It’s now BUILD THAT BALLROOM…,yup that’s their winning ticket  
While inflation and gas prices on the rise , oh and that endless war with looming with Iran.Republicans feel that the BB message is the way to go.
Lemme me see where this ranks as to what the people really want. I’d put it up there with keeping seaweed off the football field in Iowa
Love to see the Democrats pounce on that..,
Swear .. Help me Rhoda

At least the destruction of the East Wing and the construction of the Golden Ballroom are supposed to be all funded by private donations. Not so for the Arc de Trump.
-quoting-
Washington — American taxpayers will help fund the construction of President Trump's planned triumphal arch in Arlington, Virginia, according to the spending plan for the National Endowment for the Humanities released by the administration this week.'
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When CBS News' Ed O'Keefe asked the president in October whom the arch is for, he responded, "Me. Going to be beautiful." After the president said the arch was for him, some nicknamed it the "Arc de Trump."
-end quoting-
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/arc-de-trump-taxpayer-funds/

I will NEVER call it the Arc de Trump. See, I've been on tours of Paris and Rome. I've seen the Arc de Triomphe and the Arch of Constantine. One thing that I learned is that they were BOTH built after victories. Where's the victory here? What's he gonna put on it? Also, France and Italy revere these architectural gems! They take pride in them. I doubt we'll ever take pride in this Arch.  

Also, this McDonald's golden arches obsession has to stop.

Very bad for you.  But yum!

This does actually prove the point of having a big event center at the white house to hold these types of functions.

that there is no Trump Turdburger crsm will not gobble down.
But he gets upset if he's called a partisan hack.

The WHCD isn't a white house or government event. It's a press corps event to celebrate the first amendment and the press corps who cover the US government.

I’m not aware of any regulation that would prevent the WHCD from being held in the White House Ballroom. It is technically a private event, so it’s possible there is.

This grand ballroom will used how many times a year? Consider how large it’ll be. They could hold a UFC or WWE event.,, But Whatda crowd huh?
Consider The staffing / security,  will they be permanent hires? On call 365/24/7 Think overhead and turnover  
The shooter really didn’t come close to the main ballroom. Secret service did their job. And if anyone had  a plan and with patience, they  could get to anybody.
You’’re  points are the kinda “shoot from the hip” responses and not well thought out.  
Now, to the questions…. Should republicans run in this ? Make a big deal about it?

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High profile events are held there all the time. And there was no failure of security or the site itself in the recent incident. The shooter was caught before he even got onto the same floor as where the event was being held.
Reagan was shot there many years ago but he wasn't even in the hotel when it happened.

...the WHCD from being held in the White House Ballroom."

Hpy wrote: "Your  points are the kinda “shoot from the hip” responses and not well thought out." - Comments about Trump's approach to the Iran War should be posted the Iran threads, not the Ballroom threads.

A private event would have to be contracted. Costs would be incurred. The renter would pay the US Treasury.

The biggest issue I’ve heard discussed by security experts on the news channel is over 500 rooms sitting atop the venue. It would be a logistical and administrative challenge to vet all those guests. The Secret Service is catching flack for allowing the President to even be there. One security consultant pointed out that security wasn’t posted up in all the stairwells. Maybe if they had, the guy wouldn’t have made it to and through the screening area.

this may be ChicKenShit's most reasonable post ever.

Correlate that to how many cars have tried to breach security at the WH? Do the math.
This Saddam Hussein vanity type ballroom will be attached to the WH where cars can just plow through. They won't reach the main entrance, same as that assassin but there will ne noise ..And by the way, how's traffic on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue??
But it seems now that this is getting traction in Republicans circles so I hope they run on this....So lets review...Congress allocate $400M, trump keeps donors money from this ballroom....this is lovely....yeah...run on it

As no car got through the perimeter. This assignation attempt did make it or was anywhere close to the ballroom  
I rest my case 👏👏👏😂

The WHCD has been held at the Hilton for 50 years.  If trump's vanity project ballroom is ever finished why would WHCD be held there?  The Hilton's ballroom has a capacity of 2500 vs the 950-1000 or so at don's gold fetish room.  Again, no real reason for the WHCD to consider changing venues to that place.  The Hilton is considered the most secure hotel in the area.  trump announces after the shooting that the hotel is not very secure hence the NEED for this ballroom?  Give me a break.  

