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Take a wild guess what Trump's ball room is modeled on? (Original Post) orangecrush Oct 2025 OP
Putin's fingerprints are on everything Trump does and says. Irish_Dem Oct 2025 #1
I'm sure it's purely coincidental orangecrush Oct 2025 #2
Coincidences take a lot of planning. Irish_Dem Oct 2025 #3
old army saying Hieronymus Phact Oct 2025 #17
Its a true saying orangecrush Oct 2025 #30
Bingo. Irish_Dem Oct 2025 #32
The three parts of Ian Fleming's Goldfinger PCIntern Oct 2025 #33
Makes sense. calimary Oct 2025 #54
It isn't homegirl Oct 2025 #67
May his life become even less enjoyable with every new day EYESORE 9001 Oct 2025 #16
Putin knows the American people are unlikley to rise up against fascism Irish_Dem Oct 2025 #34
More like "footprints," evolves Oct 2025 #29
Perhaps he wants to share a pure cane sugar Diet Coke and big Mac with Pootie in the ballroom. Magoo48 Oct 2025 #61
This would be quite fitting. Irish_Dem Oct 2025 #62
Parcon the crudity Jilly_in_VA Oct 2025 #4
Just like all the gold shit he put up in the Oval Office. GoCubsGo Oct 2025 #5
Hideous and very distracting dixiegrrrrl Oct 2025 #43
So from now on he shall be know at Czar Krasnov the first. Dave Bowman Oct 2025 #6
Maybe the No Kings! protests should be No Czars! tanyev Oct 2025 #9
Even Burger Kings. Good name for him, by the way. multigraincracker Oct 2025 #39
Love this Joinfortmill Oct 2025 #12
..my bad thomski64 Oct 2025 #7
You beat me to Dave thomski64 Oct 2025 #10
My first thought was "Versailles" -- actually, most tacky, overdone ballrooms are based on the tastes of French monarchs eppur_se_muova Oct 2025 #8
Right. Starting with Peter the Great, Wednesdays Oct 2025 #38
Exactly shanti Oct 2025 #56
Thanks for adding that. nt eppur_se_muova Oct 2025 #57
Gaudy OPulence: G/OP. From the Giddy Over Putin crowd. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Oct 2025 #11
When Putin moves in he will feel right at home........nt Hope22 Oct 2025 #13
That's a tough sell if you've seen the existing Trump ballroom at MAL FBaggins Oct 2025 #14
Funny thing.... TommyT139 Oct 2025 #52
Put-In will be the first person to see it,.when it's finished .... aggiesal Oct 2025 #15
The ladies i sew with on Mondays don't think Trump needs more room for his balls assuming he has any. Srkdqltr Oct 2025 #18
Next president, that's near the top of what I'm dismantling rpannier Oct 2025 #19
Oh... I doubt that I would demolish a completed extension just to spite him FBaggins Oct 2025 #27
I would orangecrush Oct 2025 #31
I would, too. calimary Oct 2025 #68
Gauche Clouds Passing Oct 2025 #20
Its literally a throne room JCMach1 Oct 2025 #21
From 2017: dalton99a Oct 2025 #22
MARA Make America Russia Again IronLionZion Oct 2025 #23
Brasnov wants Cherokee100 Oct 2025 #24
All of this kind of monumental shit is ultimately based on the Palace of Versailles... Wounded Bear Oct 2025 #25
Only cheaper. Ocelot II Oct 2025 #26
Hitler also had a ballroom LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2025 #28
Hitler's architecture... sop Oct 2025 #46
That would certainly add a nice touch to the White House grounds dedl67 Oct 2025 #47
In best Boris Badenov voice COL Mustard Oct 2025 #35
Fucking bdamomma Oct 2025 #36
Pelosi to Trump, "With you all roads lead to Putin." Botany Oct 2025 #37
Of course it is! liberalla Oct 2025 #40
Hitler also remodeled the Chancellor's office at the Reichstag and another building to add ballrooms and a conservatory ChicagoTeamster Oct 2025 #41
Just remembering dflprincess Oct 2025 #42
Or for Marie Antoinette. Ocelot II Oct 2025 #44
It's a larger version of the Grand Ballroom at Mar-a-Lago, built by Trump in 2004. sop Oct 2025 #45
Disgusting! nt HarryM Oct 2025 #50
looks like the oval office as well. pansypoo53219 Oct 2025 #48
I thought it would be HarryM Oct 2025 #49
Trump and Epstein probably had "Massages" there LiberalArkie Oct 2025 #51
Looks like the acoustics will be HORRIBLE! An echo chamber. QueerDuck Oct 2025 #53
I find it weird that a man who clearly doesn't know how to dance (see fierywoman Oct 2025 #55
It's modeled after Putin's colon. Something TACO is familiar with. marble falls Oct 2025 #58
... orangecrush Oct 2025 #63
Well I Guessed Wrong... The Conductor Oct 2025 #59
My bad! I figured it would be modeled on... Trueblue Texan Oct 2025 #60
Something Russian? Iggo Oct 2025 #64
Yup orangecrush Oct 2025 #66
Nah, it's after the best little whore house Smilo Oct 2025 #65
Yikes! I should have seen it, I've been there Rhiannon12866 Oct 2025 #69

