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(93,320 posts)
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 03:55 PM Oct 23

Holy Shit!

Satellite images show before and after of demolition of White House East Wing

The East Wing, where first ladies created history, planned state dinners and promoted causes, is now history itself. The two-story structure of drawing rooms and offices, including workspace for first ladies and their staffs, has been turned into rubble, demolished as part of the Republican president's plan to build what he said is now a $300 million ballroom nearly twice the size of the White House.


This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows the White House in Washington, Sept. 26, 2025, with the East Wing intact before demolition began.




This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows demolition of the East Wing of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025.



https://www.wbaltv.com/article/white-house-east-wing-demolition-satellite-images/69137426?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot



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Holy Shit! (Original Post) bigtree Oct 23 OP
Earlier this year Coldwater Oct 23 #1
Every night I pray Satan comes for his boy. Joinfortmill Oct 23 #2
I hear ya, BUT bluestarone Oct 23 #8
Two hands at work... Queso Delicioso Oct 23 #13
Ha! Joinfortmill Oct 23 #20
Absolutely! pandr32 Oct 24 #46
I know. But I still do it. Maybe the Universe is listening. Joinfortmill Oct 23 #19
Perhaps Azrael, the angel of death. stage left Oct 23 #27
He does, indeed. Joinfortmill Oct 23 #30
Exactly popsdenver Oct 24 #53
I used to think Satan was fictional but it's the only explanation for this weird-ass stuff going on. kerry-is-my-prez Oct 24 #55
Well, i grant you your thoughts, BUT bluestarone Oct 24 #60
Every day I visualize spaceships arriving to capture the interstellar criminal they've been tracking across the universe NBachers Oct 23 #12
This interstellar criminal? area51 Oct 23 #40
Doesn't want 'im Nasruddin Oct 23 #14
They all make me wish drmeow Oct 23 #34
Nobody wants him E. Normus Oct 24 #48
Wonder what Melania thinks about destruction of the East Wing? PufPuf23 Oct 23 #3
Or Hillary nolabear Oct 23 #22
Why mentioned First Ladies in general. PufPuf23 Oct 23 #26
She is Happy Karch Oct 24 #44
I love that the AI generated image of His Lardship uses face bronzer unblended. pandr32 Oct 24 #47
He and Melanoma popsdenver Oct 24 #54
Thanks so much for sharing this, bigtree. littlemissmartypants Oct 23 #4
It belonged to all of us and a temporary resident tore it down. Did he sign a lease? Security Deposit? References? twodogsbarking Oct 23 #5
ETTD D_Master81 Oct 23 #6
And major kickbacks to the orange yeti. fierywoman Oct 23 #24
How many of us expect that it won't be finished by the end of Trump's current term? calimary Oct 23 #29
It's supposed to be TWICE the size of the White House???????? n/t Dixiegrrrl Oct 24 #50
The East Wing sits directly over an emergency military command bunker AdamGG Oct 23 #7
The fuhrerbunker IronLionZion Oct 23 #23
This message was self-deleted by its author AdamGG Oct 23 #31
How can the bunker still be intact yellow dahlia Oct 23 #35
Maybe it isn't now AdamGG Oct 23 #36
Good information. Thanks. yellow dahlia Oct 24 #64
He's a piece of shit and not particularly bright, but AdamGG Oct 25 #75
It was designed to be protect from bombs electric_blue68 Oct 23 #37
With today's nuclear weapon's strength popsdenver Oct 24 #56
Oh, for sure. But they moved NORAD out of Cheyenne Mtn? electric_blue68 Oct 24 #61
Yup, years ago popsdenver Oct 24 #65
Oh, ok! I stopped in Colorado Springs decades back.... electric_blue68 Oct 24 #68
The views from the city popsdenver Oct 24 #69
I just looked it up, and saw they're renovating the chapel... electric_blue68 Oct 24 #71
Easily popsdenver Oct 24 #72
Sounds cool! ....a Denver aside.... electric_blue68 Oct 24 #73
Yup popsdenver Oct 25 #77
He probably isn't concerned about the White House bunker protecting him from nukes AdamGG Oct 25 #76
Too bad the East Wing wasn't protected against a destructive toddler. yellow dahlia Oct 24 #63
He is probably popsdenver Oct 24 #57
Of course. yellow dahlia Oct 24 #62
It was reported popsdenver Oct 24 #66
Scary. yellow dahlia Oct 24 #67
He is accumulating a ton of bitcoin popsdenver Oct 24 #70
The pedo destroyed the east colonnade and Farmer-Rick Oct 23 #9
That group of old white men remind me of the group in a car dealership when they've found a mark. erronis Oct 23 #10
Sickening Starbeach Oct 23 #11
Trump is consumed by a lust to destroy. dedl67 Oct 23 #15
He's buildiing his own deathstar to protect himself and his supporters blue_jay Oct 24 #49
Exactly......... popsdenver Oct 24 #58
The Epstein Ballroom AverageOldGuy Oct 23 #16
"Total obliteration." NT mahatmakanejeeves Oct 23 #17
Orange fucker orangecrush Oct 23 #18
What an asshole. milestogo Oct 23 #21
Where will Melanoma plan her Christmas abomination this year rurallib Oct 23 #25
The Christmas Spectacular UFC Cage Fights AdamGG Oct 23 #33
Question... buzzycrumbhunger Oct 23 #28
Has any of this or the Arch even been run past the Capital Architects or the historical preservation review board? ChicagoTeamster Oct 23 #32
Of course, he didn't! He does (? *almost) what he wants! electric_blue68 Oct 23 #39
Hideous! electric_blue68 Oct 23 #38
Wasn't that were something got thrown out of a window last month? BradBo Oct 24 #41
It's a self-inflicted wound on tRump that will be open & festering for months and maybe years. Bernardo de La Paz Oct 24 #42
They'll end up using it for WWE matches. mdbl Oct 24 #43
And, of course, popsdenver Oct 24 #59
EPSTEIN BALLROOM ... KPN Oct 24 #45
Makes destruction of the government more emblematic. Frasier Balzov Oct 24 #51
It looks like a terrorist attack, which is essentially what it was. Vinca Oct 24 #52
trump's... myohmy2 Oct 24 #74

