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Arthur Brain

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$400,000,000 so far on this gigantic monstrosity of a *ballroom* and kudos to Sen Blumenthal...

๐ƒ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐’๐ž๐ง. ๐‘๐ข๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ โ€œ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌโ€ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐š๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ โ€œ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐๐š๐ญ๐žโ€ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ.

โ€œ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ,โ€ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐”.๐’. ๐€๐ญ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐€๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ข๐ญ๐ณ. โ€œ๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐›๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐๐š๐ญ๐ž๐.โ€

๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ฅ, ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ข๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ โ€œ๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐š๐ฑ๐ฉ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ž๐ง๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง,โ€ ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐ข๐.

 

JudgeRightly

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$400,000,000 so far on this gigantic monstrosity of a *ballroom* and kudos to Sen Blumenthal...

๐ƒ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐œ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐’๐ž๐ง. ๐‘๐ข๐œ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ โ€œ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฅ๐š๐ฐ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌโ€ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐“๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐š๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ โ€œ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐๐š๐ญ๐žโ€ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ.

โ€œ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐›๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ,โ€ ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐จ ๐”.๐’. ๐€๐ญ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐€๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ข๐ญ๐ณ. โ€œ๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐›๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐๐š๐ญ๐ž๐.โ€

๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ฅ, ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ข๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐›๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ โ€œ๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐š๐ฑ๐ฉ๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐ž๐ง๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง,โ€ ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐ข๐.


$400M is probably justified. Having foreign dignitaries and US leaders protected during events in the modern era is not a light undertaking.

Add onto that fact that it needs to meet certain building standards for historic preservation demands just increases the cost.

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Arthur Brain

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$400M is probably justified. Having foreign dignitaries and US leaders protected during events in the modern era is not a light undertaking.

Add onto that fact that it needs to meet certain building standards for historic preservation demands just increases the cost.

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Or, he could have just left the East wing well alone and not wasted millions of taxpayer dollars on yet another pet vanity project. Chances are it won't get built anyway and need demolishing. Meanwhile, it's a monstrosity that dwarfs the WH.
 

Arthur Brain

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Talk about monumentally delusional...

Trump: ๐ˆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐š๐ฒ๐›๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ, ๐ˆ'๐ฆ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž, ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐›๐ž ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ. ๐Ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ," ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐.

Yes Donny, other than being 80 years old, you're in the prime of ya life!

What an absolute clown. Republicans sorely need someone like John McCain if they're ever going to restore some credibility again...

 

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Or, he could have just left the East wing well alone and not wasted millions of taxpayer dollars on yet another pet vanity project.

It may be a vanity project, but there's at least good reasons for it.

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