Irish_Dem

(80,209 posts)
1. Putin's fingerprints are on everything Trump does and says.
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 08:55 AM
Oct 2025

Putin is having the time of his life destroying the US.

PCIntern

(28,036 posts)
33. The three parts of Ian Fleming's Goldfinger
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 10:14 AM
Oct 2025

Except the first part is Happenstance as in once is happenstance.

calimary

(89,210 posts)
54. Makes sense.
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 02:38 PM
Oct 2025

Old army saying:

Once is a mistake,
twice is a coincidence,
three times is enemy action.

I had not heard that one before, but it’s a keeper for sure.

homegirl

(1,930 posts)
67. It isn't
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 10:14 PM
Oct 2025
coincidental that the first work day after SEVEN MILLION AMERICANS held a NO KINGS EVENT, that Drumpf in his rage tore down the East Wing of the White House.

Donald had a temper tantrum and he desttroyed part of the White House!!!

EYESORE 9001

(29,479 posts)
16. May his life become even less enjoyable with every new day
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 09:14 AM
Oct 2025

Poot can’t feel too comfortable about anything else right now, and it appears the guy he wanted to eff-up the USA is even effing- up that plan. He can’t be confident that the people of the USA will tolerate this execrable shitheel regime for much longer. If he believes that, we must prove him wrong.

Irish_Dem

(80,209 posts)
34. Putin knows the American people are unlikley to rise up against fascism
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 10:16 AM
Oct 2025

in any meaningful way.

Magoo48

(6,707 posts)
61. Perhaps he wants to share a pure cane sugar Diet Coke and big Mac with Pootie in the ballroom.
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 04:58 PM
Oct 2025

Afterwords, a long, leisurely stroll down to the situation room where they can imagine world conquest and be alone.

Irish_Dem

(80,209 posts)
62. This would be quite fitting.
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 05:08 PM
Oct 2025

Putin can get a look at his handiwork up close and personal.

GoCubsGo

(34,710 posts)
5. Just like all the gold shit he put up in the Oval Office.
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 09:00 AM
Oct 2025

It's just like all of Sweet Daddy Vlad's offices and properties. All of it is fucking hideous.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,145 posts)
43. Hideous and very distracting
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 11:25 AM
Oct 2025

Watched his press conference yesterday from the Oval. He was sitting with all that fake gold stuff glued to fireplace next to him,
distracting from his appearance,fortunately. Unbelievably tacky.

Wednesdays

(21,750 posts)
38. Right. Starting with Peter the Great,
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 10:22 AM
Oct 2025

Russia wanted to emulate France. They spoke French at the Russian court, for example.

RedWhiteBlueIsRacist

(1,936 posts)
11. Gaudy OPulence: G/OP. From the Giddy Over Putin crowd.
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 09:08 AM
Oct 2025

Hopefully, the architects have factored in enough Porta-Potties for the MAGA attendees.

