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Miles Archer

(24,295 posts)
Sat May 16, 2026, 08:04 AM Saturday

HMM. A "state of the art ballroom hospital" opens in Sept 2028, with Trump leaving on 01-20-29? Am I missing something?

The White House has unleashed a frantic new push to move ahead with construction on President Donald Trump’s ballroom, which they now say is also needed to give the aging president a “state-of-the-art hospital and medical facilities.”

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche delivered the latest startling revelation in a court filing late Thursday that sounded as if much of it had been pulled straight from one of the 79-year-old president’s Truth Social tirades. It hailed the planned $400 million ballroom as a “gift to the People of the United States” that is being hampered only by preservationists suffering from “Trump Derangement Syndrome.”

“The Project, which includes a state-of-the-art hospital and medical facilities, Top Secret military installations, bomb shelters, structures, and equipment, protective partitioning, and other features—is fully designed to protect the President,” he wrote.

Trump, after calling a female reporter who questioned him on the project’s massive price tag a “dumb person” earlier this week, announced Friday that he expects the ballroom to be completed in September 2028.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-reveals-secret-new-hospital-for-donald-trump-79/

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HMM. A "state of the art ballroom hospital" opens in Sept 2028, with Trump leaving on 01-20-29? Am I missing something? (Original Post) Miles Archer Saturday OP
So I guess we'll all get to go dance there? And there will be a clinic open to the public? Walleye Saturday #1
The Donald J. Trump clinic for sexually transmitted diseases. cloudbase Saturday #3
No it's a studio and stage prop for Fox News. Initech Saturday #24
Trump is deranged, glad they are finally admitting it. Now do that 25th thing Blues Heron Saturday #2
It won't open in Sep 2028. Delayed and over budget. paleotn Saturday #4
I have to also imagine that the legal challenges won't stop. Miles Archer Saturday #9
He and his family do not plan to vacate the White House. waterwatcher123 Saturday #5
Then in 2029, tear it down and pave over it. The Madcap Saturday #11
His name is King Pedohamon the 1st. Dave Bowman Saturday #26
Fantastisch! The Madcap 6 hrs ago #32
Tend to agree. He's going to so seriously bollix up the '28 election allegorical oracle Saturday #12
That's not how it works Fiendish Thingy Saturday #13
I admire your optimism. Sort of. Dave says Saturday #15
I'm firmly rooted in reality Fiendish Thingy Saturday #18
T was darn close to delaying results in 2020 Dave says Saturday #19
...or if alternative "certified" electoral results had been accepted by Pence. allegorical oracle Saturday #20
Pence didn't have the power to accept uncertified electors Fiendish Thingy Saturday #22
If the same event were to occur today, I believe JD Vance would accept allegorical oracle 5 hrs ago #33
The new law relegates the VP to a strictly ceremonial role Fiendish Thingy 5 hrs ago #36
The post was about the midterms Fiendish Thingy Saturday #21
"Even though he attempted to substitute fraudulent electors in 2020, he failed" Dave says Saturday #25
Good lord, you need to do some brushing up on your knowledge of how the government works Fiendish Thingy Saturday #27
Trump is overturning government norms every day. For that matter, he overturns the allegorical oracle 5 hrs ago #34
Sorry to hear that you have surrendered your critical thinking to a false mythology Fiendish Thingy 5 hrs ago #37
Post 12? dpibel Saturday #30
He's so far gone he doesn't mind advertising that he needs an onsite hospital. yardwork Saturday #6
"state of the art ballroom hospital" opens in Sept 2028, with Trump holing up in the bunker below on 01-20-29? whopis01 Saturday #7
With an ICU Starbeach Saturday #8
+1 dalton99a Saturday #17
Ronald Reagan didn't need a ballroom hospital eShirl Saturday #10
He wants to leave his indelible stains on DC and the nation Fiendish Thingy Saturday #14
He's a destroyer so you would think he would know Hope22 Saturday #16
My wish is that he leaves long before that date. greatauntoftriplets Saturday #23
The deranged perv believes that he's king for life. Dave Bowman Saturday #28
If it's a gift, why do WE have to pay for it? Ilsa Saturday #29
He doesn't intend to leave. nt doc03 Saturday #31
His term ends when it ends whether he plans on leaving or not themaguffin 5 hrs ago #35
He and his paid goons do not plan to leave malaise 5 hrs ago #38

cloudbase

(6,313 posts)
3. The Donald J. Trump clinic for sexually transmitted diseases.
Sat May 16, 2026, 08:27 AM
Saturday

It would be better if it were to be a memorial clinic.

