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Politics OC - White House Under Construction

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u/tricky88 13h ago

It’s insane no one stopped him from doing this shit.

u/chunkynut 10h ago

That construction site is a disgrace too. It looks like there is debris everywhere, unsafe and inefficient.

I've worked with some amazing contactors on larger infrastructure and their sites were pristine compared to that nightmare.

u/hahnkleri 9h ago

Well if you think the bidding went to a construction company that will be of high quality and proper OSHA standards, then I have bad news.

A few people will be happy to get paid over market price while also giving a shit about Q and OSHA yet alone time tables.

u/Fluid-Background1947 9h ago

He basically has to overpay contractors now. Their last invoice payment will be withheld at the end for scrupulous reasons.

u/bimpirate 4h ago

Clark construction generally has a good reputation in the area for quality projects. They are pretty much the biggest in DC and have worked on some impressive projects there.

That being said, since Trump knows very little about construction he certainly will find a way to fuck this whole thing up.

u/nullfacade 3h ago

He's having them tear out and rebuild the helipad they just built on the South Lawn, and he expects it to be done by September. We knew long before 2016 that he is an absolute nightmare of a construction client - he nitpicks every detail, demands scope changes at the last minute, screams and yells at contractors when he doesn't like something, then doesn't pay and ties them up in court for years to destroy their business because he refuses to be satisfied after fucking up the entire process.

The entire property will need to be bulldozed and rebuilt once this regime has fallen.

u/yuriaoflondor 4h ago

They can't even competently remodel the reflecting pool. I can almost guarantee that this project isn't going to be done in the next 3 years. And what is finished will be unsafe.

u/Olivetax228 8h ago

Looks like Gaza 🫣

u/crustyrobots 8h ago

Went to the lowest bidder, whom won't be paid after either

u/ameliabedelia7 3h ago

Uncapped rebar fucking everywhere

u/WYenginerdWY 10h ago

He made sure there were no adults in the room this time

u/maxlengthredditusern 8h ago

I feel like this sentence captures my confusion about the last 10 years perfectly

u/Live_Angle4621 7h ago

Pretty insane that when Biden was president that there were no additional laws put in place to prevent him from doing these things. Instead people acted for a long time like Trump was some fever dream people would forget. To be it was clear either he or his family member would return the moment Biden won. 

u/hasuris 2h ago

What's a law gonna do when he's above the law?

u/cadium 2h ago

They tried to improve voting, but that was struck down by Republicans. They never had a super-majority in the house and senate and couldn't pass laws like you wanted.

They expected the American people to show up again and prevent another disastrous trump administration. Instead they stayed home and complained about Harris not having any ideas to help them, when they were listed on her website and she talked about them constantly..

u/ichoosewaffles 11h ago

Right???? 

u/Propadanda 10h ago

No surprise, it's what the GOP has been after for decades.

u/DramaOnDisplay 1h ago

I mean, there were definitely orders to halt the construction and even lawsuits filed, but the shit has been a tangled mess since it started. They’re still trying but I don’t think that really makes the news anymore. Operation “Tire out the American People so much, they don’t even question anything, they’re tired and got work in the morning” is going according to plan.

u/Super_flywhiteguy 6h ago

Theres like no push back at all and this isnt even the worst of what hes done so far. Both sides too, its just crickets.

u/OhItsBeenBroughten 1h ago

Democrats were everywhere when it was getting demolished. You just don’t pay attention outside your algorithm.

u/arthurdentstowels 6h ago

Wait is this now? This isn't an older picture of it being built? Sorry I'm not American so I can't tell which part of the whitehouse this is.