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Botany

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8. Trump is a cancer on America

Reply to LudwigPastorius (Reply #5)

Mon Jul 6, 2026, 12:47 PM

Yesterday

He knows more about architecture and building then Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt,*
the designer of Jackie Kennedy’s Rose Garden and Jackie’s other White House Garden (east wing),
Rachel Mellon, and the man who oversaw the construction of Jackie’s Gardens who went onto be
the head of The Brooklyn Botanical Garden.

* The East Wing

Hand Split Granite Cobbles at the door to the East Wing that Trump had removed and used as
filler material on D.C. golf courses.

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Scaffolding Remains at White House As Trump Posts Photo of Ornate Columns [View all] Botany Yesterday OP

Another waste of taxpayer money. Ritabert Yesterday #1

The old columns are just fine. Botany Yesterday #2

They're trying to see how fast they can bankrupt the country completely, all at Putin's demand! slightlv Yesterday #12

Doric is OK for me. gab13by13 Yesterday #3

This EuterpeThelo Yesterday #4

And to know he only got to be President because of massive cheating is galling. Botany Yesterday #6

Trump will demand that the load-bearing columns be replaced, not individually, but all at once. LudwigPastorius Yesterday #5

Trump is a cancer on America Botany Yesterday #8

Oh--and they must be solid gold. Bayard Yesterday #16

As I have baeen saying since about 2018... 2naSalit Yesterday #7

"highest order" of columns? maxsolomon Yesterday #9

Click on the link to the article and scroll down Botany Yesterday #10

Welp, it could just be maintenance. maxsolomon Yesterday #11

Watch the whole front entrance and part of the attached structure collapse like the stage at his 250th fair ChicagoTeamster Yesterday #13

Prepping for that giant "gold" eagle attached to the columns. The Madcap Yesterday #14

Once these projects start crumbling purr-rat beauty Yesterday #15

The White House is not an ornate palace. It is a place where the people's business is conducted Fla Dem Yesterday #17

And we know that he'll f**k it up! Just look at the Reflecting Pool and the East Wing! Rhiannon12866 18 hrs ago #18