William Lindsey :toad:
"The physical destruction of the White House is about as giant a metaphor as one can get."
~ Jennifer Rubin
#Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #ballroom #EconomicElites #oligarchy #authoritarianism
/1
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/demolishing-the-presidency
William Lindsey :toad:
@timo21 Yes, I think that's his intent in staging this abomination right after No Kings. I suspect, though, that it will make the fire of resistance only burn hotter inside many of us. And seeing the pictures of the destruction is apparently disgusting even some of his followers. I read what he's doing as a continuation of the message of his childish, profane AI video, communicating to us that he can freely defacate on all of us and the things we value, like the White House.
Timo
@wdlindsy The quick demolition stopped all the 'No Kings' positiveness in its tracks.
William Lindsey :toad:
(continued from /9)
"and involves deep deep corruption, as the construction is being funded outside normal appropriations channels, purportedly by some opaque set of 'donations' from some unknown mix of companies and individuals who have been promised who-knows-what in exchange.
It feels personal in some ways, like someone is taking a wrecking ball to America itself."
#Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #ballroom #EconomicElites #oligarchy #authoritarianism
/10
William Lindsey :toad:
"No planning. No proposals to the National Capital Planning Commission. No opportunity for notice and comment from the public. Just Trump’s whim—and a beloved national symbol tumbles to dust.
It’s obscene."
~ Mona Charen
#Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #ballroom #EconomicElites #oligarchy #authoritarianism
/11
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-mar-a-white-house-east-wing-ballroom
William Lindsey :toad:
"It came out of left field, with no real warning or public debate, no permissions asked or given, to serve Donald Trump’s personal whims and vision of building an insane outsized gilded Kremlin-esque ballroom, was done contrary to the administration’s promises (;It won’t interfere with the current building')," (continued in 10)
#Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #ballroom #EconomicElites #oligarchy #authoritarianism
/9
William Lindsey :toad:
"The destruction this week of the East Wing of the White House has been uniquely shocking, a physical manifestation of what Donald Trump is doing to our presidency and our country — the excavators and heavy equipment demolishing a 120-year-old literal piece of American history feels in many ways a microcosm of so many Trump controversies."
~ Garrett Graff
#Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #ballroom #EconomicElites #oligarchy #authoritarianism
/8
https://www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/the-only-check-and-balance-that-actually-matters
William Lindsey :toad:
"'They’re wrecking it,' said Martha Joynt Kumar, a political scientist and professor emeritus at Towson University told the WaPo. 'And these are changes that can’t be undone. They’re destroying that history forever.'”
#Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #ballroom #EconomicElites #oligarchy #authoritarianism
/6
William Lindsey :toad:
"The metaphorical significance of his destruction of the East Wing, a building that has been a meaningful part of our democratic nation’s history and psyche, is unavoidable."
~ Steven Beschloss
“We are not living in a functional democracy any longer. … Those toppled walls in the East Wing are a pretty stark reminder of that.”
~ Chris Murphy
#Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #ballroom #EconomicElites #oligarchy #authoritarianism
/7
https://www.americaamerica.news/p/confronting-the-ongoing-onslaught
William Lindsey :toad:
"With new photographs emerging, it became abundantly clear yesterday that President Trump has ordered the demolition of the entire East Wing of the White House to make room for construction of his ill-fitting, gaudy ballroom."
~ David Kurtz
#Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #ballroom #EconomicElites #oligarchy #authoritarianism
/5
https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/how-does-mike-davis-know-who-a-new
William Lindsey :toad:
"Somebody has to be held accountable that the people’s house is being systematically destroyed by a tyrannical toddler with delusions of grandeur, who is so psychologically damaged he needs a $250 million ballroom to make himself feel better about the fact that he’s a weak, pathetic piece of garbage."
~ Mary Trump
#Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #ballroom #EconomicElites #oligarchy #authoritarianism
/4
William Lindsey :toad:
"New images of the White House East Wing show a much larger demolition site. This is why the White House ordered employees not to share any new photographs or videos of the demolition process."
