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A Look Inside the First Family's Residence (Original Post) demmiblue Aug 2017 OP
Christmas at the White House demmiblue Aug 2017 #1
Halloween at the White House demmiblue Aug 2017 #2
I love the little superman...that's Josh Ernest son... Stellar Aug 2017 #16
"That's POTUS!" progressoid Aug 2017 #28
That little one is so adorable with the POTUS, LOL Rhiannon12866 Aug 2017 #44
that's what onethatcares Aug 2017 #29
OMG! The horror! fleur-de-lisa Aug 2017 #3
Not nearly enough gold! PatSeg Aug 2017 #23
May the 4th be with you! demmiblue Aug 2017 #4
I've never seen that before! progressoid Aug 2017 #30
Not a dump!!!! beveeheart Aug 2017 #5
You're welcome, beveeheart! demmiblue Aug 2017 #22
another block for the HATE TRUMP pile Angry Dragon Aug 2017 #41
The muted gold-stripes and gold picture frames are NOT ENOUGH! maddiemom Aug 2017 #6
If His Orangeness sees a dump madashelltoo Aug 2017 #7
I think reflections is just the problem Saviolo Aug 2017 #15
Also, that's what Russian palaces look like. Cracklin Charlie Aug 2017 #18
The only dump in the White House Aviation Pro Aug 2017 #8
Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end... yuiyoshida Aug 2017 #9
Thank you, Yui. ChazInAz Aug 2017 #20
Just a simple heartfelt thanks for the reminder Hekate Aug 2017 #10
So moving! This video almost brought me to tears....the nostalgia! mfcorey1 Aug 2017 #11
I'm not getting 'a dump' from this Lifelong Protester Aug 2017 #12
Thank you! CCExile Aug 2017 #13
tRump is a certified jackass. He wouldn't know quality or class if it came up Grammy23 Aug 2017 #14
There's a big difference between class and trash. Trump is trash in his mind and he's more Autumn Aug 2017 #17
drumpf truly hates America and all of it's symbols. lark Aug 2017 #19
I'm sure Dear Leader would feel more at home if he moved out the fine art and antiques Vinca Aug 2017 #21
Wistful sigh....Trump...Putin... but we once had a Great President. Barack Obama. The Wielding Truth Aug 2017 #24
Imagine if O or either Clinton had said it.... LakeArenal Aug 2017 #25
What a contrast! Thunderbeast Aug 2017 #26
How can that syringis Aug 2017 #27
Al Green Greatest Hits LP !! What a throw-back! vkkv Aug 2017 #31
And Earth, Wind & Fire next to that K-Mart turntable! klook Aug 2017 #35
"WHAT A DUMP" MFM008 Aug 2017 #32
I can see why trump thinks the WH is a dump lunamagica Aug 2017 #33
Wonderful tour of the White House gademocrat7 Aug 2017 #34
Great video - yours and others in this discussion. I think what trump REALLY meant to say.... George II Aug 2017 #36
To think, I took my young daughter, and stood in line for hours, to tour a dump. We were so excited! Alice11111 Aug 2017 #37
Dump doesn't know history along with a lot of other things we all cherish. Sad. mobeau69 Aug 2017 #38
I especially like the photos of a family that deserved to live there. TNNurse Aug 2017 #39
Trump is nothing but a crass, evil, piece of WHITE TRASH. trueblue2007 Aug 2017 #40
The video was very refreshing. Thank you! ginnyinWI Aug 2017 #42
Tasteful! burrowowl Aug 2017 #43
The Obamas made the White House..... ProudMNDemocrat Aug 2017 #45
Ironically, it doesn't live up to Trump's standards left-of-center2012 Aug 2017 #46
Classy in every way!!! A good Hawaii boy! Born in the same hospital Akamai Aug 2017 #47

Rhiannon12866

(205,552 posts)
44. That little one is so adorable with the POTUS, LOL
Thu Aug 3, 2017, 06:10 AM
Aug 2017

And you can tell that the POTUS likes him, too. He was so wonderful with the little ones and they responded because they could tell that he genuinely liked them.

onethatcares

(16,174 posts)
29. that's what
Wed Aug 2, 2017, 01:46 PM
Aug 2017

I want in a President.

A serious, intelligent man that can touch the future leaders of our country.

I salute him,

demmiblue

(36,865 posts)
4. May the 4th be with you!
Wed Aug 2, 2017, 11:41 AM
Aug 2017



OK, DU, I'll stop!

