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Trump's Ballroom, Triumphal Arch & Other Projects
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Still waiting on Mexico to pay for the wall...
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A 4,500-seat UFC arena is being built on the White House lawn for Trump's 80th birthday. The price? $60 million, with $700,000 just to fix the grass
President Donald Trump told reporters last week that the UFC is going to build "a 4,500-seat arena" on the south lawn of the White House in preparation for its Freedom 250 card celebrating America's semiquincentennial (1).
And while his comment conjures images of bulldozers getting ready to rumble onto the White House grounds, renderings released by the UFC paint a different picture.
One such image (2) of the venue for the June 14 fight card — which is also Trump's 80th birthday — shows a UFC octagon surrounded by bleachers, with four arches supporting a small roof overhead and the White House in the immediate background.
That rendering — a canopy, more accurately, rather than an arena — reflects what UFC President Dana White described to The Sports Business Journal, saying, "The only thing I want to see is the White House in the backdrop and the Washington Monument on the other side (3)."
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His "friends" agreed to pay for it.
IF.
IF he'd give them the war "they" (AIPAC) want.
When they want it. (Along with other demands, which will be clearer with time)
Strategically timed...to create a fertilizer shortage and global famine.
Score one for the Club of Rome...which has a confluence of interests with the Israeli Deep State, in that they want chaos in the Middle East.
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The White House Ballroom Is A Deep Fortress In Disguise
We now know the building goes six floors underground and will have "the greatest drone empire you've ever seen that's going to protect Washington" on its roof.
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I dont think Trump gave anybody a war. I think we live in dangerous times and if anything Trump should get credit for keeping casualties low with this Iran thing. It could have easily become a blood bath under the Cheney crew. Be that as it may the time might come for America to step up or step out. Putin is a nut job, the Chinese want to crush a small Democracy to steal its chip factories, Iran was bent on hegemony. I really think Trump wanted to focus on the economy most of all with the mid terms coming up. I dont think he wanted anything to do with Iran but they were getting close to testing a nuke and thats just unacceptable. Even the midget in NK knows better then to make "death to America" his mantra.
As for the ball room, as it stands, were like a bunch of gypsy's right now. The most powerful nation in the world throwing up a tent like a bunch of hillbillys and if a bunch of oil rich billionaires want to pay for it then all the better. The next Democrat President can use it as well. I dont expect an invite but I wouldn't go anyways.
Give the guy credit. He dreams big and has a lot of energy for a 79yo. Most of all when compared to the corpse he replaced.
As for the ball room, as it stands, were like a bunch of gypsy's right now. The most powerful nation in the world throwing up a tent like a bunch of hillbillys and if a bunch of oil rich billionaires want to pay for it then all the better. The next Democrat President can use it as well. I dont expect an invite but I wouldn't go anyways.
Give the guy credit. He dreams big and has a lot of energy for a 79yo. Most of all when compared to the corpse he replaced.
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Vietnam vet says he may skip Arlington burial if Trump arch is built
Shaun Byrnes did two tours in Vietnam. He had hoped to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery when his time came. Now he's not so sure — and Donald Trump is the reason why.Byrnes, 83, is one of several Vietnam veterans who have filed suit to stop construction of a 250-foot triumphal arch that Trump wants to build between Arlington National Cemetery and the Lincoln Memorial. The structure, which resembles Paris's Arc de Triomphe and has been dubbed the "Arc de Trump," would stand more than double the height of the Lincoln Memorial.
"It's disrespectful to those that I served with who didn't come back," Byrnes, a Navy veteran, told CBS News in a Sunday report. "And then, of course, to all those who are lying in Arlington National Cemetery."
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Addled old person who's lost perspective.
There's plenty of Presidents - moar than half - who were either dupes or enemies of freedom. Wilson and Roosevelt II are the two that come first to mind. For those, someone who qualifies would refuse to be buried in a national cemetery, when eligible?