...between the Hilton and Trump's ballroom.  The annual dinner is THE MAIN SOURCE OF REVENUE TO FINANCE ALL OF THE WORK of the White House Correspondents Assn.  But Trump wants the WHCA to give up SIXTY PERCENT OF THEIR ANNUAL REVENUE because he's an egotistical moron.

The next Dem President will have the great joy of demolishing the Ballroom From Hell; tearing Trump's name from the Kennedy Center; removing his bloated face from passports and all the other places he's smeared it.
I just hope he's around to see it.

So again.....   You can't refute my post and have to call names.

You don't think that the WH or Fed spent money on security, vetting workers, etc.     They do this for anything that a president goes to.     The money spent on appearances by presidents is crazy.      

But the shooter was in the building.  It is a functioning HOTEL with guests..... What would you say if he had a bomb?    

What a remarkable grasp of the obvious you have. As for your theoretical bomb he'd still have had to get it to the ballroom. How does that make it different?

I think CSRM’s point is that the would be assassin got too close to the ballroom. It’s possible that it would only take a two man team, one armed with an IED, could have made it to the ballroom.

YOUR AN IDIOT.     Doesn't need to get to the "ballroom".    OKC bombing... .yeah a fucking CAR parked in an area.

Lots of scenarios could happen.    OKC bomber did it with a car.    Granted a shit ton of fertilizer and what not.    BUT A CAR PARKED.      Boston Marathon bombers did shit with pressure cookers.       The Vegas shooter took weapons and weapons up to a room over DAYS and did what he did.    Don't think someone could do that shit with bomb stuff.... and blow up part of a building.

Now you both (but especially Billy Bob) are roaring around inventing alternative scenarios to justify Trump's Big Beautiful Ballroom.
It's hilarious.
Billy Bob is just ridiculous.

It’s not delusional to note that the security available at the White Hoyse is far better than the security at the Hilton.

to do that is because there are no IN-n-Out locations in the Northeast yet.  

The senate is now sneaking in 1B for the ballroom  
Wasn’t all this funded by private donors at a cost of 400M

is being designed as a high-tech Command and Control center for the military and THAT is where the cost overruns are coming into play.  It's not because Trump wants more crystals in the chandeliers.   The extra money is being contributed by the Pentagon in order to get everything they want in the way of high tech equipment and support.  You can stop clutching your pearls now.  Lol

ESPECIALLY AFTER WHAT JUST HAPPENED AT THE CORRESPONDENCE DINNER!!!!!

He was building for the …ya know who ..,😂
I thought that there was this bunker already built, ya know when the protesters were by the WH gate and the security rushed him to some bunker

difference between a bomb shelter (bunker built during WWII) and a high-tech military command and control center, which is what they are building now.  I know after the lazy years of do-nothing Biden, all of this information on multiple fronts and myriad projects is sometimes hard to keep up with, but you should at least try.  

And how the people are angry about how trump has set the country back.  
Yeah I can see how trumps would seek and need the added protection.
Coining a phrase you use.."Don't you see the irony"...Both in a losing war, the economy affordability is in the toilet with no improvement coming
But isn't he golfing all the time??

being angry, when very few give a rats ass except the vocal 20% constituting the far left.  Even the generals that come on CNN see this war as almost over with a decisive victory for the US.  

