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orangecrush

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23. Its a throne room

Reply to rhiannon55 (Original post)

Sun Oct 26, 2025, 01:43 PM

Oct 2025

Not a ballroom.

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"THEY'VE wanted a ballroom for 150 years" [View all] rhiannon55 Oct 2025 OP

That is exactly... 2naSalit Oct 2025 #1

How it is that not a single one of these displacedvermoter Oct 2025 #4

Journalist asks "Who is 'they'?" and Leavitt would just say, "Your mom." Beartracks Oct 2025 #16

It was a bully response by Leavitt but that is how she responds to journalists. riversedge Oct 2025 #28

Let's name the THEY Traildogbob Oct 2025 #27

He lies, fabricates, and makes up anything to justify his bizarre behavior. Diamond_Dog Oct 2025 #2

They all came up to him dweller Oct 2025 #3

LOL Redleg Oct 2025 #8

Yes, even the ones who died years ago! PatSeg Oct 2025 #9

Followed by, "Sir." Hugin Oct 2025 #13

That's "Give us a ballroom, Mr President, Sir!" JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2025 #21

150 years ago was 1875. yardwork Oct 2025 #5

Even though there's been a ballroom - the East Room in the main WH - since the place was built. Ocelot II Oct 2025 #6

'They' being John Barron and the other voices in his head Attilatheblond Oct 2025 #7

Are "THEY" in the room with us now? GopherGal Oct 2025 #11

Ball room or Baal Room.. BattleRow Oct 2025 #18

Another sales/conman pitch. Make it sound like customers are demanding your product/service. Midnight Writer Oct 2025 #10

Typical gaslighting. Irish_Dem Oct 2025 #12

Maybe this is what THEY really wanted: tanyev Oct 2025 #14

Like Trump's health plan, the ballroom plans will be ready in two weeks! TheBlackAdder Oct 2025 #15

They had one, it was called the East Wing LiberalArkie Oct 2025 #17

He's probably thinking of the robber barons from the 1st Gilded Age. Uncle Joe Oct 2025 #19

Where are the "They's" damifino10 Oct 2025 #20

He's been pulling this shit for decades LilElf70 Oct 2025 #22

Its a throne room orangecrush Oct 2025 #23

"They"...the pedophiles throughout history LudwigPastorius Oct 2025 #24

Always with the fuckin' vagueness! Crowman2009 Oct 2025 #25

I call... ultralite001 Oct 2025 #26

No, no "they" haven't...besides the WH already has a ballroom... wcmagumba Oct 2025 #29

But it's not BIG enough for all the donors he wants to come by Attilatheblond Oct 2025 #36

The Next Anti-Fascist President Stonealone Oct 2025 #30

Don't overthink it. He's haunted. Might be all the drugs? usonian Oct 2025 #31

Redrum baby! wcmagumba Oct 2025 #32

So he turned America into a bawl room with his insanity. GreenWave Oct 2025 #33

No, he's wanted a ballroom because he has an inferiority complex. Initech Oct 2025 #34

It's not a 'complex', it's his one touch with reality Attilatheblond Oct 2025 #37

Then why wasn't it built - oh wait, it was... haele Oct 2025 #35