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Heâs destroying the country and the white house
— Adam Parkhomenko (@adamparkhomenko.bsky.social) 2025-08-07T14:57:54.176Z
Ms. Toad
(38,376 posts)I was reading a book yesterday. One of the comments fits this perfectly: "Money talks, wealth whispers." He ain't whispering anything.
thucythucy
(9,047 posts)"Money doesn't talk, it swears."
calimary
(89,231 posts)One helluva quote for these times.
Money doesnt talk, it swears.
https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTjodoNSqsUcHVW2yTBjI65-Im_u6lz9RLJLVlSYuvXAMUTof8B
The phrase "Money doesn't talk, it swears" is a line from the Bob Dylan song "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)", released in 1965. The song is included on his album "Bringing It All Back Home.
sinkingfeeling
(57,447 posts)TheBlackAdder
(29,981 posts)AllaN01Bear
(28,792 posts)bleh
Botany
(76,615 posts)
Did they drill into the stone to mount that crap?
Btw they couldnt even stack the wood right.
aggiesal
(10,622 posts)It's the big building to the right

And the interior is supposed to look similar to this.

sinkingfeeling
(57,447 posts)Ocelot II
(129,644 posts)
Xavier Breath
(6,543 posts)underpants
(195,439 posts)carpetbagger
(5,434 posts)He's dating Hussein's ex.
Initech
(107,844 posts)hlthe2b
(113,104 posts)jack-hammered out of existence, while landscapers wait to returf the entire area and horticulturists & historians wait to do what they can to restore the plants. Meanwhile, inside, all that damned gold crap is removed...
That is, if Trump hasn't managed to kill us all before then. (Yes, really.)
Vinca
(53,489 posts)to put things back to normal when he's gone.
HappyH
(189 posts)the ballroom, the tacky goldish do dads and the Rose Garden destruction, because he has no plans to leave
Ocelot II
(129,644 posts)when it actually means tacky and cheesy when applied to a Palladian-style neoclassical building like the White House. The style was a reaction against the Baroque excesses of the 17th century, which featured a lot of ornate details and a lot of gold, e.g., Versailles. But Versailles' interiors were carefully designed to match the aesthetic of the grand building itself - they weren't the result of someone coming in, looking around and deciding there wasn't enough gold and just slapping bits of filigree and doodads wherever there was a blank space. Versailles isn't tacky and cheesy, but Trump's White House screams white trash.
meadowlander
(5,108 posts)sdfernando
(6,032 posts)That thing is the very definition of tackiness and gaudiness. It reeks of someone desperate to show how much money he has...but it, along with so much more, will never get him into the "old money" club he so longs to be a part of.
underpants
(195,439 posts)
moniss
(8,827 posts)"Please Dear God don't let him call on me or even realize I'm here."
BoRaGard
(7,591 posts)Solly Mack
(96,590 posts)Irish_Dem
(80,324 posts)Turn it into White House decorations then take it with him when he leaves. Or replace it with fake gold decorations.
RockCreek
(1,416 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(34,282 posts)No I dont have the fucking answers dont ask me for the fucking answers but something better fucking happen pretty soon😡
gab13by13
(31,526 posts)They do it right out in the open. When Democrats had the chance to take a stand back at the CR vote, the Senate kneecapped the House that was ready to fight. Stuff like fighting back in March is looking up a dead horse's ass, too late now.
Rachel Maddow said we are an autocracy right now.
They do illegal shit that's never been done before; send a sex trafficker of little girls to a minimum security jail, never been done before. Not to worry, Robert Garcia sent a stern letter to the head of the Bureau of federal prisons.
They will do something else illegal today, like conduct a bogus census. Bring people on cable news to tell us how awful Magats are for doing illegal terrible things.
