• santa@sh.itjust.works
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    15 hours ago

    When someone makes these many improvements to a temporary residence — they may not be planning on moving out.

    J6v2 is knocking…

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    17 hours ago

    We don’t even get a warning anymore. He just wakes us and starts “renovating”. I am surprised the east wing is still standing.

  • MimicJar@lemmy.world
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    20 hours ago

    So less than a month ago Trump held a UFC fight on this very lawn.

    ScottsMiracle-Gro said it will donate “a combination of monetary and product support” to the National Park Service, including plans to re-sod the lawn and use a special blend of turfgrass chosen by Trump to reseed it. The company expects the lawn to be fully restored by spring of next year.

    Per TheHill.

    Now that lawn is turning into a helipad? What happened to the company that said they’re going to fix it? What happened to that money?

    I know the obvious answer is someone just pocketed $1 million dollars, but who?

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    A helipad is far from the worst thing he’s done. I’m sure it’ll come with the usual Trump flair of fraud and circumventing process, but I can absolutely buy the argument that Marine 1 should have somewhere consistent to land that isn’t just grass–not that it can’t land in grass, but that it’ll fuck up the grass.

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      But does it have to land in that exact spot and ugly up one of the most beautiful and iconic views in the world? I say this not even being American.

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      20 hours ago

      How often does it land. Seems odd to have a permanent pad.

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      Ya, this seems like a case of folks going nuts over anything done by the Trump Administration. The fact is that US Presidents have been using helicopter travel from the White House for a long time and will continue with that going forward. Having a dedicated landing pad is likely better and safer. Sure, it’ll be bit of an eyesore, but the White House is supposed to be a functional home for the head of state, it’s going to have a few nods to functionality.

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    Is he not just damaging the property repeatedly and often because Putin tells him to, otherwise Putin is releasing some Epstein videos?