Donald Trump wants to build a $100-million ballroom in the White House

[somone]

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2011/04/trump-ballroom-in-the-white-house.html

Donald Trump wants to build a $100-million ballroom in the White House

Donald Trump may be eyeing the White House, but instead of measuring the drapes he's dreaming of a giant ballroom.

"I called up the White House about a year ago," the boisterous billionaire told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos. "And I saw that they were having lots of functions for people like the president of China … and I said, 'Listen, every time I see a function, you put an old broken canvas tent that they probably pay some guy, some local guy a fortune for.' I said, 'I will build you, free of charge,' to a very high official at the White House, 'one of the great ballrooms of the world,' " Trump said.

The official was David Axelrod, who confirmed with ABC that the proposed ballroom would be a lot like the gaudy white-and-gold spectacle at Trump's 118-room, 65,000-square-foot-plus Palm Beach, Fla., estate, Mar-A-Lago. Trump says such a room would cost "maybe $100 million. Anywhere from $50 to $100 million."

What good is being a billionaire if you can't allow yourself some wiggle room when building a ballroom? Trump says he would bring in the world's top 10 architects, set up a committe, and then be democratic about the much-needed ballroom with the eight- or nine-figure price tag. "We’ll pick the one that everybody agrees, because it's a little delicate," Trump, who has recently been a fixture on TV talk shows, said. "You know, it is the White House, after all."

[EC]

1. And slot machines in the Foyer

casinos in the offices...

[woodsprite]

5. Don't forget the extra wing for his hairpieces. n/t

[Initech]

2. A Trump presidency would only prove we're in the fuck you poor people phase of capitalism.

[Lyric]

3. I've seen examples of that man's abhorrent "taste".

I'd rather let Snooki decorate the White House than Donald Trump. :puke:

[Thegonagle]

4. Oh, yeah! As you can clearly see, he's _huge_ on consensus and agreement

in order to get things done that benefit all invited--i mean involved parties. :sarcasm:

[Scuba]

6. I understand he's already contracted Sadam Hussein's former interior decorator. n/t

[Renew Deal]

7. Not sure what to make of that.

Is that a patriotic donation to the nation or a offer by a guy with too much money?

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

8. And, rename the country "Amerikitsch".

[lumpy]

9. So Trump has delusions of grandeur . The White House

would become the White Palace fit for a decadent king with gold plated fixtures and all. Man this guy is dumber than a rock if he thinks this would appeal to the masses and George Washington would be turning over and over in his grave.

[tishaLA]

10. He probably was negotiating for naming rights, too

He'd call it the Exxon Mobile Trump Ballroom at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and make stipulations that everyone who covered an event there would be sure to get the corporate and Trump names in there.

[damntexdem]

11. Oh, ballroom! I thought it said bathroom.

Now that I could have gotten behind.

;-)