misanthrope
(9,419 posts)The momentum from then was squandered.
bif
(26,748 posts)But that makes sense, considering who he's married to.
Haggard Celine
(17,731 posts)from his whorehouse in the Yukon during the Gold Rush. The nugget that the old man made from pimping is what started the Trump family fortune.
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(58,754 posts)Emile
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Scrivener7
(58,754 posts)Emile
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Scrivener7
(58,754 posts)Emile
(41,178 posts)EarthAbides
(435 posts)Makes me so sick... Wake up people!!
Baitball Blogger
(51,855 posts)underpants
(195,439 posts)Metaphorical
(2,603 posts)Have you ever noticed how he always demands to be shown with a low camera angle, so that he seems to loom over everyone else. It's all smoke and mirrors.
MrWowWow
(1,461 posts)Last edited Thu Aug 7, 2025, 03:13 PM - Edit history (1)
aggiesal
(10,622 posts)If you do, click on it, and turn it off.
See if that works.
Botany
(76,615 posts)Never seen that clip before thanx
milestogo
(22,772 posts)Dave Bowman
(6,852 posts)sorcrow
(660 posts)rsdsharp
(11,847 posts)Crowman2009
(3,438 posts)3catwoman3
(28,787 posts)Whorehouse rococo.
Oopsie Daisy
(6,670 posts)Gaudy. Tasteless. Cheap. Garish.
applegrove
(130,871 posts)Oopsie Daisy
(6,670 posts)After he leaves, the Restoration team will have their work cut out for them.
GoCubsGo
(34,727 posts)Is just cheap, wooden appliques that they picked up at the Home Depot, and that the "gold" is just Rust-o-Leum spray paint. It's vomit-inducing--just like the guy who is responsible for this ugly-ass mess.
calimary
(89,231 posts)As nauseating and completely tasteless as it is.
Hes not my king and never will be. Heck, I didnt even vote for him to be president.
Oopsie Daisy
(6,670 posts)Spray painted appliques from home Depot and hobby lobby.
enid602
(9,620 posts)All he needs are some action pics of his wife wearing nothing but sunglasses and a pistol to complete the look.
PJMcK
(24,864 posts)Trump is such a loser.
And he's an idiot.
riversedge
(79,926 posts)StarryNite
(12,013 posts)So does the thing walking through the doorway.
democrank
(12,342 posts)Life on a gold platter. Thats Trumps look. All this while people everywhere are wondering if they will have health care or food next month.
allegorical oracle
(6,291 posts)glued everywhere.
orleans
(36,720 posts)Noticed a bunch of these ornate gold medallions slapped all over the Oval Office. We found em on Alibaba. âHigh-density Home Decoration Polyurethane Appliques Ornament PU Foam Veneer Accessoriesâ from seller Guangzhou Homemax Decorative Material Limited.
— Jon Keegan (@jonkeegan.com) 2025-04-15T21:07:52.581Z
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the replies on the op post from bsky are great!
ShazzieB
(22,305 posts)Those are just a few of the words that come to mind. Also tasteless, trashy, gaudy, and tawdry.
Beacool
(30,504 posts)Look at that door. It's almost as if he's making fun of people. If I didn't know better, I would think that he's trolling people by making deliberate tacky decorative choices. But alas, that's just his tacky and gauche taste. I call it Russian oligarch chic.
CaptainTruth
(8,070 posts)twodogsbarking
(17,800 posts)CrispyQ
(40,773 posts)Stolen from FB.
LudwigPastorius
(14,345 posts)
ECL213
(435 posts)I'm surprised he doesn't have some of his fake golf trophies on the mantle.
madamesilverspurs
(16,480 posts)"Get me the fuck outta here!"
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AntiFascist
(13,741 posts)notice the same circular designs:

Javaman
(65,327 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(24,624 posts)Pachamama
(17,543 posts)Like him
Bread and Circuses
(1,725 posts)markpkessinger
(8,887 posts). . . "Money can't buy class."
Nimble_Idea
(2,849 posts)electric_blue68
(26,313 posts)😑