Have you seen the renders? Not only is it heinously tacky and ugly, it offers way less usable space.
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Apple Donating to Trump's $350M White House Ballroom Project
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Have you seen the renders? Not only is it heinously tacky and ugly, it offers way less usable space.
“I know one (white) person whose visa was extended so that means the thousands of legal residents we know have been illegally deported aren’t real.”
Yes, I saw the render. It reminds me Russian plutocrat taste or lack of. Still, if--*IF*--it's an improvement over what was there, no need to tear the whole thing down. A new paint job, move the furniture around and voila, good taste prevails. Maybe.
The East Wing and Rose Garden is usually the domain of the First Lady. I hope the next one has better taste than our current FLOTUS,
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The right controls all 3 branches. The government is shutdown, inflation is getting worse and so is the deficit, and employment #s won’t be looking great soon.
Do you have a source for that? Sounds an awful lot like either ChatGPT/Grok or directly from the regime, none of which are reliable.
For one thing, how does (attempting to) charge $100k for an H1-B visa square with the “nation’s commitment to welcoming global talent, reuniting families, and maintaining economic competitiveness?” Or arresting and deporting legal residents for their speech? Or sharply limiting international student admissions? Or slashing funding for medical research?
One of the reasons I rejected the Democratic Party long ago is that they think hating white people is a good thing and that they're personally noble and superior people for engaging in that particular kind of racism.
I'm surprised he didn't have his own "infrastructure" bill during his first term.
Who needs paved roads when we can have another fundraising room for rich people?
In other words, “Check your privilege,” right? 😆 The standard Democrat response.
Two separate projects. However, with that said: Trump has now crossed the streams: He has gone from all but recommitting the same problems George II was accused of in the Declaration of Independence, to now playing Louis XVI while his people are working without pay, starving, losing jobs, farms, and homes, and losing healthcare. All the more reason for the next POTUS candidate to channel the Declaration of Independence when campaigning.
As for the East Wing? Like with the ballroom, I'd actually ask for volunteers from the people to tear both of them down. I'm with you on bringing back Jackie's roses; I would also then restore the entire East Wing to how it was prior to demolition.
Speaking of: hopefully someone is cataloging the art, paintings, documents, etc. of everything that was in the East Wing.. I mean, Presidential Records Act, and all...
But I digress. I do not know what Apple is thinking here outside of self-preservation. They are not currying any favors to their customers by sponsoring/funding any of this, as it makes them sound so duplicitous. Someone should mention this at their next earnings call/conference with Tim.
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At what point in this conversation have I ever said Trump got a majority of the vote? As I’ve stated, that’s not how it works. He has however received a majority of the electoral votes. Which is how it works.
I find it amusing this has to be explained to people on any level. Abject failure of the education system.
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By a slim majority that is insufficient to get a budget passed on their own. My guess is the left wants to see the right end the filibuster so they can have Carte Blanche the next time they have a slim majority and blame it on the right. Round and round and round we go. Where the stupid will end, nobody knows.
Trump building ballrooms while federal employees work without pay is peak Trumpism.