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demmiblue

(39,737 posts)
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 09:28 AM Mar 28

Pictures have leaked showing Trump's destruction of the historic White House West Colonnade walkway.

I fucking hate him.

Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) 2026-03-28T02:38:06.623Z

This colonnade? THIS ONE?

Trump is a fucking pig.

GET OUT OF MY WAY! (@getoutofmyway.bsky.social) 2026-03-28T02:45:13.676Z

President Trump’s redesign of the White House continues at a rapid pace. This week, he revealed he was replacing the Tennessee flagstone in the West Wing colonnade—the walkway that leads from the main part of the White House to the Oval Office and runs alongside the Rose Garden—with black granite.

“It’s a great contrast. The white, with the black,” Trump told reporters. “It’s a beautiful, black granite.” He added he was paying for the tiles for the new walkway, which now features his “Presidential Walk of Fame.” According to the New York Post, “The National Park Service will take possession of the current Tennessee flagstone pavers. The stones will be sent to a nursery where they will be kept for future use.”

https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/politics/a70854888/trump-white-house-redesign-west-wing-tile/
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Pictures have leaked showing Trump's destruction of the historic White House West Colonnade walkway. (Original Post) demmiblue Mar 28 OP
Black granite? Ugly and slippery. Ritabert Mar 28 #1
Let's hope he shuffles down his new walkway on a rainy day Blaukraut Mar 28 #7
Speaking as an EMT AverageOldGuy Mar 28 #22
Wow. He wants shiny black granite to reflect the gold stuff he's put up on the walls Ritabert Mar 28 #27
Reflects his hard shiny black heart of stone. calimary Mar 28 #48
Ha ha! Good one. Ritabert Mar 28 #57
He will Rebl2 Mar 28 #33
And those Florsheim shoes will be no help. He'll need serious tread on the soles. Ritabert Mar 28 #34
I thought Rebl2 Mar 28 #35
And it couldn't happen to a nicer bunch. Ritabert Mar 28 #58
And women wearing high heels. Sequoia Mar 28 #65
And there better be news cameras Blaukraut Mar 28 #45
Maybe he can have whiskey Pete escort him and hope for the best newdeal2 Mar 28 #18
Those mile high stilettos she wears might be a problem Deuxcents Mar 28 #42
One photo op. calimary Mar 28 #52
My first Rebl2 Mar 28 #26
He wants shiny black to reflect all the gold stuff he's put up on the walls of the colonnade. I kid you not. Ritabert Mar 28 #29
Good. I hope he falls and breaks his neck. paleotn Mar 28 #40
At least then we won't have to hear him speak in a neck brace Deuxcents Mar 28 #41
Someone should show him the picture of Obama running with the kids... llmart Mar 28 #60
"Good. I hope he falls and breaks his neck." Talitha Mar 28 #63
Presidential Walk of Fame? C_U_L8R Mar 28 #2
How much you wanna bet?? AZ8theist Mar 28 #20
I think it is the one where he put up pix of past presidents usedtobedemgurl Mar 28 #46
Whoa! calimary Mar 28 #56
He hates Biden because he LOST an election to him. Nothing more. AZ8theist Mar 28 #64
Last no kings he tore down the east wing, how will he commemorate this one? Blues Heron Mar 28 #3
Iran. durablend Mar 28 #9
Cuba invasion. Ritabert Mar 28 #30
They used flagstone for a reason..... Historic NY Mar 28 #4
Maybe he's sealing his own fate, wouldn't that be ironic Blues Heron Mar 28 #12
He destroyed these too. Botany Mar 28 #16
Those leather for Florseims he makes them wear can be pretty slippery Walleye Mar 28 #25
Granite is very slippery when wet. Ritabert Mar 28 #32
If the protest goes over 10 million will he doze the entire White House? CrispyQ Mar 28 #5
Maybe he'll slip bamagal62 Mar 28 #6
I am so sick and tired UpInArms Mar 28 #8
Holy shit! Who will stop this human wrecking ball? FalloutShelter Mar 28 #10
We are the US taxpayers and we OWN the White House, not Chump FakeNoose Mar 28 #23
The next president should demo everything Johonny Mar 28 #11
Make TSF pay for the damages Deuxcents Mar 28 #44
Trump never pays for anything Johonny Mar 28 #53
Slippery when wet AverageOldGuy Mar 28 #13
My Aunt bought a house with a black granite bathroom countertop. Zackzzzz Mar 28 #14
He has made me hate the word "beautiful." fierywoman Mar 28 #15
it'll crack its skull, hopefully dave99 Mar 28 #17
And will the name Trump be incised in every tile? Lonestarblue Mar 28 #19
motherfucker oldinmtdem92 Mar 28 #21
He believes he owns the whole country, including every penny in the treasury Walleye Mar 28 #28
Reminds me of the last time I lived in a rental. Hope22 Mar 28 #49
His behavior suggests he thinks he's a king. calimary Mar 28 #50
He has a bottomless hole in his soul that will never be filled by his ego trips Walleye Mar 28 #62
😥 😢 😭 Silver Gaia Mar 28 #24
I wish this creep would stop destroying the People's House and our country Niagara Mar 28 #31
Get him the #ell out of there! Hope22 Mar 28 #36
trump is destroying the White House LetMyPeopleVote Mar 28 #37
;-{)....ballroom Goonch Mar 28 #38
It will end up looking like mar-a-lardo. spanone Mar 28 #39
Did he get approval or just like he destroyed the East Wing on his own? Norrrm Mar 28 #43
"Redesign" is quite a word for what he's actually doing ananda Mar 28 #47
Dems need to promise to scour Trump's presence from America... EllisWhy Mar 28 #51
The pedophile prez says he will pay for it. pandr32 Mar 28 #54
One week and Cesar Chavez is almost gone. BidenRocks Mar 28 #55
He has not intention of ever leaving. Remember that. n/t flvegan Mar 28 #59
Trump is like a broken down old dog, pissing all over everything to claim it as his "territory". LudwigPastorius Mar 28 #61

