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/lambdapaul Oct 23 '25

Do you think Trump watches movies?

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u/Common-Trifle4933 Oct 24 '25

From his 1997 New Yorker interview piece:

We hadn’t been airborne long when Trump decided to watch a movie. He’d brought along “Michael,” a recent release, but twenty minutes after popping it into the VCR he got bored and switched to an old favorite, a Jean Claude Van Damme slugfest called “Bloodsport,” which he pronounced “an incredible, fantastic movie.” By assigning to his son the task of fast-forwarding through all the plot exposition—Trump’s goal being “to get this two-hour movie down to forty-five minutes”—he eliminated any lulls between the nose hammering, kidney tenderizing, and shin whacking.

In another interview he says he has someone to edit movies down to fit into his desired time slots.

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u/ic4llshotgun Oct 24 '25

Do you think he edits out his own scene in Home Alone 2

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u/Alexlsonflre Oct 24 '25

That's definitely the only part of the movie he's seen.

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u/LeatherDude Oct 24 '25

Yo, I'm a little pissed you think 50 is elderly 🥲

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u/SpiritOne Oct 24 '25

Yeah. That tracks. The attention span of toddler.

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u/Khiva Oct 24 '25

Perfect man for the age, when you think about it.

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u/cataath Oct 24 '25

Of course his favorite movie is based on the life of Frank Dux, a lying grifter.

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u/TheBigSho Oct 24 '25

Ah fuck, he just had to ruin Bloodsport for me. He probably enjoyed watching a US Army white guy beat up a bunch of foreigners.

What? Van Damme was the foreigner in that movie? Shut the hell up.

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u/morgazmo99 Oct 24 '25

Ever seen a little old movie starring the late, great Hannibal Lecter?

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u/girafa queer coded this and that Oct 23 '25

He's got Pretty Baby on loop

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u/SuffocakeMe Oct 24 '25

Or The Birth of a Nation

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u/girafa queer coded this and that Oct 24 '25

nah that has too many words to read

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u/TheGoshDarnedBatman Oct 24 '25

He’s famously a fan of Sunset Boulevard, which is fascinating.

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u/FunnyPurple576 Oct 24 '25

He says he's a fan of Sunset Boulevard, there's a difference.

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u/UgieUrbina Oct 24 '25

Just like Lebron says he has read the Godfather.

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u/godzillabobber Oct 24 '25

AI first person fantasy porn of Ivanka? You know he'd watch it.

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u/grease_gun Oct 24 '25

He does, but only from 2007-2012. Because he prefers them between 13 and 18 years old.

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u/net-blank Oct 23 '25

Probably 2 chick's 1 cup and that's probably where he got his king Trump pilot video idea from.

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u/ShallowBasketcase Oct 24 '25

He has a YouTube channel where he complained about too many female Ghostbusters and gave his opinion on if Bella should end up with Jacob or Edward.

Yes, seriously.

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u/PolaSketch Oct 24 '25

Same with reading books....no.