• IndridCold@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    Canada should burn that library to the ground or just demo the part on our side. If it “long symbolized bilateral closeness” it’s time to elbow up and burn the fucker down.

    Or, cut a hole in the side, clear out everything on our side of the border, then put in razorwire.

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      Just demolish the Canadian half. Leave it a symbol of Trump’s America, just like what he’s done to the White House.

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        2 days ago

        Do you think this is the first time the White House has been renovated? 🤣

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            Sure it is, the Obama’s tore up the whole south lawn to install an outdoor kitchen were you all up in arms about that? I bet that wasn’t privately funded either. Over there years there have been numerous upgrades to the White House just use any search machine of choice to see the results

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              13 hours ago

              “Obama tore up the whole south lawn to install an outdoor kitchen”.

              Lol! Wut? No he didn’t. Michelle Obama planted her own vegetables in the garden FOR the White House kitchen. That’s why it’s called a “kitchen garden”. That garden has been producing fruits and vegetables off and on, for over 200 years.

              It is beyond hilarious that you are asking people to “use any research machine of choice” to check your bullshit…when you haven’t even bothered to do that yourself.

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                Have you checked any of the data yet? When I searched Renos on the White House this is what I got for Barry and Mike Obama’s Basketball Court and Kitchen Garden (2009): President Barry Obama had the tennis court resurfaced to also serve as a basketball court. First Lady Mike Obama established the White House Kitchen Garden on the South Lawn.

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                  Ok…so, are you seriously suggesting that what the Obamas did, was comparable to tearing down the entire East Wing of the White House?

                  Obama had the tennis court lines repainted and had a freestanding basketball hoop brought in, and Michelle put in planter boxes, walkways and seating. All of it was basically just cosmetic changes to the grounds outside, with none of it having any impact on the White House structure itself. That’s not “renovating the White House”…it’s just rearranging the lawn furniture.

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                    Are you sure about that? They also had other things done… On the Tax payers dime… Obama Infrastructure Modernization (2010–2014): A major four-year, taxpayer-funded project to replace failing and outdated infrastructure systems took place during the Obama administration. Approved by Congress in 2008 under President George W. Bush, the $376 million project involved replacing the heating, cooling, plumbing, and electrical systems. Trump is doing all of this with Donations, so why does everyone have their drawers in such a bunch?

                    Oh then there are Biden’s Reno Biden Administration Renovation of the Situation Room (2023): The highly secure intelligence management complex in the West Wing underwent a year-long, $50 million renovation. -The project upgraded secure communication equipment, improved servers, and refitted the walls with a modular, easily accessible design.
                    I wonder why Sleepy Joe got those last ones done LOL We could go back to Nixon by putting a bowling lane in the White House, or the Truman’s who did a major renovation between 1948-1952