stage left

(3,191 posts)
27. Perhaps Azrael, the angel of death.
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 06:16 PM
Oct 23

Metaphorically speaking. Trump looks terrible. Of course he's always looked terrible. But now he looks gaunt.

popsdenver

(1,465 posts)
53. Exactly
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 03:57 PM
Oct 24

Living Factual Proof there is no GOD.........All of Trump's right wing Religious Fanatics and Evangelicals are worshipping an imaginary companion.
(The same type of imaginary companions as 3-4 Year olds have)

kerry-is-my-prez

(10,201 posts)
55. I used to think Satan was fictional but it's the only explanation for this weird-ass stuff going on.
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 04:01 PM
Oct 24

And the millions of MAGA people who are spellbound by him.

bluestarone

(21,086 posts)
60. Well, i grant you your thoughts, BUT
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 04:16 PM
Oct 24

Not for one minute do i see it that way. FAITH is the biggest problem with these IDIOTS. They make all their decisions based on faith that GAWD wants them to support these MONSTERS destroy our country. I have 100% faith that they are ALL CRAZY after witnessing what they are doing to families across our country. SHAME on them all.

NBachers

(19,155 posts)
12. Every day I visualize spaceships arriving to capture the interstellar criminal they've been tracking across the universe
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 04:45 PM
Oct 23

E. Normus

(111 posts)
48. Nobody wants him
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 11:50 AM
Oct 24

There is a special place for him and his like. It is Purgatory. Isolation forever.

PufPuf23

(9,682 posts)
3. Wonder what Melania thinks about destruction of the East Wing?
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 04:07 PM
Oct 23

Is there an element of hostility towards Melania as well as First Ladies in general?

What a crappy POTUS. Crapping everything.



Thank you for the before and after demolition images.

PufPuf23

(9,682 posts)
26. Why mentioned First Ladies in general.
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 06:05 PM
Oct 23

USA has been blessed with any excellent First Ladies.

