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allegorical oracle

(6,620 posts)
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 06:46 AM 22 hrs ago

Trump threatens to keep the UFC construction up permanently -- like the Eiffel Tower.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday compared the structure being built on the South Lawn of the White House for this month’s UFC fight to the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

And he thinks it might have a similar fate.

Speaking in a TikTok video, the president said the Eiffel Tower was a temporary structure set up for the 1889 Paris Exposition.
“It was supposed to be taken down immediately after the world’s fair,” he said. “Well, they never took it down.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-now-says-this-bizarre-white-house-addition-might-never-ever-go-away/ar-AA24HZtW

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Trump threatens to keep the UFC construction up permanently -- like the Eiffel Tower. (Original Post) allegorical oracle 22 hrs ago OP
Epstein Epstein Epstein gab13by13 22 hrs ago #1
The Epstein Thunderdome Intractable 22 hrs ago #2
100% Blue Full Moon 21 hrs ago #18
Every... 2naSalit 22 hrs ago #3
Not just that. OldBaldy1701E 21 hrs ago #14
So agree. It's taking a lot of time to install this monstrosity. He knows it's going to be allegorical oracle 14 hrs ago #64
And when they cart it away, calimary 12 hrs ago #67
Add a couple junk cars Farmer-Rick 11 hrs ago #70
Many Frenchmen will come to see it, miniatures of the 'Trump UFC Cage' will be sold for $250 in the WH Gift Shop. sop 22 hrs ago #4
Funny! rubbersole 21 hrs ago #15
;-{)...... Goonch 22 hrs ago #5
More and more PatSeg 18 hrs ago #41
It's not his effin property malaise 22 hrs ago #6
I've got a great idea for my sign for the next protest: Initech 14 hrs ago #60
Great idea malaise 14 hrs ago #61
Baby man says what? littlemissmartypants 22 hrs ago #7
Someone MUST teach Donald to use GOOGLE! homegirl 14 hrs ago #62
Orrex knows how this nightmare ends IronLionZion 22 hrs ago #8
anything he does is schlok. it can all be undone, some easy some expensive, but all undone. nt Javaman 21 hrs ago #9
Except for the damage to our international reputation. I'm not sure that will ever be completely undone. (n/t) thesquanderer 20 hrs ago #31
Oh my... GiqueCee 21 hrs ago #10
For all his supposed wealth... Trueblue Texan 21 hrs ago #11
There are plenty of super wealthy people who prove that just because you have money, doesn't mean you have style mwmisses4289 21 hrs ago #12
Class. rubbersole 21 hrs ago #16
Heard! Dem_in_Nebr. 20 hrs ago #24
Nailed it malaise 20 hrs ago #34
I think I saw where the Presidential Limousine Seinan Sensei 17 hrs ago #44
white trash to the bone. pansypoo53219 14 hrs ago #58
Sounds like squatting to me purr-rat beauty 21 hrs ago #13
Charge him for cleaning up his crap. chowder66 21 hrs ago #17
My town would charge him with code violations... Trueblue Texan 12 hrs ago #66
Maybe the next president can dismantle it ... JustABozoOnThisBus 21 hrs ago #19
New York City wouldn't let Trump build this bullshit Dave Id 20 hrs ago #20
The Donald J Trump Dave Id 20 hrs ago #21
Are they going to add something like the Madame Brasserie restaurant and... Ol Janx Spirit 20 hrs ago #22
He'll have a Madam Brassiere restaurant, colloquially known as the Stormy Daniels. (n/t) thesquanderer 20 hrs ago #30
Ha! Ol Janx Spirit 18 hrs ago #38
Markwayne Mullen was an MMA fighter Seinan Sensei 17 hrs ago #53
Oh yeah! It was childish for a congressional hearing, but would fit right in... Ol Janx Spirit 7 hrs ago #72
It can easily be converted to a funeral tent. twodogsbarking 20 hrs ago #23
I like positive thinking 🤔 MustLoveBeagles 17 hrs ago #54
Boo Hiss - no Snedley Whiplash you don't get to keep that desecration lark 20 hrs ago #25
Another tRump eyesore bif 20 hrs ago #26
Arrest the President Blues Heron 20 hrs ago #27
Imagine have to fly Marine 1 around the flag poles and then this. Historic NY 20 hrs ago #28
If karma exists it will rain so hard the reflecting pool actually fills up.... n/t Ol Janx Spirit 18 hrs ago #39
It'll need a marquee commensurate with Rump's sophistication and taste. Buns_of_Fire 20 hrs ago #29
Every single day we awake to another Trump atrocity Grim Chieftain 20 hrs ago #32
In other words mercuryblues 20 hrs ago #33
Called it. NT Happy Hoosier 20 hrs ago #35
The demented geezer has given up on Iran and the economy. Now he's just trolling the citizenry and exacting revenge on Martin68 19 hrs ago #36
The Russians he so admires have a word for someone as classless... 3catwoman3 18 hrs ago #37
Ah, TY... also... electric_blue68 3 hrs ago #73
My own alliterative favorite string of adjectives... 3catwoman3 4 min ago #74
He's obsessed with enshittifying everything he can get his stubby fingers on Rob H. 18 hrs ago #40
"Enshittifying"!!! PatSeg 18 hrs ago #42
I wish I could claim credit for that word Rob H. 17 hrs ago #43
It is getting so hard to find good words PatSeg 17 hrs ago #50
Cory Doctorow coined the term. NT Happy Hoosier 17 hrs ago #52
Cory Doctorow I believe whopis01 17 hrs ago #56
Like Rick Wilson said..."Everything he touches turns to shit," eh? Our WH, now. nt allegorical oracle 13 hrs ago #65
Eiffel Tower? More like one of those popup gypsy amusement rides Bluetus 17 hrs ago #45
Well Then, Mr.Bee 17 hrs ago #46
I've been predicting this. Liberal In Texas 17 hrs ago #47
I hope it gets demolished by a wrecking ball named Dark Brandon. Crowman2009 17 hrs ago #48
It gets blown up as soon as you die or leave office, you jackass. paleotn 17 hrs ago #49
For the Trump Administration MissouriDem47 17 hrs ago #51
Keep it up, A$$HOLE; your comeuppance is coming. Martin Eden 17 hrs ago #55
Nope. He can't. Just more Trump Bluster Raven123 16 hrs ago #57
The next administration must restore the White House to its' former glory! Initech 14 hrs ago #59
"Piggy threatens..." MorbidButterflyTat 14 hrs ago #63
Classy PJMcK 12 hrs ago #68
See; this is how he consistently maintains media dominance... EarthFirst 12 hrs ago #69
He'll likely retrofit it for some other spectator sport .... eppur_se_muova 10 hrs ago #71

