornotna 16 hrs ago #45

johnnyfins

(3,129 posts)
1. Recycled construction materials.
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 04:04 PM
21 hrs ago

That is, of course, assuming we get out of this without some sort of american fuhrerbunker scene that rhymes with Berlin in 1945.

Ars Longa

(320 posts)
46. Reclaim all the gold , and return it to the people.. Restore the East Wing the way
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 10:12 PM
15 hrs ago

it was. It would be a good metaphor for the the whole Country!!

WiVoter

(1,503 posts)
2. Tear It Down And Restore The East Wing
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 04:05 PM
21 hrs ago

And whatever other national landmarks he destroys.

sop

(16,576 posts)
8. Make "Trump will pay for the reconstruction" the Democratic campaign slogan,
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 04:12 PM
21 hrs ago

like Trump did with "Mexico will pay for the wall."

Walleye

(42,927 posts)
18. Yes, this is an issue everyone can understand and a promise that a president could keep.
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 04:26 PM
21 hrs ago

Trueblue1968

(18,855 posts)
48. Trump is so unheathy, he wont live much !ongerr. That is what i think. His body looks sick
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 12:17 AM
13 hrs ago

Trueblue Texan

(3,908 posts)
7. You and I think alike, Muriel_volestrangler...
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 04:11 PM
21 hrs ago

I wrote my comment before I read yours or the others.

rampartd

(2,736 posts)
19. absolutely 1st order of business
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 04:29 PM
21 hrs ago

these should be military tribunals , the supremes themselves among the defendants. locate the scaffold outside the capital and call it "pence's revenge"

Autumn

(48,497 posts)
9. Demolish it and haul it to the dump.Burn down the white house
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 04:13 PM
21 hrs ago

and rebuild it, Could even add offices to thepctial and they can buy a house or live in a rental. Presidents come out of office wealthy anyway.

Initech

(106,630 posts)
32. It's going to take a hell of a lot to get the smell of stupid out of the room!
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 06:50 PM
19 hrs ago

But it can be done!

Blue Owl

(57,697 posts)
13. Blow it to smithereens along with Fat Fuck's 'legacy'
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 04:21 PM
21 hrs ago

Fuck them all and the piece of shit they rode in on

dlilafae

(341 posts)
15. Hearings then criminal trials
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 04:23 PM
21 hrs ago

Uncovering each and every criminality, and each associate and leader who were involved. Only it's costing them this time to uncover the truth.

rampartd

(2,736 posts)
16. artillery practice
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 04:24 PM
21 hrs ago

tthere is a palace in manila where curious tourists can see a great collection of shoes.

RainCaster

(13,221 posts)
21. Tear it down
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 05:50 PM
20 hrs ago

Put up a small statue in it's place as a reminder of the destruction the GOP has caused our country.

And charge the costs to those companies that paid for this monstrosity.

allegorical oracle

(5,863 posts)
25. Dismantle it and sell it to someone who loves drump and will foot all the
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 06:30 PM
19 hrs ago

costs. (England sold the London bridge to some American folks.) One of tsf's billionaire buddies can purchase it, reconstruct it far, far away, like S Dakota -- and make it a tourist attraction. MAGAts will pay to see it.

Americanme

(299 posts)
24. Looks like the ceiling will be high enough for a gallows, or a guillotine
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 06:24 PM
19 hrs ago

Right wing keeps bringing up public executions, maybe we should give them what they want. I say this in jest, of course, I don't believe our government should be killing our own people. If it is going to look as horrible as it seems, it should be razed. It will make the White House look like a minor feature of the trump Taj Mahal, part 2. This will be unacceptable. The White House should not be overshadowed by any ballroom.

Dave says

(5,272 posts)
26. Compost heap
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 06:32 PM
19 hrs ago

After all, that is what it is now (or will be — metaphorically, of course).

SocialDemocrat61

(6,080 posts)
27. War crimes trials
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 06:35 PM
19 hrs ago

Trump, administration officials, congressional republicans, ICE agents, etc.

Ocelot II

(127,905 posts)
30. Tear the fucker down and recycle the materials, if that's even possible.
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 06:41 PM
19 hrs ago

It will be the cheapest possible construction - particle board, plywood, gold spray paint and styrofoam geegaws from Hobby Lobby and chandeliers from a bankrupt casino - so Trump can pocket whatever funds are left over; it will probably be such low-grade garbage that it will have to be hauled to a landfill.

PufPuf23

(9,632 posts)
37. Command center and court room for investigation and prosecution
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 07:09 PM
18 hrs ago

of Trump era criminals.

Then the 24-hour museum of American diversity and love for one another.

xmas74

(29,972 posts)
38. Do you think it'll ever be completed?
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 07:09 PM
18 hrs ago

I don't and if it is it will be such poor quality it will blow away with a stiff wind.

Xolodno

(7,207 posts)
39. Doubt anything will happen to it, sad to say.
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 07:10 PM
18 hrs ago

Next President is going to busy as hell trying to undo the mess he created here and in the world. I'm going to guess that TSF will name the room after himself, but the next President will change the name. And maybe, over time, they will get rid of the overt zealous use of gold.

Morbius

(749 posts)
42. I'm sorry to say that it has occurred to me that President Trump isn't done.
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 07:23 PM
18 hrs ago

I think he's gonna tear down the rest of the White House and declare Mara Lago the new Presidential House, which he will "donate" at the "end of his term".

JI7

(92,837 posts)
44. Realistically , how useful would it be if they kept it
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 09:44 PM
16 hrs ago

I can't see it being useful at all . Maybe if they put on some big events but even that would br so few.

That's why it would have to be torn down or turned into something else entirely where it would be used . Becsuse if it's just kept as a ballroom it will just be a huge structure that gets very little to no use.

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