~ Aaron Parnas
#Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #ballroom #EconomicElites #oligarchy #authoritarianism
/2
Photo below from Parnas' article.
https://aaronparnas.substack.com/p/news-trump-struggles-to-recruit-ice
William Lindsey :toad:
"Destroying our history is not a metaphor anymore ...
Now the assault on our history by Donald Trump is being done with excavators that are ripping, crushing, and destroying by board and nail and wire and window, the East Wing of the White House."
~ Lucian K. Truscott
#Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #ballroom #EconomicElites #oligarchy #authoritarianism
/3
https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/destroying-our-history-is-not-a-metaphor
William Lindsey :toad:
"NextEra Energy
Palantir Technologies
Ripple
Reynolds American
T-Mobile US
Tether
Union Pacific Railroad
FWIW, the construction team will be headed by Clark Construction, the engineering team will be led by AECOM, and the demolition is being carried out by ACECO."
#Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #ballroom #EconomicElites #oligarchy #authoritarianism
/18
William Lindsey :toad:
"When the corporate media hesitated or looked away, we didn’t blink. We told the truth. When others called it 'exaggeration' or 'fearmongering' to say Trump was tearing down the East Wing, we stayed firm. They said it was just the 'facade.' Well, this morning, reports confirm the truth. They’re demolishing the entire East Wing."
~ Ben Meiselas
#Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #ballroom #EconomicElites #oligarchy #authoritarianism #media
/19
William Lindsey :toad:
"Here’s a guest list of the corporate funders, as provided by White House officials:
Altria Group
Amazon.com
Apple
Booz Allen Hamilton
Caterpillar
Coinbase Global
Comcast
Hard Rock International
HP
Lockheed Martin
Meta Platforms
Micron Technology
Microsoft"
#Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #ballroom #EconomicElites #oligarchy #authoritarianism
/17
William Lindsey :toad:
"Donald Trump is literally razing part of the White House to the ground in order to build a giant, gaudy ballroom, paid for by $200 million in bribe-like donations from corporations and individuals trying to curry favor with him.
The would-be funders, who attended a fancy White House dinner last week, are an obvious next target for boycotts."
~ Dan Froomkin
#Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #ballroom #EconomicElites #oligarchy #authoritarianism
/16
https://www.headsupnews.org/p/boycott-the-white-house-vandals
William Lindsey :toad:
"The Trump regime is not only about incompetence, but deliberate destruction. The same Trump who bankrupted casinos, stiffed workers, and conned investors is now doing the same to the United States. He’s using the tactics that defined his private life—bullying, suing, demolishing, lying—to dismantle the foundations of democracy."
#Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #ballroom #EconomicElites #oligarchy #authoritarianism #food #prices #groceries #economy #healthcare
/15
William Lindsey :toad:
"While Trump builds ballrooms for billionaires, 20 million Americans are losing their health care. Families can’t afford rent or food. Rural hospitals are closing."
~ Ben Meiselas
#Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #ballroom #EconomicElites #oligarchy #authoritarianism #food #prices #groceries #economy #healthcare
/14
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/major-afternoon-news-updates-102225
William Lindsey :toad:
"Over the weekend, I was grateful for Donald Trump continuing to show us very clearly and unequivocally who he is and what he stands for, that he is an empty vessel, that he is an avatar of hate, that he is unpatriotic, that he is soulless. And that utterly and honestly, he hates us. And by us, I mean America."
~ Danielle Moodie
#Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #ballroom #EconomicElites #oligarchy #authoritarianism
/12
https://jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/worth-in-the-age-of-fascism-the-check
William Lindsey :toad:
"He hates America. He hates Americans. He hates everything that this country stands for. And the only thing that he can produce is destruction. …
And what he is being faced with now and why I think that he tore down the White House this week and literally is reacting in the way that he is is because no kings really did penetrate this bubble that his MAGA sycophants have created around him."
#Trump #WhiteHouse #EastWing #ballroom #EconomicElites #oligarchy #authoritarianism
/13
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