Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

New York should seize Trump Tower
The Washington Post ^ | 12/12/2016 | Catherine Rampell

Posted on 12/13/2016 11:09:45 AM PST by Trump20162020

Froufrou Fifth Avenue resembles a police state.

Officers wielding gigantic guns guard Trump Tower, where President-elect Donald Trump conducts all transition business, and soon lots of presidential business, too. Shoppers patronizing the stores, cafes or public gardens inside must endure layers of security screening. Streets and sidewalks are barricaded; traffic is snarled; and costumed buskers milk money from the looky-loos obstructing the entrances to Gucci and Tiffany.

The challenges of securing this 58-story building in a high-density neighborhood will, by Inauguration Day alone, drain $35 million of local taxpayer money. Who knows the additional costs to commerce and property values?

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Editorial; US: New York
KEYWORDS: donaldtrump; giganticguns; newyork; newyorkcity; nyc; trump; trumptower; trumptransition
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 121-140141-160161-180181-193 next last
To: Trump-a-licious

They got the “gigantic guns” from the final scenes of the first Men In Black movie! Only WaPo’s Fake News Bureau could come up with that descriptor. Gigantic guns indeed!!


161 posted on 12/13/2016 2:41:14 PM PST by Blackhawk45 (The media has rendered itself irrelevant!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Trump-a-licious
"“gigantic guns” ??"

Is that like, a canon?

162 posted on 12/13/2016 3:09:49 PM PST by 1_Rain_Drop
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: SandyInSeattle

“$35 million of local taxpayer money.”....

Hitlary steals more than that in a week. No big deal. If the “gubmint” wants to confiscate any monies, go after the illegal Clinton Foundation. That should pay for a lot of guards at Trump Towers.

I like the guard in yellow.


163 posted on 12/13/2016 3:10:16 PM PST by DaveA37
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 50 | View Replies]

To: I want the USA back

trump should pull the post’s wh credentials. When they added 20+ investigative reports to get him and none for Hillary, they forfeited their status as “press.”


164 posted on 12/13/2016 3:12:15 PM PST by morphing libertarian
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: DannyTN

Mine certainly doesn’t look like that either.


165 posted on 12/13/2016 3:18:08 PM PST by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 157 | View Replies]

To: manc

Catherine Rampell also wrote this piece back in October:

http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/4504907-155/catherine-rampell-to-save-the-republican

Don’t you just love it when the leftist shills drink their own bilge?


166 posted on 12/13/2016 3:20:11 PM PST by Arkansas Toothpick
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 165 | View Replies]

To: Arkansas Toothpick

I have just read the article, thank you. I don’t even know where to start about it.

Maybe if the left actually looked at themselves , then they would see how their aging 60’s throw backs are losing them power by going too far left.
I’m sending an email to her, but I am trying to think of all the points I want to make to her.


167 posted on 12/13/2016 3:32:47 PM PST by manc ( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 166 | View Replies]

To: bigbob

I would discuss guns, headbands, and breasts with her.


168 posted on 12/13/2016 3:37:13 PM PST by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 23 | View Replies]

To: Ciexyz

The tour and finding a few of the great pizza places that I have read about are the only reasons I have to visit NYC.


169 posted on 12/13/2016 3:46:39 PM PST by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 121 | View Replies]

To: Trump20162020

Does the author of this piece really want to have Mayor DeBlasio pick a fight with the President of the United States? This is literally a case of “you and what Army”


170 posted on 12/13/2016 4:08:11 PM PST by jmcenanly ("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Trump20162020

Does the author of this piece really want to have Mayor DeBlasio pick a fight with the President of the United States? This is literally a case of “you and what Army”


171 posted on 12/13/2016 4:08:19 PM PST by jmcenanly ("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Billthedrill
They have one of these babies parked in front of Trump Tower.

So did they lay the railroad tracks down the middle of Fifth Avenue, too? ;-)

172 posted on 12/13/2016 4:19:57 PM PST by Fast Moving Angel (It is no more than a dream remembered, a Civilization gone with the wind.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 72 | View Replies]

To: Fast Moving Angel
And they're GOLD!

Yuge, I tellya. Yuge.

173 posted on 12/13/2016 4:25:48 PM PST by Billthedrill
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 172 | View Replies]

To: Trump20162020

Watch out for them ‘gigantic guns’ - no doubt each officer is packing a bazooka in case of attack by Hitler’s panzers.


174 posted on 12/13/2016 5:27:47 PM PST by Jack Hammer
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Billthedrill
😁
175 posted on 12/13/2016 5:42:30 PM PST by Fast Moving Angel (It is no more than a dream remembered, a Civilization gone with the wind.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 173 | View Replies]

To: Trump20162020

If it were the a##clown and his family it would be perfectly ok


176 posted on 12/13/2016 6:19:23 PM PST by ronnie raygun
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Trump20162020
Well, busker was a new one for me.
 
I just HAD to look it up!
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_performance

177 posted on 12/14/2016 3:35:16 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Trump-a-licious
Al Bundy says...


"What's wrong with big 'uns?"

178 posted on 12/14/2016 3:37:16 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: bigbob

Be careful!

You could put an eye out with those!

179 posted on 12/14/2016 3:40:30 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 23 | View Replies]

To: lacrew

“Is that a gun in your pocket...”


180 posted on 12/14/2016 3:41:48 AM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 44 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 121-140141-160161-180181-193 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson