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kentuck

(114,825 posts)
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 05:48 PM 20 hrs ago

Could someone get a TRO to stop the construction of the new "ballroom"?

It would be better to stop it before it is built, than to tear it down after $300 million dollars has been spent to build it.

But, who would want to go to Washington to see the Trump Ballroom?

It will be so huge that the present White House will look like a storage shed out back.

The right thing for Congress and the Senate to do is to impeach the criminal and convict him and throw his ass to the curb. Then, file a civil suit and take every penny he has to his name.

That would be justice.

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Could someone get a TRO to stop the construction of the new "ballroom"? (Original Post) kentuck 20 hrs ago OP
Who would enforce it? Irish_Dem 20 hrs ago #1
Who would have standing? Taxpayers don't. Ocelot II 20 hrs ago #2
Yeah he destroyed Farmer-Rick 19 hrs ago #3
I think it was on MSNBC I heard Doge fired whoever was supposed to oversee doc03 19 hrs ago #4
A Virginia couple is asking a judge to block Trump from tearing up the East Wing LetMyPeopleVote 18 hrs ago #5

Ocelot II

(127,905 posts)
2. Who would have standing? Taxpayers don't.
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 05:52 PM
20 hrs ago

You need a particularized, identifiable injury to have standing to sue. Outrage isn't enough.

Farmer-Rick

(12,192 posts)
3. Yeah he destroyed
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 05:56 PM
19 hrs ago

The East Wing, the colonnade and the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, I'm not referring to the Rose Garden that he paved over. There was another garden he had to bulldozer over to get to the east colonnade.

He's going to bulldoze the whole thing. The next up is the original White House. He is going to bulldozer it all down. He's not stopping with just a wing or two. Who's going to stop him? Congress isn't even able to function. The Supremes are licking his butt and the Admirals are shooting at innocent people in Venezuela.

Two things I predict that pedo is going to do. 1. He's going to bulldoze all of the White House. And 2. He's going to bomb an American city killing many people.

doc03

(38,540 posts)
4. I think it was on MSNBC I heard Doge fired whoever was supposed to oversee
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 05:59 PM
19 hrs ago

historical structures in DC. I don't know if they were eliminated or replaced by MAGA sycophants. A pizza shop
had to meet all kinds of rules to put his shop in a local listed historical structure. This asshole destroys the
WH.

LetMyPeopleVote

(171,853 posts)
5. A Virginia couple is asking a judge to block Trump from tearing up the East Wing
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 07:22 PM
18 hrs ago

They say the project is taking place “without legally required approvals or reviews.”



https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/23/east-wing-white-house-demolition-00620974

A Virginia couple has gone to court to try to block President Donald Trump from proceeding with demolition of the White House’s East Wing to make way for a new ballroom.

Charles and Judith Voorhees filed a motion in Washington federal court Thursday afternoon, asking a judge to halt any further damage to the White House while the legality of the project is assessed.

The motion seeks a temporary restraining order against the demolition, arguing it is taking place “without legally required approvals or reviews.”

Trump initially said the ballroom would be constructed without impacting the existing structure of the White House, but this week said much of the East Wing was being demolished to make way for the project.

The new court filing, which names Trump and National Park Service Director Jessica Brown as defendants, alleges that the demolition and construction violates the National Capital Planning Act and the National Historic Preservation Act, as well as a mandatory review by the Commission of Fine Arts.

I am not holding my breath on this lawsuit. There appears to be some exemptions that could apply to trump
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