The White House has announced that it will vastly expand the East Wing to include a massive new ballroom. The 'exquisite addition' is slated to cost $200 million from private donors, and will begin construction in September 2025
Wasn’t it a big thing when the white house was first built that they didn’t want it to be a palace? They wanted to make it clear that it was not meant for a king.
The USA was founded to avoid tariffs on imported goods imposed by a monarch. Trump just took a gross big mac dump on your desire for historical consistency, and then gold-plated it.
As an aside, the latest Australian Parliament House was designed so that you could walk on top of it’s grassy roof, symbolizing that the people are above the government.
Now there are fences around it and you’d be arrested if you tried that.
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Wasn’t it a big thing when the white house was first built that they didn’t want it to be a palace? They wanted to make it clear that it was not meant for a king.
The USA was founded to avoid tariffs on imported goods imposed by a monarch. Trump just took a gross big mac dump on your desire for historical consistency, and then gold-plated it.
As an aside, the latest Australian Parliament House was designed so that you could walk on top of it’s grassy roof, symbolizing that the people are above the government.
Now there are fences around it and you’d be arrested if you tried that.
The symbolism is still clear.