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Miles Archer

(20,329 posts)
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 04:20 PM Thursday

Trump's Bigly Yuge $200 MILLION Gold MAGAt "Ballroom" will "be significantly larger than the White House itself"

New renderings of President Donald Trump’s $200 million dream ballroom have provided new insight into what will soon occupy 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

The ballroom, now expected to be nearly 125,000 square feet, will be significantly larger than the White House itself. The latest mock-ups, obtained by CBS News, show just how much the structure will tower over the 233-year-old executive mansion.

The ballroom, a Palladian structure, appears to have an entrance with stairs facing south, toward The Ellipse and the Washington Monument. At the top of the stairs are six Corinthian-style columns.

Inside, renderings depict a lavish ballroom featuring neoclassical architectural elements, including large arched windows, ornate chandeliers, a coffered ceiling, and, in true Trump fashion, numerous gold accents.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-images-reveal-details-of-trumps-monstrous-200m-dream-ballroom/

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Trump's Bigly Yuge $200 MILLION Gold MAGAt "Ballroom" will "be significantly larger than the White House itself" (Original Post) Miles Archer Thursday OP
I so look forward to the Democratic president in 2029 taking a wrecking ball to this eyesore. LonePirate Thursday #1
Future homeless shelter Johonny Thursday #7
It will cost a fortune to put up and a fortune to take down. Irish_Dem Thursday #14
I get the feeling his trailer trash will have to be completely destroyed.. ananda Thursday #16
Yes it is going to be bad. Irish_Dem Thursday #17
That's his rep at Maralago too. ananda Thursday #24
Windsor Castle staff reported that everything had to be replaced. Irish_Dem Thursday #25
Planning to stay for good and be buried there no doubt. enough Thursday #2
Somebody make him stop!! Please!!! returnee Thursday #3
It is monstrous. Celerity Thursday #4
Hmm.... bdamomma Thursday #6
Hopefully that bdamomma Thursday #5
That's what I'm hoping for. Paladin Thursday #11
Horrendous, as is anything Trump does NameAlreadyTaken Thursday #8
It would be fitting if they used the *rump/Epstein dancing statue as a statement piece in the ball room. Uncle Joe Thursday #9
This message was self-deleted by its author Totally Tunsie Thursday #10
WTF eShirl Thursday #12
How many bedrooms will be located above the ballroom? Irish_Dem Thursday #13
Geeeebzz, I expect a "Roman Emperor" to stand at the top of those stairs. Of course, he.... electric_blue68 Thursday #15
It looks like it has 4 larger-than-life statues in niches at the top of the steps muriel_volestrangler Thursday #19
Ah, zoomed in. I see what you mean. Ick. electric_blue68 Thursday #21
"They each may be rewarded ..." muriel_volestrangler Thursday #18
He needs a warehouse to store all the TrumpCrap. Buns_of_Fire Thursday #20
Are there no controls or restrictions on something like this? He can build whatever, no matter Totally Tunsie Thursday #22
I went to Romania this past summer Ghost of Tom Joad Thursday #23
He's been in a few places like that which apparently "inspired" him Miles Archer Thursday #28
There are standards you have to follow when remodeling a Historical Building. But a doc03 Thursday #26
How long before he tears the White House down? WiVoter Thursday #27
This message was self-deleted by its author moondust Thursday #29
There's very little it could be used for because it will be connected to the White House. Wiz Imp Friday #30

LonePirate

(14,239 posts)
1. I so look forward to the Democratic president in 2029 taking a wrecking ball to this eyesore.
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 04:21 PM
Thursday

Irish_Dem

(75,575 posts)
14. It will cost a fortune to put up and a fortune to take down.
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 05:33 PM
Thursday

At the same time we have no money for SS, Medicare, education, science, etc.

ananda

(33,428 posts)
16. I get the feeling his trailer trash will have to be completely destroyed..
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 06:00 PM
Thursday

and rebuilt from the bottom up, after the whole place
has been cleaned and fumigated.

Irish_Dem

(75,575 posts)
17. Yes it is going to be bad.
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 06:03 PM
Thursday

They had to completely replace everything in the rooms where
Trump just stayed at Windsor Castle.

The staff said it was totally wrecked.

ananda

(33,428 posts)
24. That's his rep at Maralago too.
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 07:06 PM
Thursday

I wonder if they have to redo the rooms
when he's out of town.