2naSalit

(104,053 posts)
3. Every...
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 07:03 AM
22 hrs ago

Fucking eyesore piece of shit he disgraces the capitol city with shall be dismantled immediately upon his leaving. And he WILL leave one way or another. Apparently he prefers the hard way every time.

OldBaldy1701E

(11,669 posts)
14. Not just that.
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 08:07 AM
21 hrs ago

As far as I am concerned, we need to force him and his companies to clean it all up. Any one who was in on the deals that this regime has made should also be held accountable for insider business practices and illegal manipulations of the markets. (Hey, they love to complain about this all the time anyway, so use it against them.)

Also, we need to let him know that everything has to be put back just like it was, or even more time will be added to his life sentence. (He won't understand what that means, but adding any kind of punishment will just set him off even more.) If there is no 'means' for his companies to do it, then he himself has to get out there with a crowbar and a sledge. He made the mess, he can clean it up.

Just like my mother told me every time I made one.

allegorical oracle

(6,620 posts)
64. So agree. It's taking a lot of time to install this monstrosity. He knows it's going to be
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 03:36 PM
14 hrs ago

costly to tear it down and cart it away.

calimary

(91,059 posts)
67. And when they cart it away,
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 05:24 PM
12 hrs ago

It could go to Mar-a-Lago, and dumped right in front.

(That way, he gets to keep it!)

Farmer-Rick

(12,799 posts)
70. Add a couple junk cars
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 05:59 PM
11 hrs ago

And a few rusted trailer homes and you got pedo Trump's perfect environment. But only if it's all painted gold.

sop

(19,547 posts)
4. Many Frenchmen will come to see it, miniatures of the 'Trump UFC Cage' will be sold for $250 in the WH Gift Shop.
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 07:06 AM
22 hrs ago

PatSeg

(53,722 posts)
41. More and more
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 11:23 AM
18 hrs ago

Trump's White House is looking like President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho's White House, except Camacho wasn't a raging narcissist bent on destroying the world.

