https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5565121-treasury-warns-white-house-photos/amp/The Treasury Department told employees not to share images of the White House demolition, as construction for President Trump’s $200 million ballroom kicked off in the East Wing on Monday.Treasury employees have a front-seat view to the construction, since the department’s headquarters are located by the East Wing. As images of the facade’s dismantling went viral Monday night, the Treasury Department warned its staff of “security” issues related to sharing the photos.“Carelessly shared photographs of the White House complex during this process could potentially reveal sensitive items, including security features or confidential structural details,” a Treasury spokesperson told The Hill in an email.“Out of an abundance of caution, we have urged our employees to avoid sharing these images,” the spokesperson added.The Wall Street Journal first reported the Treasury Department sent out an email to its employees Monday evening urging restraint before disseminating photos of the construction.“As construction proceeds on the White House grounds, employees should refrain from taking and sharing photographs of the grounds, to include the East Wing, without prior approval from the Office of Public Affairs,” the email read, according to the Journal.Demolition crews started the process of tearing down part of the East Wing on Monday to begin construction on the planned ballroom. “It just started today, so that’s good luck,” the president said during an event in the East Room hosting two national champion college baseball teams.Trump noted there will be a knockout panel behind where he delivered the remarks in the East Room that will go into the new ballroom.
“I don’t think it will be topped,” he said, referring to the project. The ballroom’s construction is slated to cost $200 million, which Trump has said would be shouldered, at least in part, by donors, or “patriots,” as he has referred to them.The White House has said the event space would be 90,000 square feet and constructed next to where the East Wing is located. It historically served as a space for first ladies and members of their staff. The administration’s goal is to complete the ballroom before Trump’s second term wraps in 2029.
>>1450350>Literally destroying the most iconic national landmark and rebuilding it in his gaudy imageI think it sums up his presidency pretty well, why try to hide it?
>>1450350Knowing Trump, these guys were hired for cheap and with little qualification other than doing whatever Trump says. So we can expect a ton of permanent damage to the white house.
>>1450362Why Anon are you implying there are illegal aliens working on the White House construction team?
>>1450365Why wouldn't they be? Trump has a long history of hiring illegalsEither way, hopefully with the federal government picking up the tab he'll actually pay his contractors for once
>>1450384seething at what?
>>1450385At Trump literally tearing down the White House to put up some shitty ballroom and trying to keep people quiet about it. Seems like a reasonable cause for anger, honestly.
>>1450385>>1450386>trump used private money to improve on the whitehouse >REEEEEEEEEE Pathetic
>>1450389>private money>"Guys I'll spend 200 million of my own money on this project!">Sues his own DOJ ran by his own lawyer for 250 million at the same time
>>1450391Cope however you must
>>1450389>improvekek
>>1450393Yes.
>>1450386It seems like Trump is the one actually seething over people taking photos of his symbolism.
>>1450395It seems like you're making things up to be mad about
>>1450389He’s tearing down the White House. There is no spin you can use to make this look good. That’s why he doesn’t want people taking pictures.
>>1450394How so?
>>1450396merely pointing out trump's blatant ineptitude is making you mad, though
>>1450397Like Roosevalt, Taft, Wilson, Truman, Eisenhower and Nixon?
>>1450396Yes Anon I personally made up the OP story that someone else posted here. lmao
>>1450392It's cope to point out that someone saying they'll only spend their personal money, then immediately suing themselves for even more than that... is not actually paying for it with their own money?
>>1450400No this is on a scale not seen since Benjamin Harrison installed electricity in 1891.
>>1450403You're kidding right?
>>1450402Its been paid for by other people you loser.
>>1450397This. Donald Trump is making himself the 12th president to renovate or alter the white house.This is unprecedented. It's a threat to our democracy
>>1450402>saying they'll only spend their personal money, then immediately suing themselves for even more than thatAre you saying that Donald Trump said he was going to build the ballroom and then hopped in his time machine and went to October of 2023 and filed a lawsuit against his future self!!??? Dastardly!
>>1450406Shitty downplaying attempt
>>1450406>renovateHe’s tearing down the east wing to add on a glitzy ballroom.
>>1450409The white house is getting improved and trumps paying for it and trumps white house is going to be there for decades to come.Deal with it.
