Telling, isn't it?
Why provide food aid when you can go dancing in a gold-gilded royal ballroom?
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Telling, isn't it?
You didn't answer my question. I wonder why?
Is it because you are incapable of reading the Deceleration of Independence where one of the complaints is that the King dissolves the government against the wishes of the people? Your premise that a King would not close the government is clearly a straw man you have built out of your own stupidity.
Freddy Figbottom
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why open the government when you can hold the nation hostage?The luxury gap: Trump builds his palace as Americans face going hungry
Schmoozing the super-rich to fund a $300m ballroom while cutting food aid for those on low incomes threw the president’s architectural folly into sharp relief.
The luxury gap: Trump builds his palace as Americans face going hungry
Schmoozing the super-rich to fund a $300m ballroom while cutting food aid for those on low incomes threw the president’s architectural folly into sharp reliefwww.theguardian.com
Truman did it the correct way, he did not act like he owned it.
Well, if a federal district court judge can order POTUS to give Section 32 funds to an organization his wife runs, why can’t said judge just order the Democrats to vote to open the government?
evince
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I know you are but what am I infinity Frances
Dutch Uncle
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I just hope there's enough Americans willing to stand up and fight for it. Taking out the pumpkin-headed trash would help. LOL
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Critics and legal experts who accuse Donald Trump of acting like a king point to his efforts to expand unilateral presidential power, his challenges to constitutional checks and balances, and his demands for personal loyalty over institutional processes.
Key ways he is described as acting like a king include:
Governance by Decree: Critics argue that Trump has relied heavily on executive actions and orders to implement sweeping policy changes, such as in immigration (e.g., essentially shutting down the asylum process at U.S. ports of entry), in a manner that bypasses Congress's legislative authority.
Challenging Separation of Powers: Accusations center on his administration's perceived attacks on the independence of other government branches and institutions, including the judiciary, the Department of Justice, and the intelligence community.
Demanding Personal Loyalty: Concerns have been raised about his attempts to replace non-partisan, expert civil servants with political loyalists and to use federal agencies for political purposes, which critics compare to a monarch's control over their court and bureaucracy.
Claims of Absolute Immunity: Legal arguments made by his defense team and a subsequent Supreme Court ruling granting "presumptive" immunity for official acts have led critics to argue the president "now gets to behave like a king, or a dictator," by placing himself above the law and beyond criminal prosecution for actions taken in office.
Disregard for Norms and the Rule of Law: He has been accused of ignoring the rules, customs, and decorum that govern the presidency, stretching the guardrails of presidential power to their limits for personal or political gain rather than the public interest.
Use of Rhetoric: Trump has sometimes used or shared "kingly" rhetoric, such as a social media post that read "long live the king," which critics point to as evidence of his monarch-like aspirations.
Attacks on the Media and Dissent: Critics highlight actions aimed at weakening the independent media and stifling dissent, which they view as tactics used by authoritarian rulers to control the public narrative.
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Critics and legal experts who accuse Donald Trump of acting like a king point to his efforts to expand unilateral presidential power, his challenges to constitutional checks and balances, and his demands for personal loyalty over institutional processes.
Key ways he is described as acting like a king include:
Governance by Decree: Critics argue that Trump has relied heavily on executive actions and orders to implement sweeping policy changes, such as in immigration (e.g., essentially shutting down the asylum process at U.S. ports of entry), in a manner that bypasses Congress's legislative authority.
Challenging Separation of Powers: Accusations center on his administration's perceived attacks on the independence of other government branches and institutions, including the judiciary, the Department of Justice, and the intelligence community.
Demanding Personal Loyalty: Concerns have been raised about his attempts to replace non-partisan, expert civil servants with political loyalists and to use federal agencies for political purposes, which critics compare to a monarch's control over their court and bureaucracy.
Claims of Absolute Immunity: Legal arguments made by his defense team and a subsequent Supreme Court ruling granting "presumptive" immunity for official acts have led critics to argue the president "now gets to behave like a king, or a dictator," by placing himself above the law and beyond criminal prosecution for actions taken in office.
Disregard for Norms and the Rule of Law: He has been accused of ignoring the rules, customs, and decorum that govern the presidency, stretching the guardrails of presidential power to their limits for personal or political gain rather than the public interest.
Use of Rhetoric: Trump has sometimes used or shared "kingly" rhetoric, such as a social media post that read "long live the king," which critics point to as evidence of his monarch-like aspirations.