Irish_Dem

(75,575 posts)
25. Windsor Castle staff reported that everything had to be replaced.
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 07:13 PM
Thursday

The walls, furniture, bedding, towels were all ruined.
Fake tan makeup everywhere.
Open jars of tan goop and hair gel everywhere.
Fast food and boxes all strewn over the place.

Everything was stained and ruined.

Yes I assume his WH and MAL rooms have to be cleaned and refurbished all the time.
At taxpayer expense. And there are priceless heirlooms in the WH.
Probably destroyed or damaged.
The items he doesn't outright steal that is.

bdamomma

(69,050 posts)
6. Hmm....
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 04:32 PM
Thursday

Didn't Rome Empire collapse? How sick. This cretin felon is no American, he's a Russian asset.

Paladin

(31,684 posts)
11. That's what I'm hoping for.
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 05:16 PM
Thursday

All of trump's monstrous changes to the White House---the ballroom, that cheap-ass parking lot with umbrellas that replaced Jackie's rose garden, the ugly gold "decorations," all of it needs to be knocked down, ground into aquarium gravel, and hauled away. If public funding is required to accomplish that, I'll give what I can. Whatever it takes, to do away with the filthy effects of this unspeakable regime.

Uncle Joe

(63,250 posts)
9. It would be fitting if they used the *rump/Epstein dancing statue as a statement piece in the ball room.
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 05:05 PM
Thursday

That would be a profound statement of the times.

Thanks for the thread Miles Archer

Response to Miles Archer (Original post)

electric_blue68

(24,042 posts)
15. Geeeebzz, I expect a "Roman Emperor" to stand at the top of those stairs. Of course, he....
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 05:54 PM
Thursday
thinks of himself as king, so there's that.
BLARGH!!!

muriel_volestrangler

(104,862 posts)
19. It looks like it has 4 larger-than-life statues in niches at the top of the steps
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 06:14 PM
Thursday

I guess those will be 4 different statues of the Rapist, since his ego won't stand anyone else sharing the limelight with him.

muriel_volestrangler

(104,862 posts)
18. "They each may be rewarded ..."
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 06:05 PM
Thursday
CBS News reported that pledges are coming from corporations and wealthy donors, including Google, Booz Allen Hamilton, R.J. Reynolds, Palantir, and NextEra Energy. Lockheed Martin is said to have contributed $10 million to the project. They each may be rewarded by having their names etched into the White House.

Because Trump's memory isn't good enough to remember who bribed him and expects the favours.

Buns_of_Fire

(18,781 posts)
20. He needs a warehouse to store all the TrumpCrap.
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 06:18 PM
Thursday

It'll rival any Amazon fulfillment center anywhere. Boxes and boxes of rumphats, rumpbibles, rumpmugs, rumpcoins, and acrylic resin-enrobed rumpfeces, all ready to ship to his rumphumpers (at $39.95 S&H).

Totally Tunsie

(11,288 posts)
22. Are there no controls or restrictions on something like this? He can build whatever, no matter
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 06:27 PM
Thursday

the size, cost or style? Is this not OUR house? Where's our vote in the matter?

This grifter is totally out of control.

Ghost of Tom Joad

(1,427 posts)
23. I went to Romania this past summer
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 06:58 PM
Thursday

and when I saw the Palace of Parliament built by Nicolae Ceausecu the former dictator, all I could think of was this is what Taco wants.


Miles Archer

(20,329 posts)
28. He's been in a few places like that which apparently "inspired" him
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 07:35 PM
Thursday

When he recently ramped up the West Wing "gold" nonsense, there were photos of him and his first wife on a trip...Russia, I believe...standing in a "palace" that looked suspiciously like the West Wing in 2025.

doc03

(38,438 posts)
26. There are standards you have to follow when remodeling a Historical Building. But a
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 07:30 PM
Thursday

president can deface the most significant historical structure in the country? A local pizza shop relocated to a
building on the Historical Register his remodeling had to comply with arcatecture of the time the building was built.

Response to Miles Archer (Original post)

Wiz Imp

(7,562 posts)
30. There's very little it could be used for because it will be connected to the White House.
Fri Sep 26, 2025, 12:03 AM
Friday

It would be a security nightmare. The only prudent thing to do would be demolish it. It will be an atrocity and the majority of the public would agree once they see it.

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