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slightlv

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17. With all the backlash against this,
Sat Oct 25, 2025, 04:31 PM
Saturday

and now even a first lawsuit about it, I'm hoping this is the "one toke over the line" too many for the American people. This has hit them viscerally. The rose garden was one thing, but it seemed to affect the more genteel of us more than others. THIS destruction has hit everyone in the gut. I hopeful the damage that has been done so far will just sit there throughout 2026, a visual metaphor for what he's doing to our entire country. Command him to put the wing back the way it was before he touched it. If we can't afford to feed kids and old folks in this country, we certainly can't afford a $300 billion vanity project.

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It's the stairway to hev unnnn, twodogsbarking Saturday #1
Heh! electric_blue68 Saturday #16
Then it DEFINITELY is... COL Mustard Saturday #19
Or hell. After all... ananda Saturday #24
Staircase to nowhere is a metaphor? Colliding windows good for falling out of? cbabe Saturday #2
Stairway for his grand entrance. republianmushroom Saturday #3
My exact thoughts popsdenver Saturday #7
Bet he makes an absolute nuisance of himself on the construction site. tanyev Saturday #4
Another exercise in futility and stupidity. Ocelot II Saturday #5
Chump only cares whether the carpets match the drapes FakeNoose Saturday #6
true keroro gunsou Saturday #12
Stairs to nowhere is a feature C_U_L8R Saturday #8
It's The Trumpchester Mystery House AZJonnie Saturday #9
Stairs that go nowhere, doors which open out onto drops sakabatou Saturday #14
Trump removed the stairs Progressive dog Saturday #10
He's managing this the same way he ran his businesses (i.e. 6 bankruptcies) groundloop Saturday #11
The bankruptcies were a smart move. Dixiegrrrl Saturday #20
Didn't he always say building things was his family business? ChicagoTeamster Saturday #13
The stairs will lead to a throne Mysterian Saturday #15
With all the backlash against this, slightlv Saturday #17
That's what happens when you use AI to save $$$ on architects. littlemissmartypants Saturday #18
Construction delayed... Yet destruction of the East Wing was hurried up, not delayed. Norrrm Saturday #21
It's Muskrat's DOGEshit method BumRushDaShow Saturday #22
At least it wasn't an escalator. SergeStorms Saturday #23
The bunker (s?) need to be included. mahina Saturday #25
The bunker is already there underground Captain Zero Saturday #26
rump's as crazy as William Wirt Winchester's widow Sarah struggle4progress Saturday #27
Spray-painted gold ornaments from Home Despot Blue Owl Saturday #28
Suetonius on Nero CMell Sunday #29
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