Blaukraut

(5,998 posts)
7. Let's hope he shuffles down his new walkway on a rainy day
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 09:58 AM
Mar 28

in his Florsheims, slips, and breaks a hip or two. That would be Karma indeed.

AverageOldGuy

(3,883 posts)
22. Speaking as an EMT
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 10:59 AM
Mar 28

I'm an old EMT, still licensed, but at 81 no longer running rescue -- help keeping records and supplies, training, keep the ambulances stocked and clean.

The second emergency call I ran years ago was this. I lived in rural Virginia, ran rescue there for 15 years. Because our station was not staffed, when we were dispatched, we had to go to the station, get the ambulance, collect a crew, and get to the scene. As a result, all us EMT's and Paramedics carried well-stocked bags in our vehicles and, if the scene was close to where we were when dispatched, we could go directly to the scene and do what we could before the ambulance and crew arrived.

About a mile from my home was a group of waterfront (Chesapeake Bay) weekend and vacation homes. A bunch of 5-8 guys would come down from DC on the weekends to one house, drink beer, play poker, watch NFL on Sunday.

One of them went on a beer run, came back in carrying a couple of cases. Entrance foyer had granite flagstones that were damp -- it was raining, they were tracking in moisture.

He slipped on the granite, fell forward, smacked his forehead, defecated and urinated all over himself, and went unconscious. The other guys called 911, I was on the scene about 6 minutes after their call. When I arrived he was already into decorticate posturing -- stiff, bent arms held against the chest, clenched fists, and rigid, extended legs -- sure sign of severe bleeding in the brain, death only minutes away. The fact of urination and defecation were sure signs he was all but dead -- sphincter muscles involuntarily relaxed. I could hear his agonal breathing before I even opened the door. He gave two gasps and was gone.

And that, folks, is what will happen on the White House colonnade. Let's hope it happens to you-know-who on the first day because you know he will insist on being the first to prance down the walkway.

