Greg KnaussIf you add a label to the satellite imagine of the White House, it looks exactly like a slide from a Pentagon press briefing after a successful bombing run.
Back when there were Pentagon press briefings.
Danny Sutcliffe@gknauss wait, what is this?
@danny It’s literally a satellite photo of the White House grounds. I added the label, but the rubble of the East Wing is 100% real.
Ha ha!
@gknauss so what happened to it lol? (I'm in the UK btw so I don't follow US news)
@danny The Trump Administration unilaterally and very suddenly tore it down, ostensibly to be replace by a “ballroom” that will dwarf every other building on the grounds. Imagine something gigantic, out of place, tacky, probably badly built, and definitely corrupt, and you’ll have an image of both the addition and the man who wants it.
@gknauss HUH? that'd be like tearing down big ben to make way for a helter skelter. Surely that's like, somehow not allowed for historic preservation or at least something. And I can't imagine a ballroom would be that necessary for the white house, it's like your version of the houses of parliament right?
@danny That’s the Capitol building. The UK equivalent of the White House would be 10 Downing on steroids. The President lives there and his staff works there. State dinners are often held there. But a thousand person ballroom hasn’t been needed in 250 years…
They didn’t follow any of the rules for modification of historic sites, nor do they even having architectural plans for the new structure yet. Just brought in the demolition equipment and went to work. It’s totally bonkers.
@gknauss ah thanks for the clarification. Yeah honestly it sucks that they're doing/have done that, it does feel in-line with how rash and reckless they've been so far with everything else. I'm also amazed that there's no way to enforce repercussions against such things... that is the point of a democracy after all, people collectively deciding and agreeing on what's best and to prevent tyranny