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doublethink

(6,823 posts)
Mon Aug 29, 2022, 06:26 PM Aug 2022

Mar-a-lago should be razed to the ground ...

when all is said and done. Make it a parking lot, or back to the swamp that that creature came out of. What a house of horrors that thing has become .... that's it, that's my post. Peace.

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Mar-a-lago should be razed to the ground ... (Original Post) doublethink Aug 2022 OP
Fine by me dweller Aug 2022 #1
+1,000,000!!! SheltieLover Aug 2022 #11
I was thinking Barrack H. Obama Community Center & Public Golf Course? Brainfodder Aug 2022 #2
Absolutely Not! Big Blue Marble Aug 2022 #3
+1 Jade Fox Aug 2022 #6
Agree beaglelover Aug 2022 #18
I want it seized by the govt. I want him to spend the rest of his life there, Volaris Aug 2022 #33
This message was self-deleted by its author Volaris Aug 2022 #34
No, it should not. LisaM Aug 2022 #4
Yes, it had a history before him. elleng Aug 2022 #9
And for the record, Post was a DEMOCRAT aligned with FDR Stinky The Clown Aug 2022 #24
Thank you. BlackSkimmer Aug 2022 #28
+1000 nt WarGamer Aug 2022 #14
Totally agree with you! what an appalling idea, it's a HISTORICAL home! nt Raine Aug 2022 #29
It could be a homeless center and the grounds could be a vegetable garden. Alwaysna Aug 2022 #5
What did Marjorie Merriweather Post whistler162 Aug 2022 #7
The whole property is fruit of his crime. It should be ours now Walleye Aug 2022 #8
It IS ours. elleng Aug 2022 #10
No, Trump bought it. From the next paragraph in the article: rsdsharp Aug 2022 #13
Fascist ground zero. Imallin4Joe Aug 2022 #12
The Town of Palm Beach would never allow it or would raise a huge stink over that. Mrs. Post was a SheilaAnn Aug 2022 #15
Derp!!! It's a national historic site built in 1927 by Marjorie Post, Trump didn't build it Shanti Shanti Shanti Aug 2022 #16
DU is a garbage dump these days, spitting children run it halls, go back to twitter Shanti Shanti Shanti Aug 2022 #17
Spot on. BlackSkimmer Aug 2022 #26
Perfect spot for a sewage treatment plant nt Wicked Blue Aug 2022 #19
A Grand Jury indicted Robert E. Lee for treason and we didn't raze his mansion Brother Buzz Aug 2022 #20
Turn Mar-a-lago into a dog park. sarcasmo Aug 2022 #21
Absurd. Just A Box Of Rain Aug 2022 #22
My personal opinion : Mike Niendorff Aug 2022 #23
A category 5 hurricane could very easily do the job. kskiska Aug 2022 #25
A cat 5 would hurt many more people less protected than those there. BlackSkimmer Aug 2022 #27
What a DISGUSTING idea. 😠 It's a HISTORICAL home NOT a house of horrors!! 👎 nt Raine Aug 2022 #30
Unrec. Treefrog Aug 2022 #31
It's a beautiful facility and Sky Jewels Aug 2022 #32
Wtsf no, it is a beautiful historical building and grounds obamanut2012 Aug 2022 #35

Volaris

(10,271 posts)
33. I want it seized by the govt. I want him to spend the rest of his life there,
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 01:36 AM
Aug 2022

Under house arrest. INSIDE. I want it to be his 'library' and memorial when he's dead. I want his precious, precious golf greens BRICKED OVER with the names of the covid dead--one name per brick. And in the middle, I want his headstone..just a public urinal out in the open

Response to Big Blue Marble (Reply #3)

LisaM

(27,813 posts)
4. No, it should not.
Mon Aug 29, 2022, 06:29 PM
Aug 2022

It should be in the hands of a more deserving owner. Trump has dragged it through the swamp like everything he touches but it had a history before him and it will have one after him.

