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8. Trump is a cancer on America

Reply to LudwigPastorius (Reply #5)

Mon Jul 6, 2026, 12:47 PM

Monday

He knows more about architecture and building then Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt,*
the designer of Jackie Kennedy’s Rose Garden and Jackie’s other White House Garden (east wing),
Rachel Mellon, and the man who oversaw the construction of Jackie’s Gardens who went onto be
the head of The Brooklyn Botanical Garden.

* The East Wing

Hand Split Granite Cobbles at the door to the East Wing that Trump had removed and used as
filler material on D.C. golf courses.

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Scaffolding Remains at White House As Trump Posts Photo of Ornate Columns [View all] Botany Monday OP

Another waste of taxpayer money. Ritabert Monday #1

The old columns are just fine. Botany Monday #2

They're trying to see how fast they can bankrupt the country completely, all at Putin's demand! slightlv Monday #12

Doric is OK for me. gab13by13 Monday #3

This EuterpeThelo Monday #4

And to know he only got to be President because of massive cheating is galling. Botany Monday #6

Trump will demand that the load-bearing columns be replaced, not individually, but all at once. LudwigPastorius Monday #5

Trump is a cancer on America Botany Monday #8

Oh--and they must be solid gold. Bayard Monday #16

As I have baeen saying since about 2018... 2naSalit Monday #7

"highest order" of columns? maxsolomon Monday #9

Click on the link to the article and scroll down Botany Monday #10

Welp, it could just be maintenance. maxsolomon Monday #11

Watch the whole front entrance and part of the attached structure collapse like the stage at his 250th fair ChicagoTeamster Monday #13

Prepping for that giant "gold" eagle attached to the columns. The Madcap Monday #14

Once these projects start crumbling purr-rat beauty Monday #15

The White House is not an ornate palace. It is a place where the people's business is conducted Fla Dem Monday #17

And we know that he'll f**k it up! Just look at the Reflecting Pool and the East Wing! Rhiannon12866 Yesterday #18

Corinthian columns would look ridiculous on the WH GenThePerservering 6 hrs ago #19