Trump is reconstituting the Fine Arts panel set to review his ballroom
Source: Washington Post
Trump is reconstituting the Fine Arts panel set to review his ballroom
The White House is seeking members likely to clear the way for President Donald Trumps controversial ballroom and other projects.
January 1, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. ESTToday at 5:00 a.m. EST
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President Donald Trump holds up a model of an arch while delivering remarks during a ballroom fundraising dinner on Oct. 15. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post)
By Dan Diamond and Jonathan Edwards
The White House is moving to install Trump-aligned appointees to a commission charged by Congress with reviewing Washingtons public art and national memorials, seeking members likely to clear the way for President Donald Trumps controversial ballroom and other projects.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/01/trump-fine-arts-appointees/
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riversedge
(79,268 posts)Srkdqltr
(9,343 posts)no plan. Sounds like a trump thing
murielm99
(32,664 posts)concepts of a plan!
CurtEastPoint
(19,846 posts)snot
(11,473 posts)someone might have gotten organized to stop him.
(It's consistent with the "move fast and break things" approach.)
Destruction is easy; authentic creation is hard.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(24,585 posts)travelingthrulife
(4,427 posts)Polly Hennessey
(8,547 posts)BradBo
(905 posts)Maybe it will listen the damage hes doing to America.The ugly Trunp arch can always be torn down.
GP6971
(37,591 posts)Srkdqltr
(9,343 posts)Hope22
(4,458 posts)His forte is destruction and torture. Most important is the giant grifts along the way.
Bayard
(28,476 posts)Brother Buzz
(39,551 posts)snot
(11,473 posts)The whole enterprise is just... vulger.
We've fallen back into the era of pharoahs.
Javaman
(65,071 posts)There have been no environmental studies and no geo studies.
Any architect worth their license wouldnt touch this shit will a 10 foot pole.
Ground that was once marsh and located so close to major water ways, desperately needs a geo study. You are asking for lawsuits without one.
Im not an architect but I have worked in the field for the past 28 years. I have learned a few things along the way.
I said it before and I will say it again, this pile of shit throne room will never get built