"Regular CNN guest and retired Brigadier General Steven Anderson called the Iran war the “greatest geopolitical disaster in American history” after President Donald Trump announced a hotly-disputed ceasefire"
Or do you have another CNN general in mind, or are you confused with a FOX contributor
And if I may...Trump plays 1000x more golf then Biden laid out at the beach, but its a nice deflection....
 JD Vance ?? You think he's an asset? Trump's jerking and twisting him like Gumby. Trump has no respect for him. Kushner and that real estate guy are the negotiators through this war...Vance is just the punching bag...and maybe the fall guy down the rode for this war. Ya know, First it was everything trump touches dies, now its Vance...campaign for Orban and he LOST...lol..
Keep this in mind...we'll win the battle but lose the war..think about that
Hey man. sorry  you have to rehash your black woman outrage....but if using DEI to masquerade you're inner feelings....so be it

that a Brigadier General is just one step above a Colonel, and the fact that he's retired at that rank shows his career wasn't going anywhere?  In fact, he may have been forced out for failure to move up the ranks based on his performance.  Above this rank, there are three more general officers, Major General, Lt. General and General, which are two, three and four stars, respectively.  (Of course, BigP or Nicky will Google and find out there is a PROVISION for a five-star General, but there haven't been any since the last one, Omar Bradley, passed away in the early 80's.)   These are the experts that Fox News gets. It doesn't surprise me that the only General that CNN can find as an "expert" is a Brigadier.  The top generals will not opine falsely on news programs.  As you might imagine, it's a reputational issue that some flag officers take seriously.  If your source really believes what he said on CNN, it's no wonder he's out as a Brigadier.  Lol

CNN doesn't have "only" a single Brigadier as an expert. They also bring in Barry McCaffrey, a retired four-star general, and Mark Hertling, a retired Lt. General, among others.
As for retiring as "only" a Brigadier, that's like saying someone "only" achieved the rank of Chief Operating Officer not Chief Executive Officer, and it's idiotic.

It’s nothing new from CDL, the “I’ve heard”, “I’ve seen” line .
Also I’d like to add Gen. David Petraeus who said on CNN..”Iran could emerge from war 'strategically strengthened”
Oh… I gotta go back to ignoring the gibberish from CDL.  
Oh forgot … I heard, I’ve seen someone use the phrase “Black woman outrage”…😂… and somehow for some reason I thought of .., you.

billed himself as "the world's foremost authority" and continually bloviated about nothing.

these retired (and sometimes disgraced) generals are getting PAID to tout the CNN party line about the "dire" situation in Iran, right?  If they weren't rooting for Iran to win, like the MDM and many of the Democrat politicians, they would all be out of their supplemental retirement jobs as Trump-haters.  Can you really believe these sycophants suffering from TDS?  When will these idiots learn NOT to bet against Trum; or the US Military he rebuilt during his first term.    

No one (including YOU) said anything about the political positions of these retired generals. YOU claimed CNN had only ONE Brigadier General as a commentator. I proved you were hugely WRONG. So you changed the subject.
End of story.

only generals out there that say the war is going badly are the ones on CNN?   Some of these guys are actually denigrating the jobs are troops are doing.  Trump should yank their pensions for "giving aid and comfort to the enemy."  Hanging would be more appropriate, but I don't think even Trump would do that, even though he has nuts the size of beach balls.

He has no answer for the actual question at hand so he keeps demanding answers to new ones he dreams up.
I don't play that.
And Trump has nuts the size of peanuts.

the same way; if you think you are going to lose, don't play.  Lol

CDL is tap-dancing as fast as he can.

"Desperate not to take the L..."  LOL!  When have you ever known Can't-Do-Losing to take the L?  A REAL MAN takes the L.  A castrated chicken can only muster up the weaselly words: "I stand corrected."

I gave you a clean way out and you took it.  You dodged before I did, so the L goes to you.

This was my final, dispositive statement, which you never rebutted. Since then it's just been you tap-dancing and me stuffing you.
"CDL exposes his ignorance.
CNN doesn't have 'only' a single Brigadier as an expert. They also bring in Barry McCaffrey, a retired four-star general, and Mark Hertling, a retired Lt. General, among others.
As for retiring as 'only' a Brigadier, that's like saying someone 'only' achieved the rank of Chief Operating Officer not Chief Executive Officer, and it's idiotic."
Not today.

He’s constantly searching old posts trying to “lay down the L” on someone and only ends up making himself look sophomoric, obsessive and stupid.  He’ll even bring up things he’s addressed before, only to look even more compulsive than he did the time before. In his most recent occurrence of this pattern, he tries to take issue with CDL’s magnanimous acknowledgement of an error with the phrase “I stand corrected”