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demmiblue

(38,488 posts)
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 03:25 PM Friday

Current state of the White House Rose Garden:

First he chopped down Jackie’s trees, now he’s paving over the lawn she put in place.
It’s called the Rose “Garden”, not the Rose “patio”, you Hobby Lobby clearance rack reject.

JoJoFromJerz (@jojofromjerz.bsky.social) 2025-06-20T19:19:30.951Z






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Current state of the White House Rose Garden: (Original Post) demmiblue Friday OP
88 paving tiles? 8x8 meters? Space for 88 tables? Bernardo de La Paz Friday #1
Look up 88 and Hitler Aviation Pro Friday #12
Thanks. I am well aware of the trope and also that the flagpoles are 88 ft tall Bernardo de La Paz Friday #18
That shit can be torn out dweller Friday #2
Yeah, but it's a big waste of money Wiz Imp Friday #13
Of course he is dweller Friday #17
Others have suggested, it is the only part of the job he likes to do Johonny Saturday #30
Camping World would love the poles. BidenRocks Friday #14
What's he going to do - put up a shrine to himself? Vinca Friday #3
That can be torn down, too Deuxcents Friday #4
I'd save it then Jerry2144 Saturday #31
It's slated to be a BALLROOM...like back in The Gilded Age. That notion is the allegorical oracle Saturday #32
Close your eyes and imagine the double jerk off dancer in his penguin tux waltzing. Vinca Saturday #33
Where's Melania? chowder66 Friday #5
In NYC hovering over mamma's boy Barron. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Friday #19
Are you sure she isn't under the gravel? chowder66 Friday #20
He's still collecting documents; won't need a big empty coffin until late 2028. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Friday #21
Snicker. chowder66 Friday #23
"That'll cost you extra, Donald" is probably the answer. She is strictly "pay per view." CTyankee Friday #22
Appears he has some deep seated issues with the Kennedys SheltieLover Friday #6
Ugly EarthAbides Friday #7
May the Orange creep be visited by the ghost of bronxiteforever Friday #8
Every other president has said the White House is the people's house. Boomerproud Friday #9
Jackie's grass will be popping through the concrete within 5 years Warpy Friday #10
God Bless The Grass - Malvina Reynolds DinahMoeHum Friday #27
More wasted money krkaufman Friday #11
This can be removed and replaced... if America survives this nightmare Botany Friday #15
Not sure, but I think some of those got removed... electric_blue68 Friday #24
What a waste. What a fraud. Such abuse Hekate Friday #16
He's living up to the Russian's favorite nick-name for him peggysue2 Friday #25
he's not human markie Friday #26
One Word: Disgust!!! Nictuku Saturday #28
I HATE these people. yellow dahlia Saturday #29

Bernardo de La Paz

(56,617 posts)
18. Thanks. I am well aware of the trope and also that the flagpoles are 88 ft tall
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 08:43 PM
Friday

But regardless, thank you for taking to time to inform with a link not only for me, but for readers.

dweller

(26,747 posts)
2. That shit can be torn out
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 03:35 PM
Friday

and a new garden planted when a real President takes office .
(And toss those flagpoles in the Potomac along with the gilt ticky tackies)


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Wiz Imp

(5,535 posts)
13. Yeah, but it's a big waste of money
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 06:03 PM
Friday

He seems to be doing it to intentionally prove how big an asshole he can be.

dweller

(26,747 posts)
17. Of course he is
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 06:43 PM
Friday

But demo and dirt replacement and greenery won’t be as expensive as his assholery


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Johonny

(23,983 posts)
30. Others have suggested, it is the only part of the job he likes to do
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 12:23 AM
Saturday

While Trump historically has epically awful taste, he loves interior and exterior design. These jobs are typically done by the first lady. Yet Trump has thrown himself into redecorating the White House and grounds. And he enjoys it. That it looks awful is only because Trump is bad at everything. But hilariously, he likes doing this.

Being the fucking president, he hates. But decorating shit in awful ways, he loves. In another life, he'd be some homemaker specialist.