Attacks on the Media and Dissent: Critics highlight actions aimed at weakening the independent media and stifling dissent, which they view as tactics used by authoritarian rulers to control the public narrative.
evince
Truthmatters
You Russians are like thatI'll be gladder when you aren't around to witness anything, Guano.
Freddy Figbottom
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the civil war is cancelled, deep state.I just hope there's enough Americans willing to stand up and fight for it. Taking out the pumpkin-headed trash would help. LOL
Dutch Uncle
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The coming civil war will allow patriotic Americans to neutralize the Russophiles and the enemy within.
Freddy Figbottom
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people point to a lot of dumb things, especially lies and mischaracterization in this case.
It's good to be the King, no?
Dutch Uncle
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Good to be the King, but as our Founders realized, not so good to be the King's subjects.
Should be a picture of the Judge, you know the one pretending he has more power to appropriate and allocate funding than congress does.Good to be the King, but as our Founders realized, not so good to be the King's subjects.
Harry Truman’s 1948–1952 White House renovation was viciously criticized at the time, Brad.
Architectural historian William Seale called the gutting “barbaric” in print.
Criticism of Truman's 1948–1952 White House reconstruction was intense both during the project and in subsequent decades, focusing on the total gutting of the interior, perceived loss of historic authenticity, high costs amid popstar austerity, and specific additions like the Truman Balcony.
Detractors accused the work of turning the historic mansion into a modern imitation or erasing irreplaceable fabric, while others decried it as wasteful or architecturally ruinous.
During the renovation period, the addition of the Truman Balcony in 1948 sparked immediate outrage for altering the classic Greek Revival facade. Critics, including members of the Commission of Fine Arts, argued that it undermined the building's purity to create a mere "leisure space for the First Family."
Truman Balcony - Wikipedia
Preservationists dismissed it as out of character, with one account noting opponents found similar designs "out of character with the rest of the White House."
Past presidents have made big changes, Trump White House argues
The White House is pushing back against criticism of the ongoing demolition of the building's East Wing, pointing to other renovations under previous presidents.
abcnews.go.com
The Commission on the Renovation of the Executive Mansion faced intense pressure over balancing modernization with preservation, leading to debates on reusing historic woodwork and overall authenticity.
A piano through the floor: The controversial history of White House renovations
Personal tastes of presidents - as well as the demands of a growing federal government - has helped dictate changes over time to the White House.
www.usatoday.com
Post-renovation and in historical retrospectives, critics lambasted the project for destroying the original interior. The New York Times in 2015 described the result as "mostly an imitation of the original 18th-century building," noting that except for the exterior walls, the White House became "almost entirely a 1952 imitation," with some historic elements sold off, given away, or dumped due to budget overruns.
Historians have criticized it for "erasing much of its historic interior character" despite preserving the shell, framing the steel-framed rebuild as a loss of authentic fabric.
How Trump’s White House renovations compare to previous presidents
Donald Trump is spending around $250 million on a 90,000 square-foot ballroom in the White House.
www.newsweek.com
One account called the scope controversial, with some deeming it "a disaster" for historical authenticity.
Even White House Historical Association materials acknowledge ongoing debates, noting critics focused on the "loss of original interior fabric and the symbolic implications of replacing historic interiors with modern systems."
Fact Check: How did the White House renovation after the 1948 Trum...
Executive Summary The post‑1948 White House work under President Harry S. Truman was not a cosmetic renovation but a near‑complete interior dismantling an...
Later analyses highlight how the transformation drew fire from historians for "misrepresenting history," with 1950s Washington Post coverage calling Truman's post-renovation historic claims a "sentimental fiction."
An Ever-Changing White House
The White House is the home to the president and his family; the office for the president and his staff; the ceremonial...
These attacks persisted because the renovation replaced centuries-old timbers, beams (some scorched from the 1814 burning), and partitions with a "steel and concrete" core, leaving purists to mourn the "hidden" original as vandalized or murdered in spirit.
But Brad is only whining because Trump.
With a black robe. Did you read this thread?
Lots of detail that none of the usual suspects understand or have the wit to address.
Freddy Figbottom
Was it me?
the civil war is cancelled, deep state.The coming civil war will allow patriotic Americans to neutralize the Russophiles and the enemy within.
Dutch Uncle
* Tertia Optio * Defend the Constitution
Wow. You don't realize our government has three branches? Fascinating!
Here, let me help you:
Branches of the U.S. government | USAGov
Learn about the 3 branches of government: executive, legislative, and judicial. Understand how each branch of U.S. government provides checks and balances.
www.usa.gov
No Kings. Death to all traitors.