I would pass on it, but I was never looking for that honor. My repudiation of my military service is deeper than Trump, and moar principled. It's been an ongoing head-job, a con, since Johnson's "Splendid Little War." That was the turning point, where the Arsenal of Democracy became the engine of Endless War.
But this piece only shows the moral bankruptcy of the Mockingbird Mediuh, to use confused old people. They'll use us, too, if given half a chance.
There's plenty of Presidents - moar than half - who were either dupes or enemies of freedom. Wilson and Roosevelt II are the two that come first to mind. For those, someone who qualifies would refuse to be buried in a national cemetery, when eligible?
I would pass on it, but I was never looking for that honor. My repudiation of my military service is deeper than Trump, and moar principled. It's been an ongoing head-job, a con, since Johnson's "Splendid Little War." That was the turning point, where the Arsenal of Democracy became the engine of Endless War.
But this piece only shows the moral bankruptcy of the Mockingbird Mediuh, to use confused old people. They'll use us, too, if given half a chance.
Yes, but which of those idiots demanded a giant monument to his military prowess...the man who
lost the iran war.
Most of us had parents or grandparents who just became drooling idiots, in their old age. It happens.
It happens moar commonly, when the patient was never that smart or introspective. What you have is a midwit who was also a rich kid...who became habitually self-absorbed. Who became a megalomaniac.
Now, as he's in his foolish old age, he's just upping it a notch. The adulation he got two years ago in the campaign, only primed it further, as his rational mind lost its ability to weigh what was coming in and put it in perspective.
Old people with senility do foolish things. Bubba, a rapist all his life...started looking to little girls, their in Epstein's funhouse. Joey Autopen couldn't be left anywhere with anyone's kids. He ALWAYS HAD that habit, molesting his own daughter, but he'd lost all self-control.
To say nothing of regular people...old people who buy expensive homes or cars or spend money on tools or sports equipment they can no longer use.
This is what Trump's brain-stem was all about. He wasn't a pedophile; he was and is a megalomaniac. Now with frontal-cortex checks removed.
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Fat rat whatever you do don't hold back. I give you credit at least for not whinging he's a fascist and racist. Were he indeed your vapid and insulting posts would get you a visit from the <poof> team wearing the sunglasses and Florsheim's.
Even Joe Biden and that idiot he ran with, and that moron she ran with, never cause me to hurl the comments you do. Gas will be cheap again, never fear. And Trump set back these savages a generation. To this day I'd bet Joe Bideng and his hillbilly crew couldn't even find Iran on the map and gas was consistently high during his wretched rule, and that of his felonious kid. Or did you forget ?
Something about forcing us all into those crappy E-cars in order to save the planet, the whole thing based on voodoo science.
Most Presidents have some level of megalomania. Most powerful people do, what can I say ? I never had power ; I never wanted power over others. I consider it a strange condition. Look at the Irishman O'bama ? The guy can't seem to stay out of the news. He and big Mike have all the cash in the world but 8 years of being Black Jesus makes civilian life hard on the guy, especially with him being so young. I mean just look at this architectural travesty ? https://www.obama.org/visit/ Even with all the basketball, fried chicken, and watermelon, you can eat its an edifice from Hell.
The first Kenyan President really deserves better....eh ?
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This one is an opinion piece and, as usual, take it fwiw, dyodd and make of it what you will.
“Donald Trump’s two favorite things are himself and money,” writes Windsor Mann at The Daily Beast. “Now he has decided to combine the two. Indeed, for the first time in history, the sitting president is adding his signature to our paper currency. Trump’s name will be on your money, which is his way of saying that he owns you.”
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...ments-to-himself/ar-AA24igdv?ocid=socialshare
Revealed: The real reason Trump is building monuments to himself
President Donald Trump’s mission to build monuments to himself is growing, and there’s a real reason behind why the nation’s 47th president is defying tradition and putting his name on so many things while he’s still in office — and still alive.“Donald Trump’s two favorite things are himself and money,” writes Windsor Mann at The Daily Beast. “Now he has decided to combine the two. Indeed, for the first time in history, the sitting president is adding his signature to our paper currency. Trump’s name will be on your money, which is his way of saying that he owns you.”
