Posted on 10/22/2025 7:35:15 AM PDT by DallasBiff
I’m sure none of these celebrity critics has ever had one of their mansions remodeled. I seem to recall that Obama demolished the MAGNUM PI house to enlarge his Hawaiian estate.
Didn’t bill cliton do that already by cigaring monica?
Some even complain that the construction is ugly ...
A demolition permit is separate from a building permit.
There are a ton of posts on X detailing all the presidents, including many democrat, that have renovated or remodeled the WH. That includes reconstruction after some leftists bombed it.
I'm sure the original Whitehouse didn't have bullet proof windows. Things change!!
There is nothing all that special about the 1942 built remote East Wing and there is nothing unprecedented about tearing it down and rebuilding it.
This outrage is retarded.
More than ‘renovated’ - completely gutted except for the outer shell, and everything built new inside.
There is no “Lincoln Bedroom”.
Anyone who has actually been to the White House knows how badly this is needed. The East Room has been inadequate for decades, and giant tents on the south lawn, susceptible to the weather, were miserable.
These people just want to criticize Trump. If Obama had done it, they’d all be praising him for it.
Michelle put in her wonderful garden...like there was never a garden on the Whitehouse grounds before.
Good one, that part of the movie was hillarious
BTW....John Adams, the first President to live in the Whitehouse also had the first vegetable garden. Michelle acted as if it was her brainstorm. lol
Liberals: “We’re outraged that President Trump is improving th3 white house! Outraged!”
The r3st of the world: “Shaddap!”
It was renovated for function and because it was worn out, not to create a Marie Antoinette ballroom where the rich and connected can celebrate each other.
This is a stupid move at a moment when crime and riots are everywhere, people are having a hard time with food costs, skyrocketing insurance, and the real estate market is dead.
But as long as the billionaires and elites can click Champaign glasses and tell each other how wonderful they are, I guess it’s worth it.
And they crow that it’s all paid for with donations? That is called “access” money, or less politely, bribes.
Demolishing the Magnum PI estate was another vulgar and trashy move.
“The East Room has been inadequate for decades, and giant tents on the south lawn, susceptible to the weather, were miserable.”
Such a tragedy! I know I want our Gilded Age masters to only have the best.
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