Trump pulled the First Ladies rug out from under her feet in the destruction of the East Wing where Melania is the present occupant as First Lady that is conspicuous by her absence.

Not to defend Melania who is the sorriest excuse for a first lady in my lifetime.

Karch

(22 posts)
44. She is Happy
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 09:53 AM
Oct 24

that now she does not have to "decorate" the East Wing for her dreaded Christmas or show up to her offices.

pandr32

(13,746 posts)
47. I love that the AI generated image of His Lardship uses face bronzer unblended.
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 11:40 AM
Oct 24

He does it so much that AI thinks that is his face. Imagine any king with unblended face tint while wearing a crown.

popsdenver

(1,465 posts)
54. He and Melanoma
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 03:59 PM
Oct 24

appear to be on the "outs", the first lady's White House office was one of the first parts demolished, along with the Elanor Roosevelt room......

twodogsbarking

(17,516 posts)
5. It belonged to all of us and a temporary resident tore it down. Did he sign a lease? Security Deposit? References?
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 04:29 PM
Oct 23

D_Master81

(2,340 posts)
6. ETTD
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 04:30 PM
Oct 23

You just know this is gonna turn into an over budget, time delayed, money pit of a building project too. So sad

calimary

(88,922 posts)
29. How many of us expect that it won't be finished by the end of Trump's current term?
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 06:26 PM
Oct 23

And btw, let’s never forget: this, now, is the first full year of his SECOND term in the White House.

He’ll have hit the two-term limit at the end of THIS current term.

AdamGG

(1,861 posts)
7. The East Wing sits directly over an emergency military command bunker
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 04:32 PM
Oct 23

Directly beneath the East Wing of the White House is the Presidential Emergency Operations Center.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Emergency_Operations_Center

Dump has reportedly collected $300 million from private donors (largely corporate) for the construction of his ballroom. But, no ballroom should cost that much; the price per square foot is orders of magnitude off.

There's a good possibility that the money is being channeled into upgrading Trump's military bunker beneath the ballroom and that it's for the lovely things has has planned for us later on.

Response to AdamGG (Reply #7)

yellow dahlia

(4,350 posts)
35. How can the bunker still be intact
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 10:09 PM
Oct 23

after all that heavy equipment wreaking (wrecking) havoc?

AdamGG

(1,861 posts)
36. Maybe it isn't now
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 10:49 PM
Oct 23

If the goal is to massively renovate the bunker and give it more hardened fortifications, maybe they're working on it now and the work on the building will be a pretext for the noise and equipment necessary to work on the bunker. Also, it's hardened to survive bombing, so heavy equipment on the ground above may not disturb it.

FDR originally built the East Wing in 1942 to camoflage the bunker he was building below it to withstand possible German bombing in WWII. The East Wing has a long history of disguising the bunker. Trump ran down there in 2020 when he was scared of Black Lives Matter protests outside. Given how incredibly quickly they've put the funds together, drawn up the architectural plans and begun construction, it's a priority item. Dump probably cares more about the bunker than the ballroom.

AdamGG

(1,861 posts)
75. He's a piece of shit and not particularly bright, but
Sat Oct 25, 2025, 01:21 AM
Oct 25

planning a tacky monstrosity to go above the bunker if his goal is to distract from construction on the bunker is kind of an evil genius move. So, someone other than him probably thought of it.

popsdenver

(1,465 posts)
56. With today's nuclear weapon's strength
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 04:03 PM
Oct 24

that is a joke...........and probably why they moved NORAD out of Cheyenne Mountain/???????????
Interesting that they are still maintaining NORAD's mountain location, and it can be re-inhabited instantaneously on a moments notice.
(Even though a nearby forest fire drove everyone out a few decades ago due to the poorly designed and operated ventilation system) LOL

popsdenver

(1,465 posts)
65. Yup, years ago
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 05:30 PM
Oct 24

Cheney/Rumsfeld relocated it down to Colorado Springs.........