Initech

(109,398 posts)
60. I've got a great idea for my sign for the next protest:
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 03:01 PM
14 hrs ago

"DONALD TRUMP DID TO THE WHITE HOUSE WHAT OSAMA BIN LADEN ONLY TRIED TO"

And show the before and after pictures.

homegirl

(2,008 posts)
62. Someone MUST teach Donald to use GOOGLE!
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 03:19 PM
14 hrs ago

The Eiffel Tower was built for the 1889 Exposition Universelle to celebrate the centennial of the French Revolution. Designed by Maurice Koechlin and Émile Nouguier and spearheaded by Gustave Eiffel, it was initially intended to stand for 20 years before being dismantled. It was saved from demolition after proving its value as a massive radio telegraph station.

Javaman

(66,006 posts)
9. anything he does is schlok. it can all be undone, some easy some expensive, but all undone. nt
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 07:40 AM
21 hrs ago

thesquanderer

(13,141 posts)
31. Except for the damage to our international reputation. I'm not sure that will ever be completely undone. (n/t)
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 09:08 AM
20 hrs ago

GiqueCee

(4,900 posts)
10. Oh my...
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 07:42 AM
21 hrs ago

... the Orange Gargoyle actually uttered something true.
The Eiffel Tower was scheduled for demolition in 1910, but it was proven to be too valuable a resource, both for science and critical military functions. A claim that Trump's repulsive abortion cannot make. May it collapse and fall on his head.

Trueblue Texan

(4,670 posts)
11. For all his supposed wealth...
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 07:43 AM
21 hrs ago

...he is the trashiest, tackiest tenant ever! He doesn't pay his bills; his yard looks like a dump; he takes classic interior and exterior decor and cheapens them with flashy, fake, CHEAP crap. He starts deconstruction projects on the property before he has any idea about how to get clearance to proceed with construction--just tears shit up and leave it that way; Everywhere he goes, he leaves a huge mess. Cleaning up after him is impossible while he is still in residence. Who would want someone like that as a neighbor, much less a president? EVICT him! That may actually be more attainable than impeachment.

mwmisses4289

(4,863 posts)
12. There are plenty of super wealthy people who prove that just because you have money, doesn't mean you have style
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 08:01 AM
21 hrs ago

or taste or elegance or whatever you want to call it.

Seinan Sensei

(1,668 posts)
44. I think I saw where the Presidential Limousine
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 11:42 AM
17 hrs ago

… is up on concrete blocks in the backyard of the White House

Trueblue Texan

(4,670 posts)
66. My town would charge him with code violations...
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 05:16 PM
12 hrs ago

...which is a nice way of saying, "mow your damn grass and clean the place up!"

JustABozoOnThisBus

(24,742 posts)
19. Maybe the next president can dismantle it ...
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 08:34 AM
21 hrs ago

... and send the pieces to the Trump Presidential Lie-berry.

It'll look good next to an inoperable jumbo jet.

Dave Id

(345 posts)
20. New York City wouldn't let Trump build this bullshit
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 08:41 AM
20 hrs ago

so that now he's 'king of America', he can destroy and or build anything he wants to. He seems believe he own the White House and surrounding property. He's MAGAts do also.

Ol Janx Spirit

(1,101 posts)
22. Are they going to add something like the Madame Brasserie restaurant and...
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 08:46 AM
20 hrs ago

...The Champagne Bar on the arched monstrosity so we can at least savor a flute of champagne as we take in the views of the Fuhrerbunker and the Arc de Shitforbrains from its lofty perch above our once beloved Whitetrashington?

Or, are we descending into something more like Roman times with a permanent fight cage to entertain the people?

Will there be a Vance vs. Rubio pay-per-view slap fight? I might watch that.



I wonder how much they will charge for people to get married under its soon-to-be iconic profile?

Seinan Sensei

(1,668 posts)
53. Markwayne Mullen was an MMA fighter
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 12:04 PM
17 hrs ago

Well sort of.
MW had three MMA matches.
Two of them against the same guy.

I think Markwayne should get in the Octagon with Sean O’Brien, President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
You remember Sean O’Brien.
Markwayne went full-blown Poser (“stand your butt up!”) on Sean during a congressional hearing.

