President Donald Trump has argued with the architect he handpicked to design a White House ballroom over the size of the project, reflecting a conflict between architectural norms and Trump’s grandiose aesthetic, according to four people who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe internal conversations.
Trump’s desire to go big with the project has put him at odds with architect James McCrery II, the people said, who has counseled restraint over concerns the planned 90,000-square-foot addition could dwarf the 55,000-square-foot mansion in violation of a general architectural rule: don’t build an addition that overshadows the main building. (The Washington Post)
Thanksgiving 2025 has arrived. Some families are gathering together in the comfort of their warm, comforting homes, delighting in dinners with friends and relatives aplenty, and how nice that is. Some people prefer a more intimate, quiet dinner, sharing stories and laughter, and remembering that is quite nice too. Travel was difficult and demanding, but for family and friends, it is a priority, a burden worth enduring. There is nothing wrong or ridiculous about any of that. Thanksgiving has become the warm blanket, the snuggle, and comfort, as much as apple pie and a white picket fence.
But then we have the Americans. who rely on SNAP, who must decide between health, welfare of food. Those living in America whose families have been both torn and tormented by the American Fascist army of ICE. The Americans who struggle to eat one meal a day, who can’t afford that nice warm Thanksgiving blanket.
And all the while this scenario is taking place, Donald Trump aloof, unaware, uncaring, a sociopath, a liar, a Felon, a coward, a psychopath, desires that we spend more, more money on a Ballroom. This palace will not enrich the American public, a place restricted for his billionaire buds, a private club to keep the riff-raff away from the few well-to-do.
More, more for me, says Trump, and fuck the rest of you. Happy Thanksgiving from Donald Fascist, I want to be King, and let them eat cake Trump!