>>1450411god you're esl
>>1450416>mad
>>1450411shitty trolling attempt
>>1450418you don't know the definition of that word either, do you esl shill
>>1450422I dig it how you lose arguments (constantly), get all asshurt and all you have left is "reee shills!" or "ree esl!"
>>1450410Yes, he's removing about 20% of the wing built in the Cold war to cover up the secret bunker and adding on a glamorous ball room, paid for with private funds without needing tax dollarsThank you, MR PRESIDENT Donald J Trump!
>>1450423you're both of those things, and, pointedly, mad about it. the more you know, esl shill
>>1450426>you're both of those thingsYUGE if true. Link?
>>1450427the hundreds of mistakes i laugh at you for. i'd be glad to make fun of you for your next error if i'm around for it, though it is getting pretty dull
>>1450428>the hundreds of mistakes i laugh at you for.You know who people are on an anonymous board?
>>1450429your specific brand of faggotry is hard to hide on this dead board, esl shill. but keep playing dumb i guess
>>1450430Everyone you disagree with is one person?
>>1450432no, you're just an obvious faggot. sorry esl shill
>>1450433Whats funny is this >>1450411 isnt me. So I know you call random people "esl shill" and everyone else knows too. Its just you making a fool of yourself.
why does esl shill play these childish games
>>1450434Bro he's unhinged as fuck. He just comes to this board and calls every ESL while often repeating lies and talking points
and now esl shill is talking to himself, further exposing himself as an obvious faggot. what a fucking amateur
>>1450436It's because he has late stage syphilis. It's a shame, really.
>>1450434>>1450436Why are you talking to yourself?
>>1450442Lmao
>>1450434>>1450436>>1450442>>1450444Blatant samefaggotry should be banned on this board.
>>1450446>>>1450434 #>>>1450436 (You) #>>>1450442 #>>>1450444 (You) #>Blatant samefaggotry should be banned on this boardShut up you unhinged retard
>>1450449NO U
>>1450365Just thinking of Trump's shoddy work on his other real-estate projects...
>>1450424>paid for with private funds without needing tax dollar*paid for with the money he's giving himself from the DOJ
>>1450408>Sue DOJ for 250 million>Gain control of DOJ>Say you'll fund a 200 million expansion to the white house, but out of your own pocket so people don't get mad about the vanity project>Direct DOJ to give you 250 million settlement
I like how anons are pointing out that he's paying for it with his own money like that changes a fucking thing. Like next he'll tear down the Lincoln Memorial and replace it with a giant golden statue of himself, but don't worry guys, he paid for it with his own money so it's a-okay.
>>1450411>trumps paying for itHow much does it cost? Would it happen to be the ~same amount he's demanding the US Justice Department pay him? https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-doj-compensation-millions-b2849569.html
Building a ballroom is fair enough, I suppose. It probably is needed for functions and whateverBut, it's the fact that it's twice the size of the actual White House and it's gonna be Mar-a-Lago 2.0 that's the problemOh and he's lying about paying for it himself, by actually getting the money from the US tax payer to actually pay for it from the DOJ
>>1450504>Building a ballroom is fair enoughNo one asked for this. He's doing it on a whim.
>>1450507>no one asked for thisfactually wrong, i asked for this
>>1450508Thank for your input, Boris, but you aren't even American.
>>1450362No competent contractor would even think of working for Trump without up-front payment.
>>1450507>nooo you cant just expand and improve the Whitehouse as a lasting gift to the American people!
>>1450511The bigger issue is that 'private doners' are funding this. So pick one, they're either American companies too embarassed to put their name to this, or they're foreigners who are literally compromising the whole construction project. The whole thing thinks worse than Trumps diapers
>>1450603You can find the list of donors quite easily. Its like one Google search away. >Google is one of the donors.
>>1450542>improvekek
>>1450496That is the damage control narrative they've been given.
>thread full of fake outrage just because trump badGet a life fags
>>1450953Oh look the TIDF has arrived.
Just imagine if this was Obama instead of Trump doing this
>>1451183This is way less disturbing than a tan suit, faggot.
>>1451183you cant reason with trumps cult. they lack any self reflection. you tell them to imagine a boot stamping on a human face forever and they say "yummmmy daddy trumps boot, i love it"
>>1451217Jesus. You are so preprogrammed with your default reddit responses. You lack totally, any agency or self awareness, redditor.
