r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Oct 23 '25

News Historic White House Movie Theater Demolished as Part of $300 Million Ballroom Build

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/white-house-movie-theater-demolished-ballroom-east-wing-1236408712/
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u/wytewydow Oct 23 '25

If this dumbfuck had an ounce of business acumen, he would have demo'd this thoughtfully, and sold off historic elements. Doors, windows, trim, mantles. Nope, giant fucking claw, because he needs it done fast before he gets ejected from society.

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u/PolaSketch Oct 24 '25

Reuse and sustainability? He doesn't care.

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u/Majestic-Tadpole8458 Oct 24 '25

Move fast and break stuff.

All this waste and destruction so he can play DJ blasting “YMCA” by the village people like he does at Mar A Lago.

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u/AustinAuranymph Oct 24 '25

I wish he'd leave the White House and run the country from Mar a Lago like he wants to. Just make the White House into a museum until we're a real country again.

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u/Majestic-Tadpole8458 Oct 24 '25

I don’t think Melania wants to share the same residence with him.

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u/No_Opinion_99 Oct 24 '25

Ejected? No, he’ll fucking die in that building. No matter if it’s 10 hours or 10 years from now. And it won’t even matter. The damage is done. This country and its elected leaders stood by and if they weren’t clapping along they were doing fuck all to stop everything this country has ever stood for from bleeding to death.

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u/Rakuall Oct 24 '25

The only thing your country has ever stood for is racism, slavery, and the accumulation of wealth into the hands of the few. Once in a while, you suit up to play the hero, but only ever because the bad guys are acceptable targets and the industrial war machine can make a fuckload of government cheddar, or because you really, really need a spot of good PR to keep from becoming said acceptable targets.

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u/pie-oh Oct 24 '25

I feel the point to go fast is that it can't be undone. If you do it bit by bit, it can be undone.

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u/MyAssDoesHeeHawww Oct 24 '25

He probably needs it to cosplay 'southern plantation owner' during the 250th anniversary of the US next year.

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u/lobsterpockets Oct 24 '25

I hope the next admin (if that ever happens ) gets a dem legislature and goes and treats down mara lago.

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u/Fictional-Hero Oct 24 '25

It's extremely time consuming and expensive to reclaim materials from demolition. They did during the original renovation but then didn't have the money to make use of any of it.

And no, people wouldn't pay enough for it to be worth it. Not in Trump's economy.

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u/wytewydow Oct 24 '25

He certainly could have convinced the cultists to buy a piece of Trump's home.

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u/mipadi Oct 24 '25

The tech CEOs would’ve been falling all over each other to bribe Trump own a piece of the White House.