Jerry2144

(2,883 posts)
31. I'd save it then
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 12:55 AM
Saturday

Put it behind bars. Put a plaque exposing his treason and how he harmed our country. Do the same with those Confederate monuments and statues. They are part of our evil history, make it educational

allegorical oracle

(5,186 posts)
32. It's slated to be a BALLROOM...like back in The Gilded Age. That notion is the
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 08:38 AM
Saturday

height of irony. The guy who dances by pumping his arms is building a dance floor. My question is will it include a roof? If so, wonder if that will alter the exterior appearance of the WH. The flag poles, imo, have already marred the historic appearance of the north and south exteriors.

CTyankee

(66,421 posts)
22. "That'll cost you extra, Donald" is probably the answer. She is strictly "pay per view."
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 09:05 PM
Friday

bronxiteforever

(10,521 posts)
8. May the Orange creep be visited by the ghost of
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 04:45 PM
Friday

Dolly Madison.

The White House is known as Washington’s most haunted building. It’s no wonder considering the tumultuous times that our Presidents and their families have endured while living there. Many historians credit Dolley Madison with establishing the first Rose Garden on the muddy grounds of the “President’s House,” as it was then known. When President Woodrow Wilson’s wife Edith asked two employees to transfer the garden to another location, the angry ghost of Dolley Madison appeared to them. As a result, the Rose Garden remains in its original location to this day.The lilac was Dolley’s favorite flower, and she was well known for her lilac perfume. After the burning of the President’s House, Dolley and President Madison resided at the nearby Octagon House. Local legend claims that when visitors detect the scent of lilac there, the spirit of Dolley Madison is present.
https://libbymcnamee.com/the-ghost-of-dolley-madison/

Boomerproud

(8,827 posts)
9. Every other president has said the White House is the people's house.
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 04:56 PM
Friday

The president and his family are only occupants. There is always different rules for djt.

Warpy

(113,592 posts)
10. Jackie's grass will be popping through the concrete within 5 years
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 05:54 PM
Friday

I guess King Blob is too unsteady to walk on grass.

This a good idea, he'll bash his stupid head in when he does fall on it.

DinahMoeHum

(23,023 posts)
27. God Bless The Grass - Malvina Reynolds
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 11:44 PM
Friday
God bless the grass that grows thru the crack
They roll the concrete over it to try and keep it back
The concrete gets tired of what it has to do
It breaks and it buckles and the grass grows thru
And God bless the grass

God bless the truth that fights toward the sun
They roll the lies over it and think that it is done
It moves through the ground and reaches for the air
And after a while it is growing everywhere
And God bless the grass

God bless the grass that grows through cement
It's green and it's tender and it's easily bent
But after a while it lifts up its head
For the grass is living and the stone is dead
And God bless the grass

God bless the grass that's gentle and low
Its roots they are deep and its will is to grow
And God bless the truth, the friend of the poor
And the wild grass growing at the poor man's door
And God bless the grass


copyright 1964 Schroder Music Company, renewed 1992

Botany

(74,527 posts)
15. This can be removed and replaced... if America survives this nightmare
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 06:29 PM
Friday

Jackie Kennedy told the L.A. (Sears) that what she wanted was a green space where the
President, foreign leaders, members of both parties could meet in a decompressed
environment to talk to each other and it worked like a champ for generations but Krasnov
just had to fuck with it.

Btw I am kind of an expert in this shit.

Btw part 2. I don’t know what got saved from Jackie’s first rose garden but it had roses
or the propagated lines of roses from back to Mary Todd Lincoln.

electric_blue68

(21,969 posts)
24. Not sure, but I think some of those got removed...
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 10:31 PM
Friday

bc people were particularly upset about that aspect.

If they were preserved somewhere else (I hope so!) I don't know.

markie

(23,462 posts)
26. he's not human
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 10:48 PM
Friday

I'm sad. I'm angry... I have nightmares most nights worrying about how cruel and dehumanizing this all is

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