I just needed a little pick-me-up from how awful I feel that there is a resident in the White House and not a President! We WILL get there again.

beveeheart

(1,369 posts)
5. Not a dump!!!!
Wed Aug 2, 2017, 11:51 AM
Aug 2017

I hate to say this, but I HATE everything about Trump and everyone connected to him.

Thank you, demmiblue, for this reminder of the respect and reverence that most Americans have for our White House.

demmiblue

(36,865 posts)
22. You're welcome, beveeheart!
Wed Aug 2, 2017, 01:31 PM
Aug 2017

Trump has no reverence or appreciation for history and/or art in general. His recent dump comment reminded me of this:

To build his skyscraper, Trump first had to knock down the Bonwit Teller building, a luxurious limestone building erected in 1929. The face of the building featured two huge Art Deco friezes that the Metropolitan Museum of Art wanted to preserve. The museum asked Trump to save the sculptures and donate them, and the mogul agreed—as long as the cost of doing so wasn’t too high.

But then, according to journalist Harry Hurt III in his book Lost Tycoon, Trump discovered that taking out the sculptures would delay demolition by two weeks. He wasn’t willing to wait. “On his orders, the demolition workers cut up the grillwork with acetylene torches,” Hurt wrote. “Then they jackhammered the friezes, dislodged them with crowbars, and pushed the remains inside the building, where they fell to the floor and shattered in a million pieces.”

The art world was shocked. “Architectural sculpture of this quality is rare and would have made definite sense in our collections,” Ashton Hawkins, the vice president and secretary of the Met’s board of trustees, told the New York Times. Robert Miller, a gallery owner who had agreed to assess the friezes, told the paper that “the reliefs are as important as the sculptures on the Rockefeller building. They’ll never be made again.”

...

Trump—posing as spokesman John Baron, one of the fake alter egos he used to speak to the press throughout his career—told the Times that he had the friezes appraised and found they were “without artistic merit” and weren’t worth the $32,000 he supposedly would have had to pay to remove them intact. “Can you imagine the museum accepting them if they were not of artistic merit?” Hawkins said in response.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/07/trump-files-when-donald-destroyed-priceless-art-build-trump-tower/



madashelltoo

(1,698 posts)
7. If His Orangeness sees a dump
Wed Aug 2, 2017, 12:36 PM
Aug 2017

It's because it's a reflection of his personal contempt for America not heralding him as royalty. The White House is beautiful, not gaudy!

Saviolo

(3,282 posts)
15. I think reflections is just the problem
Wed Aug 2, 2017, 01:17 PM
Aug 2017

There aren't gold tinted and gilt mirrors on every surface showing Trump his own face over and over and over. I mean, I've seen those photos of his gaudy as hell penthouse in Trump Tower New York. That's his idea of luxury. If I went to a luxury hotel decorated like that, I'd think the 60's vomited faux luxury all over the place.

I'm glad the Trump Tower here in Toronto divested itself of the Trump name and will become a St. Regis.

http://www.blogto.com/city/2017/07/last-remains-trump-name-removed-toronto-tower/
http://www.avclub.com/article/toronto-hotel-dumps-trump-brand-revive-business-258388

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
14. tRump is a certified jackass. He wouldn't know quality or class if it came up
Wed Aug 2, 2017, 01:15 PM
Aug 2017

and bit him on the ass. I sooooo miss our previous POTUS and his family. They were a real family who were such wonderful role models to our citizens. People from around the world admired and respected them. It is still hard for me to stomach the fact the tRump squandered all that good will built up by the Obamas in just 6 months. It will be a very long time before the dignity of the office and the home of our First Family is restored. Makes me angry and sad.

Autumn

(45,113 posts)
17. There's a big difference between class and trash. Trump is trash in his mind and he's more
Wed Aug 2, 2017, 01:22 PM
Aug 2017

comfortable in trashy environments. There is nothing classy or tasteful in his Trump Tower or his resorts.

lark

(23,123 posts)
19. drumpf truly hates America and all of it's symbols.
Wed Aug 2, 2017, 01:25 PM
Aug 2017

He has no knowledge or appreciation of history or symbolism, whatsoever. The only thing he cares about is himself and getting more money and since the WH isn't totally tacky with gold he doesn't like it and calls it a dump. He's really expressing the state of his mind since he's far too stupid to appreciate the elegance and history steeped into every room there.

Vinca

(50,285 posts)
21. I'm sure Dear Leader would feel more at home if he moved out the fine art and antiques
Wed Aug 2, 2017, 01:28 PM
Aug 2017

and trucked in ugly, gold plated, Chinese reproductions and cheesy self portraits. The Obamas are so classy and Trump is just plain trashy.

