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milestogo

(22,067 posts)
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 04:02 PM Thursday

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

johnnyfins

(3,133 posts)
1. Recycled construction materials.
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 04:04 PM
Thursday

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
Thursday

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

sop

(16,600 posts)
8. Make "Trump will pay for the reconstruction" the Democratic campaign slogan,
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 04:12 PM
Thursday

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

Walleye

(42,954 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
Thursday

Trueblue1968

(18,862 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
Yesterday

Trueblue Texan

(3,911 posts)
7. You and I think alike, Muriel_volestrangler...
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 04:11 PM
Thursday

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

rampartd

(2,742 posts)
19. absolutely 1st order of business
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 04:29 PM
Thursday

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

Autumn

(48,499 posts)
9. Demolish it and haul it to the dump.Burn down the white house
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 04:13 PM
Thursday

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

(106,649 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
Thursday

But it can be done!

Blue Owl

(57,719 posts)
13. Blow it to smithereens along with Fat Fuck's 'legacy'
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 04:21 PM
Thursday

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
Thursday

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

(2,742 posts)
16. artillery practice
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 04:24 PM
Thursday

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

RainCaster

(13,225 posts)
21. Tear it down
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 05:50 PM
Thursday

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

(5,868 posts)
25. Dismantle it and sell it to someone who loves drump and will foot all the
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 06:30 PM
Thursday

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

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

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

(5,273 posts)
26. Compost heap
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 06:32 PM
Thursday

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

Ocelot II

(127,941 posts)
30. Tear the fucker down and recycle the materials, if that's even possible.
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 06:41 PM
Thursday

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

(9,633 posts)
37. Command center and court room for investigation and prosecution
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 07:09 PM
Thursday

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
Thursday

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

Xolodno

(7,210 posts)
39. Doubt anything will happen to it, sad to say.
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 07:10 PM
Thursday

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

(758 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
Thursday

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

(92,848 posts)
44. Realistically , how useful would it be if they kept it
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 09:44 PM
Thursday

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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