Rebl2

(17,756 posts)
33. He will
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 11:13 AM
Mar 28

have to walk like does when he is going down a sloping walkway. Tiny careful steps.

Rebl2

(17,756 posts)
35. I thought
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 11:17 AM
Mar 28

about that after I posted. Anybody wearing shoes with slick soles, they will all be slipping and sliding.

newdeal2

(5,447 posts)
18. Maybe he can have whiskey Pete escort him and hope for the best
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 10:48 AM
Mar 28

Or that robot Melania can aid him.

calimary

(90,100 posts)
52. One photo op.
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 12:27 PM
Mar 28

I’d guess that’s all she’ll do. With assistance from several underlings. And I’d guess she wouldn’t even put them on til she’s placement-perfect and ready to be photographed.

Rebl2

(17,756 posts)
26. My first
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 11:09 AM
Mar 28

thought was that will be slippery when wet and black won’t be attractive at all.

Ritabert

(2,459 posts)
29. He wants shiny black to reflect all the gold stuff he's put up on the walls of the colonnade. I kid you not.
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 11:10 AM
Mar 28

llmart

(17,625 posts)
60. Someone should show him the picture of Obama running with the kids...
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 12:58 PM
Mar 28

and challenge him to do the exact same thing to replicate the picture - you know, running with his hands in his pockets. Yeah, that's the ticket.

Maralardass can barely walk let alone run.

Talitha

(8,004 posts)
63. "Good. I hope he falls and breaks his neck."
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 04:01 PM
Mar 28
My name is Talitha and I approve this message.

C_U_L8R

(49,396 posts)
2. Presidential Walk of Fame?
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 09:31 AM
Mar 28

What is this? A fucking carnival? At least we know who the clown is. What a disgrace.

AZ8theist

(7,407 posts)
20. How much you wanna bet??
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 10:55 AM
Mar 28

That every single picture in his "Walk of Fame" is of himself??

usedtobedemgurl

(2,053 posts)
46. I think it is the one where he put up pix of past presidents
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 11:59 AM
Mar 28

But the Binden one is just a photo of an auto pen. It is surprising his hate has not ended him.

calimary

(90,100 posts)
56. Whoa!
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 12:36 PM
Mar 28

Hate and envy, probably. Deep down, I think he hates President Biden because Biden is man enough to show caring, compassion, and love - and great strength of character - with every move he makes. Biden is, at his most basic, a kind man. He’ll be remembered with love and genuine admiration, long after the potshotters are dead and gone.

As for trump, well, NONE of the above.

AZ8theist

(7,407 posts)
64. He hates Biden because he LOST an election to him. Nothing more.
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 07:50 PM
Mar 28

It shatters the myth that he is a winner, the best at everything, etc, etc.

Absolutely, Joe is one of the most decent men in politics, ever.

But Doturd is such a raging narcissist, he STILL can't accept he got beaten like a drum.

Blues Heron

(8,856 posts)
3. Last no kings he tore down the east wing, how will he commemorate this one?
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 09:38 AM
Mar 28

Kennedy center? Arch? Greenland?

Historic NY

(40,047 posts)
4. They used flagstone for a reason.....
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 09:39 AM
Mar 28

its porous and water seeps thru it. It cleans up well with a good wash. Granite on the other hand can be slippery, imagine that it gets oil or and greasy substance on it..then its like ice. This area is constantly exposed to weather - all kinds. I would imagine they used deicing stuff in the winter.

Even the aerosols used to spray the plants or emanating from small garden equipment exhausts that settles on it is enough to slick it up. Especially 2 cycle equipment.

Botany

(77,373 posts)
16. He destroyed these too.
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 10:46 AM
Mar 28


Herring Bone brick floor, plaster work that is timeless, beautiful windows, angle work
construction, and the ceiling lighting fixture that had to be @ least 80 years old and didn’t
come from Home Depot.



Hand split granite cobbles under a formal arch to welcome guests to the White House.



