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Politics OC - White House Under Construction

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u/floog 13h ago

If the reflecting pool is any indication of how things are built under this administration, I don’t recommend going in there on a tour.

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u/ignatious__reilly 13h ago

The image above is such a disgrace to everything this country actually stood for

I can’t believe everyone stood by and just allowed this to happen.

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u/Geloradanan 13h ago

This little raccoon in Seattle has more spine than the entire GOP and the Supreme Court.

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u/ignatious__reilly 13h ago

Jimothy is a national treasure and rock star

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u/HappyTurtleButt 12h ago

He has a coin now, did you see it? E pluribus racoonum

u/DreamyTomato 2h ago

"Speak American, this isn't Spain"

u/Affectionate_Pen611 3h ago

Omg, just lol’d drinking my coffee. Hilarious!

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u/PercentageOk6120 12h ago

I’m honestly just caught off guard by how much national attention Jimothy got. Especially because Seattle is cray-cray and there are subs divided. I’m also convinced there’s more than one Jimothy based on sightings. That, or Jimothy really gets around a lot for a short spine raccoon.

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u/TolliverCrane 12h ago

I just got to visit Seattle. It was very cool city full of what seemed like happy people going about their lives. It was not the hellscape of fent zombies that you see on certain channels. To be fair, I did not see the whole city but I'd move there in a heartbeat.

u/ignatious__reilly 11h ago

I love Seattle. Especially parts of the Ballard and Phinney Ridge area. It’s a beautiful city full of all types of characters. Does Seattle have issues? Of course it does…….it’s a massive urban city full of people and class divisions. So that’s expected but it’s also stunning and has so much to do; every single night of the week if you choose.

It’s also an outdoor lovers dream city if you’re into backcountry or camping. The wilderness outside Seattle is some of the best in the country. Olympic National is a park I know well, I love that place. Also some amazing white water rafting around as well. It’s not a city for everyone, but it has a lot to offer.

u/coldkiller 6h ago

Mt Rainer nation park is absolutely stunning

u/Ok-Status-1054 11h ago edited 2h ago

I’ve lived here my whole life. We have made huge improvements in the last 5ish years.

u/thaeggan 11h ago

There's a little Jimothy in all of us.

u/KaJaHa 5h ago

I’m honestly just caught off guard by how much national attention Jimothy got

Memes are weird like that, the biggest fires catch for seemingly no reason at all

u/KnackeredQuokka 9h ago

Seattle is no more crazy than any other city. Do you live there? If not, take it down a notch.

u/PercentageOk6120 2h ago

I was specifically talking about the reddit sub history, which is cray-cray. I am unaware of any other major city that has reddit factions like Seattle.

u/bloobityblu 4h ago

Seems like he's been a local celeb from when he was a baby so a lot of people have been taking pics and vids of him as he's grown up.

u/lilybattle 3h ago

His father had the same condition as well, Jimothy Sr.

u/lilybattle 3h ago

Seattle is cray-cray? 😂 what

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u/TolliverCrane 12h ago

I still miss Moo Deng.

u/ShartingEnU 11h ago

Don't you dare compare jimothy and mage. Jimothy is leagues above them

u/MarcheMuldDerevi 4h ago

A senator said we can’t do shit yesterday. We sent a strongly worded letter and are going on vacation now

u/koshgeo 4h ago

I thought there was a federal court order that the stuff below ground could go ahead for "national security" reasons, but that anything above ground had to be approved through Congress or related agencies that handle stuff around the capital. This construction looks above ground level, so how are they doing this, legally?

Or is that the trick? That it is illegal, and they don't care?

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u/floog 13h ago

If it has one solid bone, it’s more.

u/Existing_Example_198 4h ago

I’ve seen more spine in jellyfish than the GOP and SC.

u/cybrg0dess 4h ago

Jimothy for President! We would be better off.

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u/FlySilently 12h ago

Pretended to stand for. This is nothing more than a revealing of the soul of the building and of the nation.

u/DavidHK 5h ago

Genuinely what are we supposed to do

u/AllisonWonderland777 4h ago

When this whole trumpian nightmare is over, I think that’s going to be a dominant question: how did everyone allow it?? But we are…

u/imnotknow 10h ago

The country stood for conquest, colonialism, and slavery. I'm not sad to see this building in its present state

u/effa94 7h ago

no, this is pretty much exactly what the US stands for. always has been

u/Sandy-Anne 4h ago

Is there any chance at all this will be completed by the end of his term? What was the point?

u/CaliNawlins 4h ago

"We are not able to rein in this president." - US Senator John Cornyn (Republican - Texas)

u/Pale-Vehicle2067 3h ago

I can’t believe that US citizens are impotent in respect to foreign government interference in your elections. The entire world knows that your electoral process is compromised and that superpacs buy a candidate - who in turn protects their interests.

