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Manatee

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21. I haven't been

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sat Jul 11, 2026, 07:45 PM

18 hrs ago

keeping up with this. What exactly is being done to the columns?

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More gawdy White House renovations. [View all] applegrove 20 hrs ago OP

what is wrong with these people. rampartd 20 hrs ago #1

That's a rhetorical question, right? yellow dahlia 14 hrs ago #40

one that i ask myself all the time time rampartd 14 hrs ago #41

I think those are hideous, overdone and downright ugly... wcmagumba 20 hrs ago #2

I like the Corithian (all three types of columns), BUT they Don't Belong on the WH! electric_blue68 18 hrs ago #20

When I think about Trump's style or lack there of Old Terp 17 hrs ago #37

Trump is obsessed with anything Corinthian since learning about those "Two Corinthians" in his bible reading days. OGBuzz 20 hrs ago #3

You win yankee87 19 hrs ago #17

"Another costly tear down and replace like the original when TSF is gone..." J_William_Ryan 20 hrs ago #4

Bullshit AZ8theist 19 hrs ago #18

Hmmm Good idea! electric_blue68 18 hrs ago #23

It should be funded by generous 'donations' from all the corporations and billionaires who are funding this in the first ToxMarz 18 hrs ago #28

THIS! calimary 17 hrs ago #38

There won't be any money left to undo the desecration. yellow dahlia 14 hrs ago #39

Great minds think alike!! AZ8theist 10 hrs ago #44

And the orange menace should have to pay for it yliza 18 hrs ago #33

they are ionic not doric, you can see the classic curled volute at the top Blues Heron 19 hrs ago #5

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Not according to Ricardo Montalban The Madcap 19 hrs ago #9

not at all, its just not the right one for the white house. Blues Heron 19 hrs ago #13

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Because it's the historic people's house, not some plaything for a demented rapist? Blues Heron 18 hrs ago #30

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This message was self-deleted by its author applegrove 13 hrs ago #42

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Yes, they are Ionic sinkingfeeling 19 hrs ago #8

Not to be confused with Iconic.. BattleRow 19 hrs ago #14

Now if you'd gone to trump university you would have learned Turbineguy 19 hrs ago #16

Ah....I actually thought so... (Ionic) TY electric_blue68 18 hrs ago #24

This is correct Figarosmom 18 hrs ago #27

Trump Is Crazy MissouriDem47 19 hrs ago #7

No matter the cost the trumpy "renovations" need to be redone to their original state IMO. NoMoreRepugs 19 hrs ago #10

I agree with you 100000% AZ8theist 18 hrs ago #19

Wait until he paints them gold... johnnyfins 19 hrs ago #11

You homegirl 19 hrs ago #12

Wait until the entire North Portico collapses after his sketchy kick-back contractor screws up the "repairs." sop 18 hrs ago #29

This is so infuriating. He needs to be forced to restore the White House. Joinfortmill 19 hrs ago #15

I haven't been Manatee 18 hrs ago #21

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Gawd Awful Martin Eden 18 hrs ago #25

Thereis only one reason for all this MONEY. He gets a kickback on everything... he personally. Srkdqltr 18 hrs ago #32

One word. usonian 18 hrs ago #34

He wanted so badly to be king. Now all he can do is pretend. C Moon 18 hrs ago #35

Wait 'til he starts reupholstering everything in Corinthian Leather Bristlecone 17 hrs ago #36