CrispyQ

(40,979 posts)
5. If the protest goes over 10 million will he doze the entire White House?
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 09:39 AM
Mar 28

Maybe he'll die today. I say that every day.

bamagal62

(4,508 posts)
6. Maybe he'll slip
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 09:42 AM
Mar 28

And fall on the black granite. Everything he does is tasteless and garish. Black granite will look like shit.

UpInArms

(55,001 posts)
8. I am so sick and tired
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 09:59 AM
Mar 28

of this stupid piece of shit destroying everything that is not his

He is a monster

FalloutShelter

(14,489 posts)
10. Holy shit! Who will stop this human wrecking ball?
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 10:20 AM
Mar 28

THIS IS NOT YOUR HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes... I'm screaming.

FakeNoose

(41,702 posts)
23. We are the US taxpayers and we OWN the White House, not Chump
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 11:05 AM
Mar 28

We're the landlords and he needs to be evicted immediately.....

Johonny

(26,205 posts)
11. The next president should demo everything
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 10:21 AM
Mar 28

Trump did. I don't care about the expense. Blackmail the oligarchy to get the money to restore it.

Johonny

(26,205 posts)
53. Trump never pays for anything
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 12:28 PM
Mar 28

He will be broke three days after leaving office. He's awful with money. All he ends up with is debt, mountains of debt.

AverageOldGuy

(3,883 posts)
13. Slippery when wet
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 10:35 AM
Mar 28

The black granite is polished. When even slightly damp, it's like walking on ice. In fact, it's slippery even when bone dry.

The Tennessee flagstones are slight rough, solid footing, not slippery, even when wet or icy.

Maybe Trump will be the first to fall, smack his head on the granite, suffer cerebral hemorrhage, go into decerebrate posturing, and die within minutes.

Zackzzzz

(364 posts)
14. My Aunt bought a house with a black granite bathroom countertop.
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 10:42 AM
Mar 28

Every time you washed your hands you had to wipe
it down or else there were ugly water spots.

Lonestarblue

(13,488 posts)
19. And will the name Trump be incised in every tile?
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 10:49 AM
Mar 28

Perhaps he is paying for the granite with the gold he stoke from Venezuela.

Hope22

(4,767 posts)
49. Reminds me of the last time I lived in a rental.
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 12:17 PM
Mar 28

I sold the light fixtures, broke the toilet and ripped the front porch off! Oh no, that’s right, I left it better than I found it. If I had to describe the most despicable human possible I could not imagine anyone as sick as this guy. I was the mom of a willful child. I thought I had seen it all but that was absolutely nothing to the madness this guy exudes! I could never imagine anyone as sick as this! I beg the universe to make it stop!

calimary

(90,100 posts)
50. His behavior suggests he thinks he's a king.
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 12:20 PM
Mar 28

Not a president. A king.

Gee, donald, you finally made yourself the king you always thought you were.

And I bet even THAT won’t be enough to satisfy you.

EllisWhy

(25 posts)
51. Dems need to promise to scour Trump's presence from America...
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 12:22 PM
Mar 28

Return to the DoD, get rid of the juvenile Gulf of America, remove EVERY trace of what he's done at the White House....Democrats (or their media agents) need to do this. It's such an easy way to fight back AND will upset the Toddler in Chief as its a direct attack on the one and only thing he cares about--his ego.

pandr32

(14,284 posts)
54. The pedophile prez says he will pay for it.
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 12:32 PM
Mar 28

He said that about other things ,too, but it isn't true. Even if he did pay for it he has pocketed billions from the job he stole. Skimming, stealing, selling bribes, insider trading, scams, money laundering, selling access (BOP), and awarding government contracts to his kid-run companies. If he puts his name and/or image on our money is it his?

BidenRocks

(3,281 posts)
55. One week and Cesar Chavez is almost gone.
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 12:34 PM
Mar 28

One pedo down, this one must go.

I can't believe how fast things are being renamed.
Pay attention chump!

There are no memorials to Hitler! No buildings or streets.

There will be none for the orange menace either.

LudwigPastorius

(14,747 posts)
61. Trump is like a broken down old dog, pissing all over everything to claim it as his "territory".
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 01:12 PM
Mar 28

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