Cspgs is also head quarters of the new "space force" but Trump is moving it down to one of the RED states on the Gulf.......which is ridiculous............1500 employees and at a cost of millions and millions......It appears to be payback for whatever the governor of that RED state did for Trump???????????? Ludicrous relocation........ Dubious that any of the current, trained employees, would want to move down to some hot humid, suck hole, Gulf State......... from Colorado........
(Colorado Springs is a mass of Military and government groups, and you can't find a City in the U.S. that is a brighter shade of RED.......)

electric_blue68

(25,687 posts)
68. Oh, ok! I stopped in Colorado Springs decades back....
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 05:40 PM
Oct 24

I went from NYC to Soutth Dakota, to Denver, Alberquerque, AZ/Navajo/Hopi Nations.

I took a tour out of CS - which included visiting the Air Force Academy.
In town it was quite impressive to see Pikes Peak looking straight out from a main street.

popsdenver

(1,465 posts)
69. The views from the city
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 05:57 PM
Oct 24

are magnificent and breath taking..... They are doing a major remodel of the Academy, but may leave the Iconic Chapel.........and just do massive repairs on it. It has leaked like a sieve since it was built 60? years ago. The AF Academy swimming pool back then, was the most incredible swimming/diving pool in the entire U.S. by far.........

electric_blue68

(25,687 posts)
71. I just looked it up, and saw they're renovating the chapel...
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 06:03 PM
Oct 24

It'd be really sad to see such a striking, and beautiful piece of architecture torn down.

Wow, a whole big remodel. Good luck to them!

Sounds like a super duper hi grade type of Olympic swimming/diving pool.

One funny thing somehow I often think Colorado Springs is north of Denver. I've been to both so I know it not true! 😄 Der!

popsdenver

(1,465 posts)
72. Easily
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 06:09 PM
Oct 24

at least twice any other olympic pool in the U.S........ it is, (or maybe was) the most incredible pool ever designed and built.......If they tear it out, maybe they will build a new one exactly like it...............and it would still be the biggest/best pool in the nation.....

electric_blue68

(25,687 posts)
73. Sounds cool! ....a Denver aside....
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 06:48 PM
Oct 24

My second really big trip across the US '80 before I went to CS, I spent 2 days with my cousin in Denver (going to Denver Uni). He took me to Red Rocks (non event time), to Golden, and then up to Echo Lake - north east of Mt Evans/Blue Sky. I still have a few slides/photos!
Have one of the Continental Divide from Echo Lake. Being a bit of a geography buff - that was thrilling. And sooo beautiful!

Oh, just remembered looking at the photos of the AF Acdmy they mentioned The Pool. I'm going check

ETA. Wow that's an extra long pool with a totally separate diving area, away ftom the swimming lanes. And all the different diving platforms! And a very interesting architectural ceiling design, too.

popsdenver

(1,465 posts)
77. Yup
Sat Oct 25, 2025, 11:41 AM
Oct 25

The diving section is 20' deep, with two one meter boards, two three meter boards....a five meter platform and a ten meter platform.
The diving area is separated from the swimming area by a permanent bulkhead that goes down about six feet. That is where the starting blocks are for races......when you finish your race, you just swim under the bulkhead and surface in the diving section. There is another moveable bulkhead in the swimming section. Depending on what kind of meet is taking place, it can go from 25yds, to 25meters, to 50 yds, to 50 meters. At 50 meters, the water depth is still 3.5 feet, with 10 yds more pool. The first 25 meters from the permanent bulkhead is 8 feet deep for water polo competition..There is room where you can go down to a wide underwater window to see the divers as they enter the water, There is a large spectator area, slightly higher, for a great view of Diving or Swimming. The best part is the decks around the entire pool and in the locker rooms, are heated.


I always joked with team mates that if the U.S. Government was gonna spend money.....they should spend it like this!

Like I said, I have never seen or heard of a pool like this in the entire U.S.

AdamGG

(1,861 posts)
76. He probably isn't concerned about the White House bunker protecting him from nukes
Sat Oct 25, 2025, 01:37 AM
Oct 25

It would be his command center during a domestic civil war. While he has private contractors on site being paid with private funds, who is to say that they're not doing off the books tasks in the top secret bunker, like installing unmonitored links to the Kremlin or to US right wing militias.

popsdenver

(1,465 posts)
57. He is probably
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 04:05 PM
Oct 24

installing a bigger better one under his Ballroom......including a vault to hold ALL of the Fort Knox Gold........

popsdenver

(1,465 posts)
66. It was reported
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 05:32 PM
Oct 24

that Trump and some members of his CABAL paid a personal visit/inspection of Fort Knox, early in this administration.....

