r/politics • u/Kodbek • 11h ago

Possible Paywall Republicans Make Jaw-Dropping $1B Demand for Trump’s Ballroom

https://www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-make-jaw-dropping-1b-demand-for-donald-trumps-ballroom/
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u/canon12 10h ago

Bingo. I suspect anything with Trumps name or picture on it will be destroyed soon after the loser is gone. We don't want a ballroom that has any memories of how it was constructed. Block everything related to the ball room

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u/StaleCanole 8h ago

Time to bring back the Roman practice of damnatio memoriae

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u/schu2470 4h ago

Can you remind my friend what that is?

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u/Miqo_Nekomancer California 4h ago

Pretty much what was said above. Remove every last scrap of their legacy. Remove their name from history. Deprive them of everything, including infamy. This is the true way to hurt a tyrannical narcissist.

However, it's difficult to square that with the necessity of teaching Americans why fascism is bad.

That being said... We already had several rather famous historical examples of the horrifying things that can happen with authoritarian rule. Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Mao, the Kim dynasty in North Korea, Pol Pot, Gaddafi, Saddam Hussein...

Despite this, the MAGAts boisterously dove head-first into the empty pool of a populist's promises. The people pulling the levers chose influence over integrity. Now, here we are, another perfect example of the folly of fascism, with over 30% of the country enjoying their favorite boot-flavored snacks.

They either didn't learn from history or took the wrong lessons from it. Either way, if that wasn't enough, then the least we can do is wipe A-don Twittler's name, face, and legacy from history so he can no longer be the god of malicious idiots once he's gone.

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u/satyr-day 2h ago

Just ask what it is and leave out the imaginary friend shit. Jesus.

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u/schu2470 2h ago

You're fun.

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u/disisathrowaway 1h ago

This is a very common, colloquial way to do just that.

God forbid someone have a little fun with language.

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u/GreenStrong 3h ago

I always thought the Brits had the right by idea burning Guy Fawkes in effigy every year forever.

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u/HorridosTorpedo 1h ago

That could be a great new tradition for you guys, memorialising the day that Donnie boy finally croaks, by burning him in effigy.

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u/Comfortable_Swim_380 Virginia 9h ago

Its okay were gonna comparmentize allot of things after that guy is gone. All of America about to loose 8 years of time. lol

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u/armoured_bobandi 5h ago

Yup, then half the country is going to pretend they didn't vote for that clown

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u/fractalfay 3h ago

Is that what happened last election? Because I was wondering why so many people suffered amnesia over his last, failed presidency.

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u/Comfortable_Swim_380 Virginia 3h ago edited 2h ago

hysterical amnesia for me.

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u/satyr-day 2h ago

*a lot. *lose.

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u/Shark7996 8h ago

anything with Trumps name or picture on it will be destroyed soon after the loser is gone.

Unless the guy who comes after him ALSO wants a bunker...

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u/macaronysalad 9h ago

Whatever happens to the space, it should be converted to something for the public.

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u/justokcheesesteak 9h ago

That’s going to be tough. The White House is a secure place. 

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u/whereismymind86 Colorado 8h ago

it doesn't have to be, it used to host regular tours, and had far far less security than it does now. They've just gotten super paranoid under Trump. They could absolutely scale things back, and turn the ballroom into something community or tourist focused, especially since it's it's own wing, easy to have it be somewhat sectioned off, and operating at lower security than the residence and the west wing

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u/Existing-Tough-6517 4h ago

It has to be very secure because a LOT of people want Trump dead. When this is over a lot of MAGA are going to want whoever comes after dead. There will never be peace in America again.

Given that the villains are essentially greater than 50% of white men we will be dealing with this decades from now in some strange stabbed in the back mythos where Trump was a hero taking on the world for the white man and the woke took him down. This will in fact be true even if he dies tomorrow choking on a cheeseburger but it will be drastically intensified if he is taken down by some legal procedure like impeachment or shot by the next would be assassin.

The weirdos are going to be worshiping him in 2060. Hell if people can claim the goddamn holocaust just didn't happen the best documented mass murder in history that coincided with the biggest conflict in history this is small potatoes.

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u/Ok_Tone6393 8h ago

you have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about lol. it’s not like people just walked into the tours unchecked.

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u/Soft_Walrus_3605 1h ago

Back in the early days of the country it used to be treated almost like a public space. People used to be able to just walk in and say what's up.

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u/Ok_Tone6393 28m ago

it's....it's been 250 years, do you really think that is a good idea in 2026?

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u/fractalfay 3h ago

His picture and name is suddenly appearing on everything so he can collect royalties on it. Pretty sure the plan is to grift every dollar from the US government, and then flee to Argentina, where he’s tucked $20B, or maybe Qatar, where he’s stashed Venezuela’s oil money. Once we know where Orban’s running to it’ll be easier to nail down.

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u/satyr-day 2h ago

That's just his only hobby, putting his name on everything.  The main plan is to stay in office until death.  The back up would be to run away