• Archangel1313@lemmy.ca
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    9 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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      9 hours ago

      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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        54 minutes ago

        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.