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Trump likely to name White House ballroom after himself, officials say

Donald Trump will likely name his new $300 million White House ballroom after himself, according to senior administration officials.

Already, officials are referring to it as "The President Donald J. Trump Ballroom." That name will likely stick, ABC News was told.

Trump has not publicly said what he intends to name the ballroom, but he is known for branding his construction projects after himself -- and it appears this project will be no different.

Trump likely to name White House ballroom after himself, officials sayhttps://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-white-house-ballroom-after-officials/story?id=126843455Open linkView original on lemmy.world
jordanlundreply
lemmy.world

How could it be anything else? Epstein Ballroom seems good to me!

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credoreply
lemmy.world

Saint Epstein (Great Guy (Totally Innocent (Democrat Scapegoat Even))) Memorial Ballroom

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With the amount of old, rich and powerful men in there the Virginia Giuffre Ballroom would probably be more accurate.

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lemmy.world

The republicans will.

They will then use their media arm to accuse us all of something sinister hoping the name won’t stick.

The name will stick

The Epstein Ballroom.

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Meh, I'm kinda hoping we dissolve the presidency redistribute control of the different agencies to answer to congress and get rid of the stupid presidential elections every 4 years. Changing the whole landscape that is our party system because it won't be so much of a popularity contest and commemorate it by demolishing the White House and putting a park in its place.

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_stranger_reply
lemmy.world

Well that's just misleading.

It should be the child rapetorium

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I'm not "mememing", if we all informally call it the Epstein ballroom, it'll become the official name.

same way as conservatives renamed ACA to Obamacare. we can do the same.

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lemmy.today

IF we ever take our country back, the first thing we should is tear down that monstrosity, and replace it with the original plan, and charge him for the job. After all, he never asked permission, he just took a bulldozer to the most iconic building in America.

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FatCrabreply
slrpnk.net

Convert it into a museum dedicated to memorializing and studying America's greatest failings and violations.

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lemmy.today

I would prefer it becomes a sort of cautionary museum, about how vigilant we must be to protect our country from traitors and criminals who want to exploit it. We can call it the Trump Museum of Treason.

But no, he loves his name too much. I am of the mind to erase all mention of him from history, the way the Pharaohs would chip their predessessors names from their monuments.

He can be referred to as He Who Must Not Be Named.

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Rentlarreply
lemmy.ca

Trump Trauma Room... for everyone to remember the peril MAGA Republicans have caused.

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Trump Torture Room, where we can torture them for the locations and account numbers of their offshore accounts.

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frongtreply
lemmy.zip

I'd want to, but that might be throwing good money after bad. Maybe they'll find a better purpose for it.

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DomeGuyreply
lemmy.world

Throwing good money after bad would be spending another $200,000,000 to retrofit the monstrosity and be sure there are no "Russian clocks."

Just demolishing the thing and acting like a Kaiju stepped on the east wing might be petty and wasteful, but it wouldn't be throwing good money after bad.

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No, fuck it. Time to be petty. Raze the fucker.

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lemmy.world

Why does the White House even need a Ballroom? Do they throw many balls?

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Almaccareply
aussie.zone

The only dance they'll allow is the Presidential Double Handjob.

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I figured he was jealous of Putin or something.

Nothing says modern and big strongly manly man than getting all dolled up for a ballroom...

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lemmy.world

new $300 million White House ballroom

Wasn't it $200 million a week ago? Did they do a proper procurement with the right building specification or they're just eyeballing the price because anyway they asked the president's friend to build it with the bribe "donation" money and they're "uh yes we need another $100 mil "donation" to finish it"

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lemmy.world

My personal conspiracy theory is that they aren’t building a 300 million dollar ballroom, they are building a 275 million dollar new secret bunker with a 25 million dollar ballroom on top.

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danreply
upvote.au

As far as I've heard, they don't even have any blueprints or permits.

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lemmy.zip

Democrats should officially rename it to "The Trump and Epstein Ballroom" before demolishing it. :)

Fox news wouldn't know how to report that news.

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Seriously. I sure hope Taco is around to see it. :)

Highly likely his kids Uday and Qusay will be around, as well as lots of his asshole collaborators.

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lemmy.world

What's the point of this story? Everyone already knew that. He puts his name on literally everything he can get away with. It would be news if he was planning to name it after anyone else.

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leftzeroreply
lemmy.dbzer0.com

The point is that they want people to stop calling the Epstein ballroom the Epstein ballroom.

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I'm hoping that one day it will be a Smithsonian museum of White House history, including an exhibit of everything Trump destroyed to build his guilded monstrosity. Something tells me it won't happen, even if there is ever another Dem in office, because the Dems are still pathetically hung up on decorum and would never do anything so direct to slight a previous administration. Still, nothing would make Donnie seethe more than seeing this space opened to the riff raff.

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We'll be using the donors assets to tear down this eyesore when it's all over. Doesn't matter what he calls the Epstein Ballroom

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How can one be born with this level of unsubstantiated narcissism & delusions of grandiosity?

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He is the best example of why society shouldn't let people accumulate extreme wealth. Getting everything you want your whole life is poison to the soul. Pair that with a personality disorder or severe mental illness and you get an unholy cocktail of character flaws and vices that the devil himself wouldn't care to partake in.

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I agree with the "Epstien Ballroom" because its self-serving, exploitative to the taxpayer and will be very ball-focused. Oh wait, maybe "Trump Ballroom" works?

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piefed.social

I was hoping he'd name it "The Trump Room", which is hilarious as a Brit.

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Lemminaryreply
lemmy.world

Interesting.

I'll pay you back with "Putín" (pooh-teen), which means little slut/bitch/fag in Mexican Spanish.

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JamieDub86reply
piefed.social

That's offensive to Poutine, I prefer chips and cheese, but I'm going to make chips and cheese with halloumi for tea tonight. Probably sounds like a crime to those from Quebec.

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lemmy.world

Isn't Whitehouse ballroom good enough? Why does it need another name? Maybe I don't know enough about balls

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Prediction: The Ballroom will never be finished. There will be construction zone where the east wing used to be for the next decade and a half

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Reminds me of a shitty Russian palace. If and when the USA returns to sanity, the next leaders should ask the voters if they want the damn thing demolished and bring back the Rose Garden too. Of course use union labor.

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lemmy.world

The Donald J Trump Raped Children Ballroom. Or just "the ballroom" if you're into the whole brevity thing. (Who the hell would ever use the "full" name?)

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It's difficult to pick a suitable adjective for this guy, given the volume of offences. How about Lifetime Achievement Crime Ballroom?

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wanna bet hes going to just pocket most if not all the cash, instead of building it. the estimats for the cost is up to 350mil right now.

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Other than the Epstein Ballroom, we could name it... The Pedo Ballroom Rapist Ballroom Felon Ballroom Russia, Russia, Russia Ballroom Traitor Ballroom The Dick Tater Memorial Ballroom

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Next president, assuming we get one, should complain, very publicly how ugly and gaudy it is. Then either bulldoze it. And also plant grass in the garden again.

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The "How to funnel 300 million dollars into the pockets of my business friends -ballroom"

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lemmy.zip

Every news USA! drama, more drama! Let's discuss it.

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Whatever. Trump is super modest, he would never slap his name on something. He has too much taste and gravitas for such petty things.

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