Weird? Curious? ...................

popsdenver

(1,465 posts)
70. He is accumulating a ton of bitcoin
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 06:03 PM
Oct 24

along with his two stupid worthless sons............

Some Fringe Lunatics, have speculated that in one of his wet dreams, he would really like to amass the majority of crypto currency, then go to crypto currency, (bitcoin?) as the U.S. Currency, then cash his all in for the treasury/public to use as currency, in exchange for all the gold in Fort Knox...........
Pretty out of this universe thinking! LOL

Farmer-Rick

(12,420 posts)
9. The pedo destroyed the east colonnade and
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 04:33 PM
Oct 23

The Jacqueline Kennedy Garden too. Is there anything left of JFK and Jacqueline left at the White House?

Too bad the pedo didn't wander off in front of a bulldozer.

erronis

(22,538 posts)
10. That group of old white men remind me of the group in a car dealership when they've found a mark.
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 04:36 PM
Oct 23

"Of course this is the best deal you can find. Look at us. Don't we look trustworthy?"

dedl67

(158 posts)
15. Trump is consumed by a lust to destroy.
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 05:20 PM
Oct 23

The German term for this psychopathic state is “Zerstoerungslust”, a lust to destroy. It is the desire to destroy, both things and people. Destroying the East Wing is only the latest example. Trump will attempt to destroy everything and everyone that he thinks is somehow standing in his way or not bending to his will. It is a compulsion. Destruction is the point. He must be stopped before he destroys everything.

popsdenver

(1,465 posts)
58. Exactly.........
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 04:11 PM
Oct 24

That is why his first move was to infiltrate DC with it's own army, To make sure he and his entire CABAL were protected in case the masses ever got wise and tried to pull a J6 on him in the white house.......ICE, Secret Service, National Guard, Regular Military........all continuing to wander the streets of D.C. And who knows how many of the J6 imprisoned he pardoned have joined in...........

AverageOldGuy

(3,291 posts)
16. The Epstein Ballroom
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 05:21 PM
Oct 23

That's what we should call it -- THE EPSTEIN BALLROOM -- use the name everywhere.

rurallib

(64,531 posts)
25. Where will Melanoma plan her Christmas abomination this year
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 05:55 PM
Oct 23

and where will it be displayed?

buzzycrumbhunger

(1,624 posts)
28. Question...
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 06:16 PM
Oct 23

In a building this old, was anything done to investigate things like fkg asbestos before the arseholes came in with bulldozers? Isn’t there a protocol for doing crap like this? I mean, it was a threat and suddenly it’s HAPPENING. Is there zero oversight anymore for ANYFUCKINGTHING?

ChicagoTeamster

(397 posts)
32. Has any of this or the Arch even been run past the Capital Architects or the historical preservation review board?
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 06:47 PM
Oct 23

I bet they didn't consult anybody on this. Just like the Guard deployments and the illegal fishing boat killings, they made this all up on their own, no consulting professionals or following existing guidelines. The idiots following the demented sociopath.

electric_blue68

(25,687 posts)
39. Of course, he didn't! He does (? *almost) what he wants!
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 10:57 PM
Oct 23


So far.

*not sure what he's been stopped from doing this term. Hard to keep up!

Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)
42. It's a self-inflicted wound on tRump that will be open & festering for months and maybe years.
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 08:35 AM
Oct 24

He does not have approval yet to move forward with construction.

popsdenver

(1,465 posts)
59. And, of course,
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 04:13 PM
Oct 24

Trump will be in charge of all online betting, and rig it just like the RepubliCONs are doing with the voting......

Frasier Balzov

(4,838 posts)
51. Makes destruction of the government more emblematic.
Fri Oct 24, 2025, 01:11 PM
Oct 24

More tangible to voters.

This is what Trump has done, and only a Democratic Congress can stop him.

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