PS: In a few videos I screened, President Trump keeps mentioning gold a lot - over and over. I think the emphasis is telling.I watched a video clip after FReeQs sweetiepiezer, Watchdog85 and meyer and I kicked around the ideas of excavation and tunnels in Washington D.C. tied to Powell's renovations of the Fed Building.
A few hours later, in a video recorded in the Oval Office, President Trump inadvertently answered one of my questions about the Rose Garden construction.
Of course I lost track of that video and it's taken some time to find it. A few of the first videos I screened were not the the one I wanted, but still, I found snippets interesting.
For example, in the FIFA video, President Trump said historically priceless paintings stored in vaults beneath the White House, some there for more than 100 years, had been retreived and some were now on display in the White House. I've never heard mention of those paintings and I don't know why they were stored for more than 100 years if their presence were known - why wouldn't they be on display somewhere? I was interested to hear President Trump said he had gone 'down into the vaults' himself, and wondered what else he saw during his visit.
Below are some comments on the correct video for which I've been searching. On the web, the meeting was described thusly:
### Washington, Dc, USA. 25th Aug, 2025. US President Donald Trump displays a signed proclamation in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. Trump is meeting with relatives of the thirteen US military members killed during the US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.
Here's a few excerpts:
**President Trump said @** 4:38 in the video that D.C. was, "...so peaceful, because all the criminals are either arrested or they're hiding, and we're finding the ones that are hiding.
**ransomnote:** I'm used to reading that criminals flee the area, but here they are hiding. I don't think the military is searching D.C. homes that much. Where are the criminals hiding? Are some of the criminals hiding in tunnels?
**President Trump:** Referring to the crime crackdown in DC, "So I want to thank Pam Bondi; I want to thank our Vice President; I want to thank everybody standing behind me."
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**ransomnote: **President Trump then says they are all doing a fantastic job re D.C. and are working 24 hrs a day. If they are working around the clock due to the DC crime effort, in addition to the officers and NG involved, then I think it means much more extensive crime is involved beyond muggers, gangsters and drug dealers. I recall Patel said thousands of trafficked children had been rescued.
**President Trump:** "...and Washington D.C. is now in great shape. I'm going to be working with Clark Construction, which is by far your biggest construction company. And we're going to also beautify Washington. We're going to rip down the broken medians, fix them. We're going to put asphalt on the roads. We're not ripping them apart like these stupid people do. They rip a road down to the dirt and then they spend 5 years in building the new one, and then it starts settling. "
**ransomnote:** Apparently the Deep Staters ripped up a D.C. road for 5 years, they build the new road, and then that road 'settled', and now Trump will replace or install asphalt to repair it. I asked AI if underground construction efforts would cause roads paved over the top of it to settle:
AI:
Yes, traffic over a paved surface can cause settling in underground structures like caverns, potentially leading to the need for repairs. Regular monitoring and maintenance are essential to ensure the integrity of such structures.
Sources provided were OSHA and Cave Conservency of Virginia.**ransomnote: **So it is physically conceivable that the gravel over the Rose Garden, per my prior query, and the DC road that 'settled' are both constructed over underground cavern(s).
**President Trump:** "And uh, they'll spend hundreds of millions on a road, and I'll spend about two dollars and it will look better."
**ransomnote:** Similar to meyers remark about the 3 billion dollar basement, which Trump said would normally cost about $250 million, Trump says 'stupid people' spent hundreds of millions building a road, which he now will repair for about (comparatively) $2. Yes, it could be standard construction fraud by city officials, but in light of all that's happening and his remarks about the Fed basement, I don't think it is. President Trump is very casual when making these remarks. Sometimes a road is just a road, but I believe he is choosing examples with great care - comms.
President Trump: "We're going to be replacing medians. We're going to be replacing much of the asphalt in the city which is in bad shape." He goes on to say Congress has authorized funds needed to beautify the city, and that we want it to look beautiful for the World Cup.
ransomnote: He mentions beautifying other major cities and that the World Cup will kick off at the Kennedy Center. In another video, He spoke of complete renovation of the Kennedy Center - it was previously a Deep State hub. I wonder what might need renovating there, in addition to whatever standard updates and repairs would be conducted ahead of events like the World Cup.