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White House fires commission charged with advising the president on design as Trump pushes construction projects
cnn ^ | 10-28-25 | Samantha Waldenberg

Posted on 10/28/2025 7:56:33 PM PDT by dynachrome

The White House has fired all six members of the Commission of Fine Arts, an independent federal agency charged with advising the president, Congress and the city of Washington, DC, on “matters of design and aesthetics,” according to a source familiar with the matter.

The firings come as President Donald Trump has sought to impose his style on the nation’s capital through a slate of construction projects, including a planned triumphal arch, new White House ballroom, and paving over the Rose Garden.

The firings came via email from an adviser in the Presidential Personnel Office.

“On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I am writing to inform you that your position as a member of the Commission on Fine Arts is terminated, effective immediately,” reads the email, which was reviewed by CNN.

The six members were appointed by former President Joe Biden

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: commission; finearts; fires; trump
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All 6 appointed by biden or whoever was running the government.
1 posted on 10/28/2025 7:56:33 PM PDT by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome

New crew is the one that designed the Obama Library——Only Kidding!


2 posted on 10/28/2025 7:59:02 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: dynachrome

Excellent firing.


3 posted on 10/28/2025 7:59:31 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: dynachrome

Daddy knows best.


4 posted on 10/28/2025 8:02:51 PM PDT by Bronzy (CNN Fake News )
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To: dynachrome
That "commission" would not doubt propose and endorse this hideous garbage...


5 posted on 10/28/2025 8:07:03 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: dynachrome

https://www.cfa.gov/about-cfa/who-we-are


6 posted on 10/28/2025 8:10:00 PM PDT by jjotto ("...saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, And I hated Esau...")
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To: frank ballenger

The old crew, at least Billie Tsien, worked for the firm that did design the Obama Presidential Center:

https://www.cfa.gov/about-cfa/who-we-are/billie-tsien


7 posted on 10/28/2025 8:11:42 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: dynachrome
story: "The White House has fired all six members of the Commission of Fine Arts.

Thank God. They are all graduates of the GDR School of Brutalist Art.

8 posted on 10/28/2025 8:13:59 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: jacknhoo

Amazing.


9 posted on 10/28/2025 8:14:09 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: dynachrome
Trump knows more about construction than they do, having spent all his working life of over 50 years carrying out huge construction projects.
The moment these jokers started making whiny, ineffective noises against the Big Beautiful Ballroom, they were effectively out the door.
10 posted on 10/28/2025 8:15:13 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Yes.
Ugliest presidential library in history.


11 posted on 10/28/2025 8:16:39 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: dynachrome

All we need to know


12 posted on 10/28/2025 8:27:34 PM PDT by iamgalt
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To: dynachrome

There are no “independent agencies”.


13 posted on 10/28/2025 8:40:59 PM PDT by WASCWatch ( WASC)
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To: dynachrome

All 6 appointed by biden
All we need to know


14 posted on 10/28/2025 8:43:18 PM PDT by iamgalt
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
Yep. Like a Nazi flack tower.


15 posted on 10/28/2025 8:44:21 PM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est.)
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To: SmokingJoe

Might be the ugliest BUILDING in history.


16 posted on 10/28/2025 8:45:54 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: iamgalt

“Biden”

One benefit of almost constantly asking rich people for money is that you get to see how a lot of rich people live.


17 posted on 10/28/2025 8:47:21 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Exactly. The left loves Brutalist architecture as it is often the closest thing to what was built in communist countries in the past.


18 posted on 10/28/2025 8:50:22 PM PDT by matt04 ( )
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

A cross between an abandoned Grain Elevator in North Dakota and an ‘off grid” Crematorium visible only via Google Earth.


19 posted on 10/28/2025 8:52:34 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: frank ballenger

What took so long? Trump is too nice a guy I tell ya.


20 posted on 10/28/2025 8:56:16 PM PDT by Gasshog (MTPGA <make toliet paper great again>)
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