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...ments-to-himself/ar-AA24igdv?ocid=socialshare
He's doing that to salve his conscience.
He sold out, or got leveraged out - I don't know which. Doesn't matter which. He's turned the government over to the Tech Tyrants, who in the end are no better than the Woke Marxists.
This is his way of making himself feel better.
What I now wish...I will not state here. It's a crime to state, here.
He sold out, or got leveraged out - I don't know which. Doesn't matter which. He's turned the government over to the Tech Tyrants, who in the end are no better than the Woke Marxists.
This is his way of making himself feel better.
What I now wish...I will not state here. It's a crime to state, here.
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Opinion and hit piece, as usual, take it fwiw, dyodd and make of it what you will.
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Republican details why 'arsonist' Trump revels in his DC destruction
In recent weeks, photos of the White House marred by construction have sparked widespread debate over President Donald Trump’s expansive efforts to reshape its appearance and use. According to lifetime Republican and co-founder of the Lincoln Project Steve Schmidt, “A healthy nation would recoil in disgust.”More:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...s-dc-destruction/ar-AA24nggi?ocid=socialshare
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Trump invokes national security in push for White House ballroom ‘drone port’
The president wrote that today's highly sophisticated weaponry means "we can no longer defend Washington, D.C., with rifles and pistols, alone."
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Trump ballroom donors given $50B in contracts in six months: report
More than half of the 27 publicly-identified donors to President Donald Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom have been awarded new or expanded federal contracts since construction work began, according to a watchdog’s report.Fourteen of the donors to Trump’s pet project saw their government business grow in the first six months after he ordered the demolition of the East Wing, with the contract awards worth a combined $50 billion, new analysis from Public Citizen reveals.
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Reflecting pool to be drained as Trump again blames 'vandals' for recent troubles
The Reflecting Pool in Washington is set to be drained again just weeks after a multi-million dollar renovation was completed, as US President Donald Trump blames vandals for problems that have emerged recently.Trump said on Monday that the pool "has been given a 300 foot long gash", while someone has put chemicals illegally in the water and new grass has been destroyed. But he did not give specific details of who he believed hurt the landmark.
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Trump's DC projects keep getting blocked in court. Here's where they stand
President Donald Trump has launched an expansive effort to reshape Washington, D.C., during his second term, focusing on construction, renovation and aesthetic changes across some of the city’s most prominent landmarks. But several of those initiatives have been slowed, challenged, or partially blocked by lawsuits alleging the administration bypassed federal law, historic preservation rules, or congressional authority.More:
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Trump supporter's company pledges $1 million to fix White House lawn after UFC event
A private company run by a supporter of President Donald Trump has pledged to restore the grass on the South Lawn of the White House after it was destroyed by the Ultimate Fighting Championship event held there earlier this month.The White House announced last week that ScottsMiracle-Gro, an Ohio-based company, will commit $1 million to restore the South Lawn after the UFC event held on Trump’s 80th birthday left it heavily damaged. The company said it is donating “a combination of monetary and product support,” including re-sodding the South Lawn and then creating a “custom turfgrass blend” with which to reseed it.
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I'm pretty sure that Congress has ultimate control over DC.
So all he's gotta do is get Congress to say it's ok to fix all the broken shit in the city.
Seems odd that there are people against cleaning and fixing things that are supposed to be symbols of national pride for all of us.
It would be no surprise to anyone if TDS suffering fools dumped some water bottles full of algae laden pond water into the reflecting pool just to f' it up simply because it's a high profile project being done by Trump.
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I half expected a public-urination event by the deviants, this being Shame Month, or something like that...
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Ok...........I agree. But from what I see he doesn't seem to want to do that.