Initech

(109,260 posts)
24. No it's a studio and stage prop for Fox News.
Sat May 16, 2026, 01:40 PM
Saturday

Ever notice how Fox has gone into overdrive promoting this stupid ballroom? It's going to be their new permanent home in DC. We have to stop this thing.

paleotn

(22,726 posts)
4. It won't open in Sep 2028. Delayed and over budget.
Sat May 16, 2026, 08:39 AM
Saturday

It's half built carcass will be a testament to the stupidity of the last 12 years. Just before it's bulldozed.

Miles Archer

(24,295 posts)
9. I have to also imagine that the legal challenges won't stop.
Sat May 16, 2026, 09:26 AM
Saturday

It just seemed like a "why bother" prospect to say it would be ready in September 2028 unless he didn't plan to leave in January 2029.

The Madcap

(2,031 posts)
11. Then in 2029, tear it down and pave over it.
Sat May 16, 2026, 09:41 AM
Saturday

Instant tomb...like the Pharoah he aspires to be.

The Madcap

(2,031 posts)
32. Fantastisch!
Mon May 18, 2026, 12:13 PM
6 hrs ago

He's mad that Joe Biden parted the Red Sea on Covid and made it through the danger successfully. He's rushing in after President Biden only to see the waters crash down upon the country. (Credit to Cecil B DeMille for the images in "The Ten Commandments&quot .

King Pedohamon the 1st it is...

allegorical oracle

(6,584 posts)
12. Tend to agree. He's going to so seriously bollix up the '28 election
Sat May 16, 2026, 10:08 AM
Saturday

that he will declare that it must be redone -- or will delay results because it was "rigged." Gawd knows I hope I'm wrong. But I believe another signal is his ongoing wholesale pardons and clemency actions of his J6 "allies" -- who may also receive payoffs.

We may have reached the final road to a Constitutional crisis.

Fiendish Thingy

(24,052 posts)
13. That's not how it works
Sat May 16, 2026, 10:15 AM
Saturday

Just because you can imagine something and type it on the internet does not make that thing plausible, possible or probable.

Trump will leave office no later than January 20, 2029.

Fiendish Thingy

(24,052 posts)
18. I'm firmly rooted in reality
Sat May 16, 2026, 11:12 AM
Saturday

It’s true that Trump is an agent of chaos, but he has very little actual control outside of the executive branch, and that includes all the state governments that continue to ignore his demands and orders.

He can’t, as the post I replied to said, “delay the results” or any such nonsense.

Dave says

(5,468 posts)
19. T was darn close to delaying results in 2020
Sat May 16, 2026, 12:09 PM
Saturday

One or two things going in a different direction, and Biden might not have been seated as our President. Say, someone “finding” 12k votes, or insurrectionists making it into congressional chambers where the VP accepts state results on J6, or the VP doing something other than his patriotic duty that day. You’re holding to a “reality” you believe to be certain and true may overlook genuine risks going into midterms or in 2028.

Just sayin’ I appreciate your attempts at putting out our “hair on fire” moments, but sometimes I think you underestimate the risks we face.

Fiendish Thingy

(24,052 posts)
22. Pence didn't have the power to accept uncertified electors
Sat May 16, 2026, 12:59 PM
Saturday

And the VP’s lack of power over the EV certification has been clarified further with revisions to the law in 2022.

allegorical oracle

(6,584 posts)
33. If the same event were to occur today, I believe JD Vance would accept
Mon May 18, 2026, 12:26 PM
5 hrs ago

those alternative certifications rather than cross Trump. Power or no power. And with an amenable Supreme Court, who knows what would've occurred.

Fiendish Thingy

(24,052 posts)
36. The new law relegates the VP to a strictly ceremonial role
Mon May 18, 2026, 12:54 PM
5 hrs ago

He couldn’t accept fraudulent electors even if he wanted to.

Even if he proclaimed “I accept these electors” that wouldn’t make it so. If he directed the clerk to enter it into the record, he would be ignored.

SCOTUS couldn’t get involved, as they have no jurisdiction over internal congressional procedures.

Just because you can imagine something and type it on the internet doesn’t make that thing plausible, possible or probable.

Fiendish Thingy

(24,052 posts)
21. The post was about the midterms
Sat May 16, 2026, 12:57 PM
Saturday

Trump has no power, or ability to delay states certifying their results and sending their members-elect to Washington in 2027.

Even though he attempted to substitute fraudulent electors in 2020, he failed.

And that is all that he is- a corrupt failure whose only power is sowing chaos.

Dave says

(5,468 posts)
25. "Even though he attempted to substitute fraudulent electors in 2020, he failed"
Sat May 16, 2026, 02:39 PM
Saturday

Practice makes perfect...