LakeArenal

(28,826 posts)
25. Imagine if O or either Clinton had said it....
Wed Aug 2, 2017, 01:32 PM
Aug 2017

They would be labeled as traitors for that.

Hate is a strong word. But I hated Cheney... So what is the word for dump... I don't have one strong enough for any of the dumps.

Thunderbeast

(3,417 posts)
26. What a contrast!
Wed Aug 2, 2017, 01:34 PM
Aug 2017

Wisdom, derermination, humility. What the f@ck have we let happen?

History will not look kindly on our generation. We boomers partied through our youth, then immediately shed responsibility for maintaining what was built since 1776. We ate the seed corn.

When our parents came home from WW2, they lived by modest means, and rolled up their sleeves to build schools, churches, parks, and highways as a legacy to be left to us. Our generation let it all rot.

The election of His Trumpness is a logical result of a generation who saw the need for the monster truck for trips to the grocery store as a higher priority than investing in human and physical capital. The Donald is the high priest of the Church of Consumption.

The next crisis will come as us boomers face retirement with inadequate savings. The demands to bail us out will be great.

As His Trumpness walks in the footsteps of Lincoln, he sees "a dump". His corrupt and nihilistic world view is not capable of seeing value in the elegance and history that the White House represents. This is but one example of why the man is unworthy to walk it's halls.

syringis

(5,101 posts)
27. How can that
Wed Aug 2, 2017, 01:42 PM
Aug 2017

trashy porky jerk disdain such beautiful residence so highly symbolic?

Be so disrespectful for those that once occupied it, and were part of History? Those men of goodwill named Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Roosevelt (both), Wilson, Truman, Eisenhower and on and on...

Those that made it possible to you disgusting clown to reach the position you have now and that you are so conscientiously and meticoulously shredding the dignity and the credibility?

klook

(12,158 posts)
35. And Earth, Wind & Fire next to that K-Mart turntable!
Wed Aug 2, 2017, 03:57 PM
Aug 2017

Current POTUS probably has a custom gold-plated CD player with Ted Nugent and Mantovani discs.

lunamagica

(9,967 posts)
33. I can see why trump thinks the WH is a dump
Wed Aug 2, 2017, 02:06 PM
Aug 2017

Where is the gold? It need more gold, gold GOOOLD! I bet not even the toilets are solid gold.

And all those books...ughhh

(Bo, what a cutie...I miss Bo and Sunny )

gademocrat7

(10,661 posts)
34. Wonderful tour of the White House
Wed Aug 2, 2017, 02:18 PM
Aug 2017

Narrated by President Obama, who epitomizes, intelligence, sophistication and humility. In stark contrast to the current occupant, who is a garish, vulgar buffoon.

George II

(67,782 posts)
36. Great video - yours and others in this discussion. I think what trump REALLY meant to say....
Wed Aug 2, 2017, 04:47 PM
Aug 2017

"There are no gold plated toilets, makes it uncomfortable to take a dump in the white house"!!

Alice11111

(5,730 posts)
37. To think, I took my young daughter, and stood in line for hours, to tour a dump. We were so excited!
Wed Aug 2, 2017, 05:14 PM
Aug 2017

...before September 11th changed the world.

TNNurse

(6,928 posts)
39. I especially like the photos of a family that deserved to live there.
Wed Aug 2, 2017, 09:57 PM
Aug 2017

They honored the history and meaning of it all.

Trump can leave anytime.

trueblue2007

(17,230 posts)
40. Trump is nothing but a crass, evil, piece of WHITE TRASH.
Wed Aug 2, 2017, 11:07 PM
Aug 2017

Trump is nothing but a crass, evil, piece of WHITE TRASH. He has no business living in the White House.
If I had my way about it. HE WOULD BE LIVING IN JAIL.

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,786 posts)
45. The Obamas made the White House.....
Thu Aug 3, 2017, 09:45 AM
Aug 2017


a HOME with their style of wit, grace, respect, and humility.

The Trumps want to turn the WH into a garish testament to ego. Big difference.
 

Akamai

(1,779 posts)
47. Classy in every way!!! A good Hawaii boy! Born in the same hospital
Thu Aug 3, 2017, 11:06 PM
Aug 2017

in Honolulu my far better half was born in (Kapiolani Hospital), graduating from the same school my better half did -- Punahou School.

Just as my far better half is better than me, so is Obama an example and inspiration to all of of those who care about the wellbeing of all others -- not just the wealthy.

President Obama and Michelle, my far better half and I would be delighted to buy you a great and healthy (with kudos to FLOTUS, Michelle) dinner!!

Jeez -- we sure miss your presence.

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