Has he not asked, or they just won't do it?
I mean, WTF is wrong with cleaning shit up?
All I see this type of thing as, is just people who hate Trump simply being against anything he tries to do, no matter how correct what he is doing may in fact be.
Whether it is simply enforcing the immigration laws already on the books, or just trying to clean the public spaces in DC, why do so many fight it?
It's normal and common sense stuff that needs to be done no matter who is in charge.
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I believe he may think he's above congress. And he's not the only one.
Grok (I used Grok because it's better with words than I am and can come up with links much faster than I can.)
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Why doesn't president Trump go to congress to seek permission or an ok on some of the things he does? And what has he said about that subject?
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Presidents, including Trump, often act unilaterally via executive authority rooted in the Constitution (especially Article II), without seeking prior congressional approval for many actions. This is not unique to Trump—it's a long-standing practice across administrations, driven by practical, political, and legal factors. Executive actions like orders, proclamations, or military decisions under commander-in-chief powers allow quicker responses than the legislative process, which requires bicameral passage and a signature (or veto override).
heritage.org
Key Reasons He (and Other Presidents) Don't Always Seek Permission
- Constitutional Authority: Article II vests "the executive Power" in the President, including as Commander in Chief, in foreign affairs, and in faithfully executing laws. This supports actions like directing federal agencies, certain national security steps, or interpreting/enforcing statutes without new legislation. Executive orders direct the executive branch but must stem from existing constitutional or statutory authority—they aren't new laws.
news.uchicago.edu - Speed and Gridlock: Congress can be slow or deadlocked (polarization makes broad agreements rare). Presidents use executive tools for immigration enforcement, regulatory changes, tariffs under emergency powers (e.g., IEEPA), or limited military responses.
blogs.uofi.uis.edu - Checks Exist but Are Limited: Congress can pass overriding laws (subject to veto), control funding ("power of the purse"), or use the War Powers Resolution of 1973 (which requires notification and seeks limits on hostilities). Courts can review legality. In practice, these are often ineffective or after-the-fact, and presidents from both parties have tested or ignored aspects of the War Powers Resolution.
constitutioncenter.org - Political Dynamics: When Congress is controlled by the president's party, oversight is often minimal due to policy alignment, electoral incentives, or reluctance to challenge a popular leader.
cpsblog.isr.umich.edu
- He has stated variations of: "I have an Article II, where I have the right to do whatever I want as president." (Noted in 2019 and referenced in analyses of his views on executive authority.)
theconversation.com - On the War Powers Resolution (regarding actions like Iran-related operations): He has called it something "so many presidents... have gone and exceeded," claiming "It's never been used. It's never been adhered to. And every other president considered it totally unconstitutional." He has argued presidents don't need to seek extensions of authorization because it hasn't been done before, while noting ongoing contact with Congress.
facebook.com - On military actions (e.g., Iran context): He has asserted authority under his constitutional role as Commander in Chief and for foreign relations/national security, without needing prior approval in certain cases, sometimes citing ceased hostilities or self-defense.
nbcnews.com
cato.org
This approach accelerates policy but invites legal challenges, congressional pushback (resolutions, funding fights), and debates over separation of powers. Critics argue it erodes Congress's role; supporters say it's necessary for effective governance given modern threats and legislative dysfunction. The balance is ultimately tested in courts and elections.
Ok, so ask it about the DC issue specifically.
Can POTUS have the place cleaned up?
DC is the federal seat of power and the POTUS is the CiC of it after all.
IMHO, him attempting to clean the city seems like a dumb thing to fight him on.
Everyone should be in favor of keeping the place looking decent.
Only prob is, how many of those guilty of the stuff on the right were actually undercover feds doing a false flag operation?
That whole incident was a setup to entrap Trump supporters.
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There is a right way to go about it. It starts with a bidding process.
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What is the normal biffing process for government contracts like? Did president Trump use the normal bidding process for the reflecting pool clean up project?
