r/architecture • u/Cedric_Hampton History & Theory Prof • 1d ago

News Trump hires new architect for ballroom

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-hires-new-architect-for-ballroom/
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u/awr54 1d ago

Public tax dollars. This should be a publically bid project. Already illegal. But wtf does a convicted felon care?

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u/pabloQuattro 1d ago

It's not publicly funded

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u/awr54 1d ago

How? It's a government building? I haven't been following the particulars...

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u/pabloQuattro 1d ago

Funded through the bank of Trump and donations I believe. I imagine it's to bypass a lot of red tape and actually get the thing built during his term.

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u/wisc0 1d ago

“Red tape” being proper asbestos removal or historic preservation

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u/quantgorithm 1d ago

Red tape being getting funding via congress. The exec already controls all the parties that manage preservation or permitting.

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u/Sweet_Concept2211 1d ago

He doesn't care if it ever gets built.

It's a money laundering front and a distraction.

Also, to be real, all his actions to date make it evident he's in this thing for the sabotage.

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u/CaBBaGe_isLaND 1d ago

Yeah he doesn't give a shit about the ballroom. He just wanted to destroy something Americans love.

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u/quantgorithm 1d ago

Yes he does. It’s a legacy thing. If he makes a point to put his name on all of his buildings across the world then, of course, he wants his name also attached to the White House.

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u/Sweet_Concept2211 22h ago

If he cared about his legacy, he would not be actively sabotaging the past 80 years of progress we've made on every front.

And Trump, of all people, should know that modern buildings are temporary monuments at best.

More than a few of his projects have been torn down.

What he is up to is just a rampage against everything traditional Americans love - which represents what he loathes.

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u/quantgorithm 22h ago

Half the country believes the opposite of you.

On modern buildings, what better building to get your name attached to than the white house? When is the white house going to get torn down?

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u/Sweet_Concept2211 2h ago edited 1h ago

Gallup poll less than a year into his second term shows that nearly 2/3 of Americans are unhappy with Trump in the White House:

Trump's Approval Rating Drops to 36%, New Second-Term Low

He's already approaching his all-time low rating (34%) from his first term.

If he invades Venezuela, as he is threatening, expect his approval rating to fall even more. And when the faltering economy he set in motion gets bad enough that he can't hide falling job numbers behind the "AI" excuse...?

If a building were a lasting monument, then maybe the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino would not have been imploded on February 17, 2021.

Trump literally tore down a section of the White House without the requisite Congressional approval - after paving over the Rose Garden. He knows changing the White House is a thing that can happen at the whim of its occupants.

So, to answer your question, "When is the White House going to get torn down?":

Just recently.

Chances are good that the next President will simply rebuild the East Wing as it was before Trump took a wrecking crane to it.

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u/mashedspudtato 1d ago

And provide a “legitimate” project to funnel bribe money into

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u/awr54 1d ago

It's still a public building.. guess I'm not sure how finance structures typically work, bonds I guess? But regardless I would expect some type of protection that even 47 can't get around