I’m disappointed in my Bulwark subscription. With all the real threats to our nation, you devote all this print to the President’s decorating taste (we know it’s awful) and discussion upon discussion of Candace Owen — I likely did not get her name correct because her buffoonery isn’t much of a threat and isn’t even entertaining. You guys are two smart and have too large a following to be wallowing in the weeds and indulging in this juvenile drivel. Up your game — or at keast bring some focus to it.
When Trump leaves we'll sell the naming rights of the ballroom. Crypto.com ballroom I can see it now :) Or the Biden Ballroom (he,he, he). Whatever drives Trump the craziest will find funding !
Not the point, but it's bizarre that only Kash Patel, of all the people that have run the FBI, worked at the FBI, had offices in that building... was able to locate a secret room. Did no one else ever wonder what it was? Why it was locked? And that the documents were in "burn bags" but were never burned by those who put them there - that seems very strange too. The whole story seems, to put it mildly, hinky.
Has anyone noticed that the designs that felon Trump seems to like all appear similar to the decorations in Putin’s Russian palace? Gold everywhere and gold chandeliers hanging all over the place. Does this design include gold doors? Probably! Trump must think that being surrounded by gold will somehow make him look regal and important and powerful. But in the end makes him look like the cheap tasteless man that he is! I’m disappointed that Tim Miller thinks these cheap-looking decorations in the Oval Office and this boondoggle of a ballroom look good!
The One Big Beautiful Ballroom really says it all. Trump isn’t building anything for the people—he’s building a shrine to himself. Tacky, bloated, and wildly out of touch. But somehow that’s not even the most offensive part of the week.
The fake Clinton “emails,” the Epstein dodge, and the burn-bag cosplay… it’s all theater for the already hypnotized. They’re not even trying to be convincing anymore. They’re just flooding the zone with nonsense and banking on attention spans being short and outrage being selective.
Glad The Bulwark still has the spine (and sarcasm) to keep pointing out how much this circus is rotting the foundation.
The bigger the ballroom, the more people he can squeeze for money and favors. He won't have to leave the residence to hold big rallies. He and his family can run their grifting right out of the people's house. Will there be a side office where attendees can stop in to see their "Don"?
"It’s a remarkably low opinion for the White House to have of its own voters. But that doesn’t mean it’s an inaccurate one."
The painful lesson I learned last November is that it's not just "its own voters," meaning the hopelessly committed MAGA base, who are like that, but also most "swing voters," such as those who voted for Biden in '20 and Trump in '24. That latter group is what decided both elections, and which will decide the one in '28. They won't have Biden to blame for the price of eggs or their loss in health care, but unfortunately it's still easy to push their emotional buttons to the point of them saying "thank you, sir, may I have another?"
The speed with which Trump can move from DOGE cuts to face-to-face criticism of Jerome Powell for the Fed’s renovation costs to bragging about his multimillion dollar party room really is impressive. And his people go along with it. A president should have nice things. Federal reserve officials should work in an asbestos covered cubicle in the basement.
Have we considered the idea that some forms of severe mental illness are contagious and Trump is patient zero? This may be my most charitable view of his supporters.
I’m disappointed in my Bulwark subscription. With all the real threats to our nation, you devote all this print to the President’s decorating taste (we know it’s awful) and discussion upon discussion of Candace Owen — I likely did not get her name correct because her buffoonery isn’t much of a threat and isn’t even entertaining. You guys are two smart and have too large a following to be wallowing in the weeds and indulging in this juvenile drivel. Up your game — or at keast bring some focus to it.
When Trump leaves we'll sell the naming rights of the ballroom. Crypto.com ballroom I can see it now :) Or the Biden Ballroom (he,he, he). Whatever drives Trump the craziest will find funding !
Not the point, but it's bizarre that only Kash Patel, of all the people that have run the FBI, worked at the FBI, had offices in that building... was able to locate a secret room. Did no one else ever wonder what it was? Why it was locked? And that the documents were in "burn bags" but were never burned by those who put them there - that seems very strange too. The whole story seems, to put it mildly, hinky.
Has anyone noticed that the designs that felon Trump seems to like all appear similar to the decorations in Putin’s Russian palace? Gold everywhere and gold chandeliers hanging all over the place. Does this design include gold doors? Probably! Trump must think that being surrounded by gold will somehow make him look regal and important and powerful. But in the end makes him look like the cheap tasteless man that he is! I’m disappointed that Tim Miller thinks these cheap-looking decorations in the Oval Office and this boondoggle of a ballroom look good!
Putin's gold is real. Trump's will be fake. Just like his gold (plated) escalator
Its the Deluxe Luxury Tulip Room at the Biloxi Manufactured Home Show.
The One Big Beautiful Ballroom really says it all. Trump isn’t building anything for the people—he’s building a shrine to himself. Tacky, bloated, and wildly out of touch. But somehow that’s not even the most offensive part of the week.
The fake Clinton “emails,” the Epstein dodge, and the burn-bag cosplay… it’s all theater for the already hypnotized. They’re not even trying to be convincing anymore. They’re just flooding the zone with nonsense and banking on attention spans being short and outrage being selective.
Glad The Bulwark still has the spine (and sarcasm) to keep pointing out how much this circus is rotting the foundation.
The bigger the ballroom, the more people he can squeeze for money and favors. He won't have to leave the residence to hold big rallies. He and his family can run their grifting right out of the people's house. Will there be a side office where attendees can stop in to see their "Don"?
Save money shut down the White House, Trump can work from Mar-a-lago remotely.
"List it or Love it" for the White House. Brilliant. One of the things engineered to distract us from Epstein.
"It’s a remarkably low opinion for the White House to have of its own voters. But that doesn’t mean it’s an inaccurate one."
The painful lesson I learned last November is that it's not just "its own voters," meaning the hopelessly committed MAGA base, who are like that, but also most "swing voters," such as those who voted for Biden in '20 and Trump in '24. That latter group is what decided both elections, and which will decide the one in '28. They won't have Biden to blame for the price of eggs or their loss in health care, but unfortunately it's still easy to push their emotional buttons to the point of them saying "thank you, sir, may I have another?"
Bill, keep hope alive: what one president can build, another can tear down ... or, at least, redecorate.
Ugh. First we had Big Balls foisted upon us; now we will be subjected to Big Beautiful Balls. Gagh.
When this is over, we will need to give the Bastille treatment to that ballroom. Let the voters tear it down. One brick at a time.
Or..sorry but that addition is not permitted and doesn't pass inspection, it needs to be torn down. Then volunteers show up to dismantle it.
Trump's gutting the rose garden and of the east room for a ballroom: *"They paved paradise, put up a parking lot" *Joni Mitchell
The speed with which Trump can move from DOGE cuts to face-to-face criticism of Jerome Powell for the Fed’s renovation costs to bragging about his multimillion dollar party room really is impressive. And his people go along with it. A president should have nice things. Federal reserve officials should work in an asbestos covered cubicle in the basement.
Have we considered the idea that some forms of severe mental illness are contagious and Trump is patient zero? This may be my most charitable view of his supporters.
An obscene and fitting tribute to the False Messiah's impotence as he gorges at the golden feeding trough of taxpayer dollars.
Sometimes I wonder if all this is happening because I didn't forward that message to 10 other people.