In the grand scheme of things, not that much. It’s just a building really, just with extra security. I’m not opposed to a conference room but it had to be done as the people’s house through Congress. But I think the whole notion is poisoned for a good while.
How much would it cost the next president/tax payers to tear down the ball room and restore it back to normal? How long would it take? And fixing the rose garden?
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someguy3@lemmy.world 1 day ago
wjrii@lemmy.world 1 day ago
But I think the whole notion is poisoned for a good while.
Yeah, nobody’s going to want to throw good money after bad to tear it down again. Maybe at some point after Trump dies and therefore can’t gloat, it’ll actually get used for state dinners and such. In the meantime, I personally think you’ll see the space partitioned into cube farms and temporary offices, and in particular you’ll see the First Lady (or Gentleman) and staff plopped back down over there.
someguy3@lemmy.world 1 day ago
We’re gonna see a fight with Congress trying to not quite stop the ballroom construction but trying to get it through the proper channels, and Trump just telling the contractors what to do. Who knows.
shalafi@lemmy.world 1 day ago
My thoughts as well! It doesn’t have to be a monster ballroom. We can have a proper ballroom and much, much more in that space. I say finish at least the shell, get that weatherproof, work out the rest later.
BooBees@fedinsfw.app 1 day ago
I’m betting you could get more than enough qualified volunteers to do it super fast
theedqueen@lemmy.world 1 day ago
At a minimum there’s definitely people out there who would probably pay to raze it all to the ground.
frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 1 day ago
They are definitely getting ripped off by shady contractors now, the cost to undo shoddy work can't be as much as they are overcharging currently.
DarkFuture@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Depends.
If the next president is a Republican they can dump as much money into whatever the fuck they want and conservatives will fall in line and support it. No matter how wasteful it is. No matter how long it takes.
If the next president is Democrat, they will be held to higher standards, and spending a bunch of tax payer dollars to tear down something that was just built would probably be viewed as unnecessarily wasteful so they probably won’t do it. They might repurpose it for actual office work intead of using it as a ballroom for people with small dicks though.
username_1@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
I suggest leaving it. Call it “Tramponium Room of Beautiful deals” and use as a museum of covfefe-tier things.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 1 day ago
republicans and ml “Democrats more concerned with destroying the ballroom and replacing the rose garden than with (some made up culture war bullshit) / (gEnOsiDe!11!) !!”
SkabySkalywag@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
Don’t tear it down. Make it into a a homeless outreach center and a women’s shelter.
Sharkticon@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
I mean tearing it down just sounds a waste of taxpayer money. Although admittedly considering the shoddy job they’re almost certainly doing we might have to tear it down for safety purposes.
workerONE@lemmy.world 1 day ago
What about the Oracle data center being constructed under the ballroom? Maybe fill it with cement?
_stranger_@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Why waste good cement? Fill it with billionaires and then top it off with lava.
Zachariah@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Do we need to factor in grifting fees like the cost of the ballroom?
OwOarchist@pawb.social 1 day ago
IMO, it’s not super important to put everything back exactly the way it was.
Rebuild the east wing with something new, but more in line with the original dimensions and purpose, while still fitting the aesthetic of the building, at least on the outside. Ideally, it could be a symbol of ‘looking forward to a better future’ rather than ‘put it back the way it was before’. Like … at least put some solar panels on the roof, lol.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Carter put solar panels on the Whitehouse in 1979. Ronald Reagan tore them down when he got in. Oil companies have been hurting us for a long time.
Patnou@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Beat me to it
Patnou@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Asking seriously not sarcastically. What did you have in mind?
OwOarchist@pawb.social 1 day ago
Not sure. Thankfully, I’m not the one in charge of deciding it.