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slightlv

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54. It IS so telling that the one nemesis he has is women...

Wed Oct 22, 2025, 11:02 AM

Oct 2025

and especially, women of color. And it just galls him to no end. I'm happy about that, but I'm so incensed and disheartened that so much of the progress we've made since the 1950's has been wiped out or is in the process of being so restricted as to be non-existent.

However, I think with the two women you mentioned, there's more to it than what I mentioned. I think he's po'ed that the two first ladies you mentioned, in particular, were two of the better known, more independent, and more liked first ladies. One can't help contrast them with Melania. Even trump can't get anything he wants from Melania... let alone get her to work *with* him!

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Jackie Kennedy's Rose Garden. Eleanor Roosevelt's East Room. How many [View all] niyad Oct 2025 OP

💔💔💔 ultralite001 Oct 2025 #1

The East Wing was mostly the First Ladies' domain, but we don't have one of those. Ocelot II Oct 2025 #2

Wait, First Escort doesn't count? 11 Bravo Oct 2025 #34

They might put a pole somewhere Bettie Oct 2025 #56

Bingo popsdenver Oct 2025 #59

our first lady of the evening. mdbl Oct 2025 #57

Yep, red Christmas trees - what a joke. iluvtennis Oct 2025 #36

Utterly CREEPY! Her idea of holiday "decorating" is as cold and empty as she is, herself. calimary Oct 2025 #48

Sadly, it appears the answer to your question is "as many as he can." Which, unfortunately, is a lot 0rganism Oct 2025 #3

FFS. This has nothing to do with "public education" "failing to warn us." valleyrogue Oct 2025 #40

I kinda think it does. However, the public education system was among the first victims of fascists' 50-year strategy 0rganism Oct 2025 #42

Less than a year BonnieJW Oct 2025 #49

Disgraceful hannah Oct 2025 #4

As in steal? malaise Oct 2025 #5

Selling it bdamomma Oct 2025 #35

The bulldozer was in a hurry -- from the looks of things, windows & doors & all were just smashed Hekate Oct 2025 #8

He wants it to hurt. Codifer Oct 2025 #17

I was going to ask what "troubles" this self-absorbed scum has ever had, niyad Oct 2025 #46

He does things on the cheap and answers to no one Attilatheblond Oct 2025 #19

His behavior has to BE stopped, because he will never stop on his own Hekate Oct 2025 #20

Highly probable, maliciousness is a reflex for him and those like him nt blue_jay Oct 2025 #9

I'll bet it will be totally mirrored like the Hall of Mirrors in Versailles. BattleRow Oct 2025 #13

Supposedly some things have been removed. Shipwack Oct 2025 #47

I think you may be confusing the East Wing with the East Room. rsdsharp Oct 2025 #6

And the East Wing was basically the entrance. Igel Oct 2025 #43

I've wondered if he's doing this because he's pissed at his wife. chowder66 Oct 2025 #7

She's way too old for him now. mnhtnbb Oct 2025 #11

He has a wife? johnp3907 Oct 2025 #24

The East Colonnade is where Melania famously decorated it with blood-red xmas trees. chowder66 Oct 2025 #41

What he is attempting to do is bad enough Grim Chieftain Oct 2025 #10

I could cry for the White House. Hope22 Oct 2025 #14

I'm mad because I've never even seen the inside of the white house and now blue_jay Oct 2025 #12

I've never understood how a man who's never known a moment's "want",,, maddiemom Oct 2025 #15

Whoops. WANT of anything MATERIAL, of course. nt maddiemom Oct 2025 #18

I can't believe one demented man, Mtnmama Oct 2025 #16

He's a pathological hate monger Farmer-Rick Oct 2025 #21

Don't forget that this orange bastard destroyed the Art Deco friezes niyad Oct 2025 #28

He could have sold them instead of just destroying Farmer-Rick Oct 2025 #39

It feels like the destruction of the Eastern facade is a metaphor for the destruction of our democracy. alwaysinasnit Oct 2025 #22

A chain saw and a bulldozer BarbD Oct 2025 #23

Shameful Soaps Oct 2025 #25

He only gets worse. There is no cure. Turbineguy Oct 2025 #26

All of them. RockRaven Oct 2025 #27

WE THE PEOPLE hannah Oct 2025 #33

K&R UTUSN Oct 2025 #29

All of them. littlemissmartypants Oct 2025 #30

Distraction from what is now looking like JustAnotherGen Oct 2025 #31

Can't wait for him to name it Donald Trump Ballroom. nt Imalittleteapot Oct 2025 #32

This is just horrible 😡😡😡 TommieMommy Oct 2025 #37

One thing we have learned with this Trump presidency.... walkingman Oct 2025 #38

Just as a note: To travel across Europe you would never know that most of the cities you will visit were flashman13 Oct 2025 #44

Nothing is beyond him Tree Lady Oct 2025 #45

The White House is a residence and the office of the President. With the ballroom it becomes a party venue. tetedur Oct 2025 #50

Just spitballin' here, but . . . RVN VET71 Oct 2025 #51

Dear Goddess, I fear me that you are prescient. niyad Oct 2025 #52

A local WV pizza shop moved to a building on the historical register, the owner had to meet building doc03 Oct 2025 #53

It IS so telling that the one nemesis he has is women... slightlv Oct 2025 #54

Had not thought about it in the context you mentioned, so thank you for niyad Oct 2025 #64

MaddowBlog-It's not just the facade: Team Trump has wrecked much of the White House's East Wing LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2025 #55

Eleanor Roosevelt did not have an office in the East Wing.... reACTIONary Oct 2025 #58

You could, perhaps, address the actual point of the OP. niyad Oct 2025 #60

The rose garden... reACTIONary Oct 2025 #61

From this day forward, we call it the "Epstein Ballroom" William Gustafson Oct 2025 #62

Yes!!! niyad Oct 2025 #63

FDR's New Deal, LBJ's Great Society jcboon Oct 2025 #65