FBaggins

(28,653 posts)
14. That's a tough sell if you've seen the existing Trump ballroom at MAL
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 09:14 AM
Oct 2025

Which he did about 20 years ago

TommyT139

(2,194 posts)
52. Funny thing....
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 02:10 PM
Oct 2025
While it is hard to pinpoint the beginning of Trump and Putin’s relationship, Trump claimed to have met Putin while Trump was still a private citizen.

Among other times, in Oct. 2013, Trump mentioned knowing Putin in a late night interview with David Letterman. “I’ve done a lot of business with the Russians,” Trump said, adding that they’re “smart” and “tough.” He went on to say about meeting Putin, “He’s a tough guy. I met him once,” though he never clarified when this first meeting was.


https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/what-is-donald-trumps-relationship-with-vladimir-putin-a-timeline

So even if Trump is lying about having met Putin, his envy was already in action back then.

aggiesal

(10,596 posts)
15. Put-In will be the first person to see it,.when it's finished ....
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 09:14 AM
Oct 2025

He needs to get Put-In's stamp of approval.

Srkdqltr

(9,449 posts)
18. The ladies i sew with on Mondays don't think Trump needs more room for his balls assuming he has any.
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 09:30 AM
Oct 2025

FBaggins

(28,653 posts)
27. Oh... I doubt that I would demolish a completed extension just to spite him
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 09:50 AM
Oct 2025

But it won't bear his name (or that of any funding corporations), and the decor will change so it's unrecognizable.

calimary

(89,210 posts)
68. I would, too.
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 11:23 PM
Oct 2025

Dismantle everything he installed, after his years in the White House are over.
Restore the White House to how it was before he started fucking with it!
Have what was removed trucked down to Mar-a-Lago and delivered to the front gates.

Let him decide what to do with it.

Wounded Bear

(63,919 posts)
25. All of this kind of monumental shit is ultimately based on the Palace of Versailles...
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 09:44 AM
Oct 2025

built in the reign of Louis the XIV of france, otherwise known as The Sun King, one of the longest reigning kings in European history.

He was also known for the many wars he got into.

Ocelot II

(129,524 posts)
26. Only cheaper.
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 09:47 AM
Oct 2025

It will certainly be constructed with the cheapest materials, and he'll pocket the rest of the money after he stiffs the contractors. But at least if it's cheaply made, it will be easier to demolish eventually.

dedl67

(189 posts)
47. That would certainly add a nice touch to the White House grounds
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 12:09 PM
Oct 2025

Also, the "Volkshalle", designed by Albert Speer, never had the chance to be built. The architectural plans may still be around someplace, and since it suits Trump's style, he might consider, say, tearing down the Capitol and erecting that in its place, named of course, after himself..

COL Mustard

(8,038 posts)
35. In best Boris Badenov voice
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 10:17 AM
Oct 2025

Is coincidence. Nothing but coincidence! Nothing to see here, so moving along, please.

ChicagoTeamster

(521 posts)
41. Hitler also remodeled the Chancellor's office at the Reichstag and another building to add ballrooms and a conservatory
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 11:05 AM
Oct 2025

Although the pictures in the MT bluesky post do show compelling similarities, I don't have any pictures of what Hitler's ballrooms looked like, he redesigned the Chancellory and other buildings. So maybe Trump is following Hitler's playbook and Kremlin design because so much of the Third Reich's property was destroyed. Either way, he's cobbling together everything from the examples of other Authoritarians and Fascists.

QueerDuck

(1,148 posts)
53. Looks like the acoustics will be HORRIBLE! An echo chamber.
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 02:17 PM
Oct 2025

No public speeches or toasts will be understood. No "ballroom" orchestral ensemble will sound decent... any piano and string quartet will sound like a music box playing at the bottom of a steel drum.

Burn it down.

fierywoman

(8,514 posts)
55. I find it weird that a man who clearly doesn't know how to dance (see
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 03:00 PM
Oct 2025

inauguration party photos) wants a ballroom ...

{{{ s.a.r.c.a.s.m. }}}

Rhiannon12866

(251,320 posts)
69. Yikes! I should have seen it, I've been there
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 12:29 AM
Oct 2025

And it is enormous, with thousands of rooms, and yes, filled with gold and art, built in 1714 for Peter the Great - of course TFG would want to copy the outsized lavish rooms. There's not room for anything like this anywhere near D.C.

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