I'm just saying there is risk. And the risk is substantial, not seen at this level since the Civil War. For example, Mike Johnson might refuse to seat the new House in January 2027. Who is going to stop them? (We, the citizenry, will have to stop them should they try to impose their power over our votes.)

Fiendish Thingy

(24,052 posts)
27. Good lord, you need to do some brushing up on your knowledge of how the government works
Sat May 16, 2026, 02:53 PM
Saturday

Johnson’s term as speaker, and the terms of every member of congress, expires at the end of this year.

On January 3, 2027, all the members-elect, as certified by their states (the president has no involvement in the process) and select a new speaker, who then swears in the rest of the house en masse.

Since there will be more democratic members-elect, the speaker will be a democrat.

There is a mechanism for objecting to the seating of an individual member, and there is a reason it hasn’t been used in over a hundred years - it would result in a tit for tat objection war resulting in zero representatives being sworn in.

It’s a lack of understanding of how the government actually works that leads to imaginations running wild and propagating misinformation and Doomerism.

allegorical oracle

(6,584 posts)
34. Trump is overturning government norms every day. For that matter, he overturns the
Mon May 18, 2026, 12:30 PM
5 hrs ago

Constitution. He's a lone wolf pushing the boundaries of both law and Constitution every bloody day. Give him a friendly Congress and Supreme Court and he may reign for the rest of his life. There are only three branches of government. And he's ruling all three, right now.

Fiendish Thingy

(24,052 posts)
37. Sorry to hear that you have surrendered your critical thinking to a false mythology
Mon May 18, 2026, 12:58 PM
5 hrs ago

For everyone else, never forget this one absolute truth:

Trump is not omnipotent, and the states and the people are not powerless

I explained why and how Johnson won’t be speaker next year, so he can’t refuse to seat newly elected Dem representatives.

And you?

As is typical of defeatist doomers, you neglect to explain just how Trump “Will just do it”, you simply proclaim it will be so.

Despite acting with lawless impunity on a daily basis, This evil clown car of incompetent goat rodeo rejects has been stalled, stymied or restrained numerous times over the past year, and that isn’t going to change.

dpibel

(4,012 posts)
30. Post 12?
Sat May 16, 2026, 04:31 PM
Saturday

Where in this is even a mention of the midterms?

12. Tend to agree. He's going to so seriously bollix up the '28 election
Reply to waterwatcher123 (Reply #5)
Sat May 16, 2026, 07:08 AM

that he will declare that it must be redone -- or will delay results because it was "rigged." Gawd knows I hope I'm wrong. But I believe another signal is his ongoing wholesale pardons and clemency actions of his J6 "allies" -- who may also receive payoffs.

We may have reached the final road to a Constitutional crisis.


Root yourself in reality, please.

yardwork

(69,642 posts)
6. He's so far gone he doesn't mind advertising that he needs an onsite hospital.
Sat May 16, 2026, 08:49 AM
Saturday

Most people wouldn't admit that.

whopis01

(3,931 posts)
7. "state of the art ballroom hospital" opens in Sept 2028, with Trump holing up in the bunker below on 01-20-29?
Sat May 16, 2026, 08:57 AM
Saturday

It more likely correct.

Fiendish Thingy

(24,052 posts)
14. He wants to leave his indelible stains on DC and the nation
Sat May 16, 2026, 10:19 AM
Saturday

While he still breathes, he can control the attention of millions.

The ballroom and the arch are his idea of controlling others’ attention after he’s gone.

He’s afraid all traces of his administration will be erased from history, as his administration has attempted to erase so many others.

Donnie refuses to be ignored.

Hope22

(4,878 posts)
16. He's a destroyer so you would think he would know
Sat May 16, 2026, 10:53 AM
Saturday

That his mess will be cleaned up as soon as possible. This insane destruction of this country will not stand.

Ilsa

(64,565 posts)
29. If it's a gift, why do WE have to pay for it?
Sat May 16, 2026, 03:00 PM
Saturday

Ballroom hospital? Why not build a hospital ballroom at the hospital?

Why doesn't he just keep a saline lock or central line if he's worried about needing medical care immediately? For that matter, insert a Foley catheter to save time and avoid that nasty urine odor? And maybe a buttplug?

Hey Donald, we're going to do our best to forget you as we undo all of the selfish, illegal shit you did. Your memory will not be a blessing.

malaise

(297,921 posts)
38. He and his paid goons do not plan to leave
Mon May 18, 2026, 01:06 PM
5 hrs ago

That is all.
The good news is that his decrepit rotting body will croak long before that date

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