@BlueBeachSong@mastodon.online
2026-09-29 01:11 UTC
Trump aims to leave a physical legacy in D.C., bulldozing norms along the way
https://www.npr.org/2026/09/28/nx-s1-5930441/trump-construction-projects-legacy
"Trump tore down the East Wing of the White House to build an even bigger ballroom (and military complex underneath). He built a helipad on the South Lawn after separately paving over the Rose Garden. He had the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool repaved...a project that was supposed to take two weeks but is still unfinished many months later, after a botched installation..."
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@BlueBeachSong@mastodon.online 2026-09-29 01:15
2/5 - Trump Memorializing Himself "[Trump's] had new statues installed and existing ones restored, including two equestrian statues glaringly gilded over the summer. He wants to build a sculpture garden of 'national heroes' in West Potomac Park and overhaul the locally beloved East Potomac Golf Links, changing it from a municipal resource into a championship-level venue."