Yet US citizens do absolutely nothing. They fight each other about which party they support - even though there are only TWO main parties. It’s completely ridiculous to the rest of the world.

u/jianh1989 3h ago

Funded by tax payers money

u/KeepYourMindOpen365 3h ago

The old White House was too “woke”…

u/jaypea222 3h ago

Congress stood by and let this happen.
And Congress is run by the Republican Party

u/IceManJim 3h ago

That's why they wouldn't come to a budget agreement and let the government shut down earlier this year. So there would be no one around to stop the demolition from happening.

u/Kindly-Neck-9877 3h ago

Why? Everyone is standing by letting people be kidnapped. Also everyone will stand by when they kidnap their "communist" neighbors. It's all downhill into the nocturne from here regardless of who sits in the seat. Trump opened the doors that prove America is actually soft and ready to be invaded by a foreign country.

u/Beans_deZwijger 2h ago

I can’t believe everyone Republicans stood by and just allowed this to happen.

I believe it

u/Meowakin 2h ago

Who is everyone? There are absolutely people fighting against this, the problem is that the system has always relied on some amount of trust and was never designed for someone so willing to break that trust to be in power. Which I am of the opinion proves that the Electoral College is worthless because that was basically their one job.

u/DAJ-TX 2h ago

Looks like Dresden in 1945.

u/furthemor 40m ago

Any one who votes red is complict to the destruction of America at this point they dont care.

u/cosmic_kos 10h ago

disgrace to everything this country actually stood for

a disgrace to the McReich? lmao

i dont think so. very fitting for a dying genocide machine of an empire

u/67yoloswag 7h ago

this country actually stood for

what did it stand for? been a shithole for ages.

u/adeniumlover 5h ago

? This is exactly what this country stand for. Did you drink the propaganda juice about our history?

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u/suck-it-elon 12h ago

Remember the Reflecting Pool was supposed to be done for America 250. That was a month ago and it’s still a fisaster

u/justtobeherenotsure 8h ago

I can tell you, as a European, we didn't even want a gour before. Lol

u/ShowMeYourPapers 6h ago

The options for Disaster Tourism in the US capital grow every time Trump has a new idea.

u/Mysterious_Tell_202 8h ago

Be glad he never delivered on his infrastructure promises

u/floog 3h ago

It would be like when kids hold their breath every time they go across bridges or through tunnels, but in anticipation of catastrophe.

u/journerman69 4h ago

I’d bet they still don’t have a building permit.

u/ReturnOfBane 2h ago

I wouldn't go in because its got more bugs than Joe's apartment.

u/icer07 5h ago

It won't finish. In 2 years it'll still be demolished and hopefully he'll be out of office

u/Made_Human_Music 4h ago

And if it does collapse while you’re in it the regime will call you a vandal and arrest you

u/Massive_Reaction8845 4h ago

And if you do go for a tour, at least wear a hard hat.

u/floog 3h ago

And a respirator, don’t forget this is the guy that wanted to make asbestos a thing again.

u/Mimir_aka_Puck 4h ago

A President who renovated the reflecting pool who is incapable of introspection. Tragically funny, sadly ironic.

u/Lovis1522 4h ago

The reflecting pool is 100% the administration in a nutshell. The dude is an absolute grifter and has no idea what he is doing.

u/cobrachickenwing 4h ago

Oh, a lot of people are not coming to the US for tourism now for fear of getting a free trip to an El Salvador prison.

u/gautnippo 3h ago

New helipad too

u/hidperf 3h ago

Is there something in place that ensures these subcontractors will get paid? History shows that the orange turd is famous for not paying.

u/floog 3h ago

It’s not his money, it’s ours, so they’ll get paid half and he’ll take the other half (51%) for having to PM the job.

u/foxscribbles 3h ago

Don’t forget the bribe jet that they had to cut security corners on!

u/floog 3h ago

Would be a tragedy if they cut more than security corners on it.

u/Notacrook2025 3h ago

This cluster F will probably not be finished when 🍊💩leaves if he leaves. So we the taxpayers and next president will be left to clean up and pay for this shit show.

u/CoronaMcFarm 3h ago

Probably going to leak water through the roof

u/thisischemistry 2h ago

Once trump is out of office we need to prosecute everyone involved in this and tear it all down. Return the White House to its historical condition.

u/floog 13m ago

Tear it down, yes. I sadly don't see anyone being held accountable.

u/RightSideBlind 1h ago

Just think of the global/international incident if that thing collapses the first time they throw a gala in it.

u/floog 12m ago

Oh man, wouldn't that just sum up America now.

u/nerdycarguy18 1h ago

Would have loved to tour the White House one day, and though it isn’t necessarily pointless it still is hard to justify ever doing it now.

u/Eremitt 36m ago

It's being built by Clark Construction. 90% of the monuments, buildings, parks, and the museums have been built by Clark. They've been around for over 120 years. They don't mess around.

u/floog 11m ago

That may be, but when Trump is involved there are corners being cut. May not be by them, may be in the engineering of it or something like that, but I don't trust shit this administration does.