I hate that he lived in the White House, too, but I don't want it razed to the ground. I like that he has to see other people living in it, and I fervently hope he will be forced to see other people living in Mar-a-Lago.

elleng

(130,956 posts)
9. Yes, it had a history before him.
Mon Aug 29, 2022, 06:43 PM
Aug 2022

'a resort and national historic landmark in Palm Beach, Florida, built from 1924 to 1927 by breakfast cereal company heiress and socialite Marjorie Merriweather Post.

At the time of her death in 1973, Post bequeathed the property to the National Park Service, hoping it could be used for state visits or as a Winter White House, but because the costs of maintaining the property exceeded the funds provided by Post, and because it was difficult to secure the facility (as it is located in the flight path of Palm Beach Airport), the property was returned to the Post Foundation by an act of Congress in 1981.

In 1985, Mar-a-Lago was purchased by D. . .'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar-a-Lago

Stinky The Clown

(67,807 posts)
24. And for the record, Post was a DEMOCRAT aligned with FDR
Mon Aug 29, 2022, 08:39 PM
Aug 2022

That TraitorTot has soiled its reputation is social criminality.

WarGamer

(12,445 posts)
14. +1000 nt
Mon Aug 29, 2022, 07:00 PM
Aug 2022

It's an incredible building... with a significant history.

Trump is merely the current resident.

 

whistler162

(11,155 posts)
7. What did Marjorie Merriweather Post
Mon Aug 29, 2022, 06:34 PM
Aug 2022

do to you? A good fumigation and Wiccan cleansing should be enough.

elleng

(130,956 posts)
10. It IS ours.
Mon Aug 29, 2022, 06:46 PM
Aug 2022

*'bequeathed the property to the National Park Service, hoping it could be used for state visits or as a Winter White House, but because the costs of maintaining the property exceeded the funds provided by Post, and because it was difficult to secure the facility (as it is located in the flight path of Palm Beach Airport), the property was returned to the Post Foundation by an act of Congress in 1981.'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar-a-Lago

rsdsharp

(9,182 posts)
13. No, Trump bought it. From the next paragraph in the article:
Mon Aug 29, 2022, 06:59 PM
Aug 2022

In 1985, Mar-a-Lago was purchased by Donald Trump for around $10 million. He used the mansion as a residence for eight years, before converting it into the Mar-a-Lago Club. His family maintains private quarters in a separate, closed-off area of the house and grounds.[5]

SheilaAnn

(9,708 posts)
15. The Town of Palm Beach would never allow it or would raise a huge stink over that. Mrs. Post was a
Mon Aug 29, 2022, 07:04 PM
Aug 2022

beloved citizen of the Town and it holds many memories for some of the elders in town.

 

Just A Box Of Rain

(5,104 posts)
22. Absurd.
Mon Aug 29, 2022, 08:10 PM
Aug 2022

Last edited Mon Aug 29, 2022, 09:00 PM - Edit history (1)

Mar-a-logo is a national historic site. TFG didn't build it. He only acquired it in a sweetheart deal.

I doubt he'll be able to retain ownership once his legal battles are over.

Hopefully it will be used for better purposes in the future.

Mike Niendorff

(3,462 posts)
23. My personal opinion :
Mon Aug 29, 2022, 08:24 PM
Aug 2022

It should be seized as the fruit of organized criminal activity, and turned into the Donald J Trump Memorial Sewage Treatment Plant.

MDN

kskiska

(27,045 posts)
25. A category 5 hurricane could very easily do the job.
Mon Aug 29, 2022, 09:26 PM
Aug 2022

Good thing they got all the gov't documents out before one hit.

Meanwhile, Tiffany has a posh wedding planned there on Nov. 12. I wonder how those plans are working out.

Sky Jewels

(7,107 posts)
32. It's a beautiful facility and
Mon Aug 29, 2022, 09:46 PM
Aug 2022

it deserves a good owner. I'm thinking some benevolent charity or institution should take it over and use it for the public good.

obamanut2012

(26,080 posts)
35. Wtsf no, it is a beautiful historical building and grounds
Tue Aug 30, 2022, 05:41 AM
Aug 2022

Slave owners lived in the White House, as did Trump, so should we tear that down, too?

Ridiculous.

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