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White House ballroom project has become costlier and larger than originally anticipated

Donald Trump encouraged those working on the construction of his new White House ballroom project to disregard traditional permitting, zoning, and code requirements, according to a new report.

Since announcing the project in July, Trump’s ballroom has become larger, costlier and more destructive than initially thought – raising concerns about whether the president is following historical rules when it comes to a White House addition.

The ballroom’s capacity, initially thought to be 650, has been raised to 900. Its cost has nearly doubled from $200 million to $350 million. Its construction, which Trump initially said would not interfere with the integrity of the current White House, has led to the destruction of the East Wing.

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[-] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 36 points 2 weeks ago

Yes! Disregard the code! Don’t even think about the building code!

And don’t worry, the ballroom certainly won’t fall down with you inside it, piggy!

[-] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago

I have never been horny before in my life, on account of being asexual, but the thought of this ballroom collapsing under shitty building practices while housing the top thousand richest bastards in society, is certainly making me feel something hormonal.

[-] krashmo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Never in your life? I always assumed asexual meant very rarely horny, not literally never. Is that common?

[-] pennomi@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

It’s a spectrum, but there are people who are literally never horny. It’s not common though.

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[-] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

We should be so lucky.

It'll probably collapse on a kindergarten tour group while piggy is in Europe meeting with Putin.

[-] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Along those same lines, they should have a Wizard of Oz ball using the original snow recipe from the movie.

[-] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 2 weeks ago

Look on the bright side; hopefully it'll catch on fire due to an electric short, or Canada, or something, during one of Trump's shindigs and him and nine hundred of his “friends” will get trapped inside due to overcrowding and insufficient emergency exits and will burn to death in abject agony.

[-] kmartburrito@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

🤌 GORLAMI

[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago
[-] gezero@lemmy.bowyerhub.uk 24 points 2 weeks ago

I am confused, what ballroom is this talking about? Do you mean the Epstein ball room? That makes sense...

[-] Witchfire@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Yes, the Trump-Epstein Friendship Ballroom

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[-] magnetosphere@fedia.io 22 points 2 weeks ago

All he’s doing is giving a future president an excuse to tear it down. Plus, visiting politicians and influential businesspeople usually don’t like to hang out in unsafe buildings.

[-] partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago

Can’t say as much about submarines, though.

[-] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Code requirements? Dude those are not just useless regulations. Those are for your safety and the soundness of the building. Only a complete moron signs off on a build that ignores building codes. But here we are.

[-] Serinus@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I expect they'll probably follow code anyway? Because you know as soon as dipshit is out of there, they're going to have to inspect that thing for safety reasons. And the contractor probably doesn't want the reputation of building absolute crap.

On the other hand, if he's as good as picking construction contractors as he is at picking lawyers or cabinet positions, well...

[-] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I'm sure it will be built by a contracting company incorporated just for this purpose. And after this, it will be dissolved. They'll have no reputation to defend.

[-] Archer@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Four Seasons Total Landscaping is about to land another big job

[-] UnspecificGravity@infosec.pub 9 points 2 weeks ago

Seriously. i get ignoring zoning and permitting because fuck everyone else, but skipping CODE requirements just means your building fucking sucks.

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

I've seen what happens when a construction guy gets to build their own buildings out of sight of inspectors. It's not pretty.

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[-] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 weeks ago

Everything he's doing is probably going to have to be torn down and rebuilt.

[-] forrgott@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 weeks ago

Hey, Canada, that's kind of your thing isn't it? Seriously, though, please just burn the while fucking White House to the ground! (again) Cause we're never gonna be able to get Diaper Donnie's stench out, anyway...

[-] Zamboni_Driver@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 weeks ago

Uh, it looks like you guys are well on your way to burning it down without our help.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

~~probably~~ certainly

FTFY.

Even if by some miracle it isn't an unsafe, condemned piece of shit, it's still a blight and a travesty of historical proportions that will need to be corrected by restoring it to the previous design.

Just make sure those same fuckin billionaires who donated for this pony up the money for it's restoration, too.

[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

I'd be surprised if he didn't

[-] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 13 points 2 weeks ago

I think we Canadians would be happy to help with any extensive remodeling your White House requires.

Maybe you can paint it orange this time.

[-] khepri@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

yeah come give it the ol 1812 special please

[-] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

Please let this end the way I hope it will…..

[-] Dogyote@slrpnk.net 22 points 2 weeks ago

With an electrical fire in a ballroom full of 900 of Trump's enablers and the doors fail to open due to corner cutting?

[-] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

They'll have to tear it down inside of ten years, I guarantee it.

[-] Punk_face@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 weeks ago

White trash doing white trash shit

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

Ignoring the law just because you were told to is no excuse in court.

[-] ceenote@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

If that ballroom is finished by the end of his term, I'll eat my shoes.

[-] FBJimmy@lemmus.org 8 points 2 weeks ago

If the US gets a new president in 2029, I'll be devastated if they don't take the opportunity to do a major speach or something against the backdrop of a half derelict East Wing - it would be iconic.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

If Trump leaves office willingly before it's completed, I'll eat mine.

[-] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 weeks ago

I'm sure he's demanding all the kickbacks up front. That's half the point of this monstrosity after all.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Sure, but he's not going to leave office willingly regardless.

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[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

It’s moving right along, just like the wall.

[-] kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 weeks ago

Headline says he told them to disregard but the first sentence says he encouraged them to disregard.

Pick one and make it accurate...

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

He has a history of destroying historical buildings if he has any opportunity.

[-] khepri@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

And later is says he "told" them a second time, however are we to untangle this Gordian knot of language???

[-] Rhaedas@fedia.io 7 points 2 weeks ago

"No one knows more about construction than me."

[-] gustofwind@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

It’s probably filled with foreign listening devices anyway and will need to be completely destroyed

[-] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

It's the same playbook as his father in NYC.

[-] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

Taking others land without permission is on brand of "American values" tho.

He's only going back to its roots

[-] Zugyuk@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Burned down, fell over, sank into the swamp

[-] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

presidential death trap

[-] tehn00bi@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

This feels like a Nero burning Rome moment.

[-] TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Funny thing is, even Nero wasn't this blatantly corrupt and evil. Most of the myth of the 'fiddling while Rome burned' story came as propaganda from his enemies (long after he was dead too). What we're seeing here is undeniable proof that Trump is the biggest POS in America

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