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The normal bidding process for US federal government contracts follows the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), which prioritizes full and open competition for fairness, transparency, and best value.
acquisition.gov
Key Elements of the Standard Process
- Requirements determination: The agency identifies needs and prepares a solicitation (e.g., Invitation for Bids/IFB for sealed bidding or Request for Proposals/RFP for negotiated contracts).
- Publicizing: Solicitations are typically posted on SAM.gov (System for Award Management) for contracts above certain thresholds (e.g., >$25,000). They may also appear on agency sites.
congress.gov - Submission: Bidders submit sealed bids (FAR Part 14) or proposals (FAR Part 15). Sealed bidding is used when price is the main factor; bids are publicly opened. Negotiated processes allow discussion and best-value evaluation (price + technical factors, past performance, etc.).
- Evaluation and award: Awards go to the lowest responsive/responsible bidder (sealed) or best-value offeror. There are rules for handling limited bids, protests, and documentation.
fedbizaccess.com - Exceptions: Limited competition or sole-source (no-bid) awards are allowed but require justification and approval, such as for urgency ("unusual and compelling urgency"), only one responsible source, or public interest. These must avoid favoritism and are subject to scrutiny/audits.
aaf.dau.edu
No, President Trump did not use the normal competitive bidding process for the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool cleanup/renovation project. Multiple reports indicate the administration awarded no-bid (sole-source) contracts, citing urgency for the nation's 250th birthday (July 4, 2026) and events.
nytimes.com
Details on the Reflecting Pool Contracts
- One no-bid contract (~$1.7 million) went to Greenwater Services (tied to Trump donor John J. Cafaro / JJ Cafaro Investment Trust) for a nano-bubble filtration system.
yahoo.com - Another (~$6.9–14+ million, with costs reportedly rising significantly) went to a firm like Atlantic Industrial Coatings for painting/repairs (Trump mentioned prior work on his properties).
nytimes.com
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This approach is legally permissible with proper justification but deviates from the default competitive norms intended to ensure best price and avoid perceptions of favoritism. Similar urgency exceptions have been used by prior administrations, though the specifics here (donor ties, rapid timeline) have drawn particular attention. Federal spending data is trackable on sites like USASpending.gov.
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This is one of the main complaints people have about T. He does not believe he is bound by normal processes or by laws that others are bound by.
He considers himself to be some sort of a god and everyone else a filthy worm to be used and abused as he sees fit.
Ok, so why doesn't everyone else see what needs to be done and just go ahead do it right?
Instead of fighting just to keep things messed up and dirty?
It's the nations capitol. The statues, buildings and other historical and important landmarks should be maintained.
I just see what Trump tried to do, as just trying to do the right thing in the face of overwhelming opposition that is mostly opposed simply because it is Trump who is doing it.
If he's doing it wrong, then the ones who can do it need to get off their dead asses and show how to do it.
Letting the city get run down shouldn't be acceptable to anyone.
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I agree with everything you said. But we have a government of dead beats who actually believe their jobs are to get reelected. R or D doesn't matter. They act like adversaries, fight each other as talking points for their respective constituents, make insider trades for $$$, go on cool breeze trips all over the planet on the tax payers dimes and all sorts of other neat sh*t while the rest of us suffer.
And then when they do agree with each other on legislation like the housing bill T says screw you. Example:
Trump’s bill signing cancellation leaves senior GOP staffer dumbstruck
In an unprecedented move, President Donald Trump vowed Wednesday to block an affordable housing bill Congress had given final passage to the night before, sparking panic and shock from onlookers across the political spectrum.“We saw glimpses of this during Trump’s first administration, but never in my lifetime have I seen a president so deliberately attempt to lose majorities for his own party,” a senior Senate GOP staffer told Punchbowl News’ Andrew Desiderio, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
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I don't like chaos. I would like things to get back the way they were before T's second term.