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Grandpa is cooked. Truly Gone Fishing. (Original Post) Pluvious 13 hrs ago OP
Close your eyes and imagine the news coverage if Joe Biden had done this. Vinca 13 hrs ago #1
Jake Tapper might even write a book. yardwork 13 hrs ago #2
Anyone know who is sitting second to TSF's left? RandomNumbers 13 hrs ago #3
Rubio is on Trump's left. Vance is on his right. WhiskeyGrinder 13 hrs ago #6
Who is next to Rubio? RandomNumbers 13 hrs ago #7
Energy Secretary Chris Wright. WhiskeyGrinder 13 hrs ago #9
Ah, thank you RandomNumbers 13 hrs ago #10
as discussed on another thread... NCDem47 13 hrs ago #4
Now, now .... frogstar0 13 hrs ago #5
Can the fathers of his grandkids even name them? RandomNumbers 13 hrs ago #8
The message is donate to my ball room and he won't drive you out of business. n/t Jacson6 13 hrs ago #11
Stark raving malaise 13 hrs ago #12
It is a shame the East Room has been desecrated with that new exit door on its east side, John1956PA 13 hrs ago #13
Did you hear that the fascist lunatic has plans for the West Wing? malaise 12 hrs ago #14
He's determined to leave his mark... Pluvious 12 hrs ago #15
Like a dog hosing down a fire hydrant Bayard 10 hrs ago #17
Grandpa should be in a home, MAGA put him on a throne. dem4decades 12 hrs ago #16
He should be in prison. mnhtnbb 8 hrs ago #18
He never will be, in fact i doubt any of them will pay the price they should. dem4decades 8 hrs ago #19
Just so bizarre Rebl2 8 hrs ago #20

RandomNumbers

(19,070 posts)
3. Anyone know who is sitting second to TSF's left?
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:06 PM
13 hrs ago

That guy has an interesting sequence of expressions.

RandomNumbers

(19,070 posts)
7. Who is next to Rubio?
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:27 PM
13 hrs ago

I can't make out the name and don't recognize most of TSF's cretins by face. (although I did recognize Rubio and wasn't asking about him)

RandomNumbers

(19,070 posts)
10. Ah, thank you
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:30 PM
13 hrs ago

I still say his expressions are ... interesting. Don't know what to make of it, except it kind of looks like he is fully aware of what a nutcase his boss is.

NCDem47

(3,326 posts)
4. as discussed on another thread...
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:11 PM
13 hrs ago

power play move to call attention to ballroom in front of execs to juice "donations"

he knew perfectly well what he was doing.

frogstar0

(223 posts)
5. Now, now ....
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:13 PM
13 hrs ago

On behalf of Grandparents every where, please don't call him that. I bet he can't even name his grand kids.

John1956PA

(4,839 posts)
13. It is a shame the East Room has been desecrated with that new exit door on its east side,
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 12:43 PM
13 hrs ago

Also, it is a shame that the window near its east corner has been covered over by that giant mirror.

malaise

(292,895 posts)
14. Did you hear that the fascist lunatic has plans for the West Wing?
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 01:14 PM
12 hrs ago
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-team-pitch-white-house-ballroom-project-oversight-body-led-by-one-his-2026-01-08/

Summary
Trump demolished East Wing for new ballroom project
Architect says new addition will be same height as White House
Approval process for ballroom likely to be swift
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's aides began to make their case on Thursday for a $400 million White House ballroom before a commission that oversees federal building construction and said they are considering adding a second story to part of the West Wing as well.
Trump, a Republican who had the East Wing of the White House demolished last year, has championed the roughly 89,000-square-foot (8,270 square meters) project that will replace it. The hearing was the first time that plans for the ballroom have been presented and discussed in a public setting.

Pluvious

(5,245 posts)
15. He's determined to leave his mark...
Sat Jan 10, 2026, 01:29 PM
12 hrs ago

Some people are going to leave a mark on this world,
while others will leave a stain.
— Eleanor Roosevelt

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