Which is to say, that if they ever did put on the gloves, I’d have all my money on the Teamster.

Ol Janx Spirit

(1,101 posts)
72. Oh yeah! It was childish for a congressional hearing, but would fit right in...
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 10:29 PM
7 hrs ago

...with whatever the fresh hell is that we are living through with this "fight" on the White House lawn.

I would watch that fight though. Even if MW won the fight there might be some bad things happening to him later on....

Historic NY

(40,160 posts)
28. Imagine have to fly Marine 1 around the flag poles and then this.
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 09:02 AM
20 hrs ago

I hear the participants are having second thoughts about this outside arena

Buns_of_Fire

(19,238 posts)
29. It'll need a marquee commensurate with Rump's sophistication and taste.
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 09:03 AM
20 hrs ago

Something like

THIS SUNDAY: ALL-AMERICAN MONSTER TRUCK RACES!

Mud Wrassiln' Every Tuesday and Friday

Grim Chieftain

(2,141 posts)
32. Every single day we awake to another Trump atrocity
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 09:14 AM
20 hrs ago

He is destroying everything he touches and everything we hold dear. For the love of all sanity, will this ever end?

Martin68

(28,129 posts)
36. The demented geezer has given up on Iran and the economy. Now he's just trolling the citizenry and exacting revenge on
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 09:56 AM
19 hrs ago

all his enemies, both perceived and real.

3catwoman3

(29,902 posts)
37. The Russians he so admires have a word for someone as classless...
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 10:54 AM
18 hrs ago

...as Trump - nekulturny. It means uncultured or uncivilized, and from various sources I've read, is considered a serious insult and conveys great disdain.

electric_blue68

(27,477 posts)
73. Ah, TY... also...
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 02:00 AM
3 hrs ago

Accordding to google:

rude, boorish, discourteous, unmannered, ignorant, uncultured.

All, amongst other things describe drumphf perfectly!

3catwoman3

(29,902 posts)
74. My own alliterative favorite string of adjectives...
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 05:34 AM
4 min ago

…is - coarse, crass, common, crude, and contemptible.

Rob H.

(5,955 posts)
40. He's obsessed with enshittifying everything he can get his stubby fingers on
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 11:18 AM
18 hrs ago

It's enraging that he keeps doing these things to properties he doesn't own and won't have to pay anything to restore any of them.

Rob H.

(5,955 posts)
43. I wish I could claim credit for that word
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 11:40 AM
17 hrs ago

I don't remember where I first saw it, but it sums up what he's doing perfectly.

PatSeg

(53,722 posts)
50. It is getting so hard to find good words
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 11:58 AM
17 hrs ago

to describe him and his presidency these days, so we have to makeup new ones. I think the Scots take the prize for the absolute best though.

Bluetus

(3,172 posts)
45. Eiffel Tower? More like one of those popup gypsy amusement rides
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 11:49 AM
17 hrs ago

that sprout overnight in whatever dilapidated, abandoned 1970s shopping mall parking lot is available. We should be running a crowdfunding campaign taking pledges for tearing down each of Trump's edifices with the proceeds going to charity. Trump needs to see millions of dollars of pledges for each thing:

- every grand banner with his hideous orange mug. I'd pledge $25 to be in a raffle to be the one to tear down the banner at DoJ or the Pentagon.
- I'd pledge $100 to be in a lottery to be the one who pushes the button to bring toen the ballroon or the Great Gate of Trump

And so on. I'm 100% serious about this.if the DNC wants my money, THIS is the sort of aggressive messaging they should be pushing.

Liberal In Texas

(16,471 posts)
47. I've been predicting this.
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 11:52 AM
17 hrs ago

He's building his own little empire in DC.
Anybody think he will leave willingly at the end of his term?

paleotn

(22,868 posts)
49. It gets blown up as soon as you die or leave office, you jackass.
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 11:55 AM
17 hrs ago

Preferably with him strapped to it. Live or stinking carcass. Makes no difference. Go one better than what Charles II did to Oliver Cromwell. For similar reasons. Revenge can be so sweet!

MissouriDem47

(447 posts)
51. For the Trump Administration
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 12:01 PM
17 hrs ago

Leaving that nonsense on the White House grounds would be appropriate as it is a true reflection of their priorities.

Martin Eden

(15,940 posts)
55. Keep it up, A$$HOLE; your comeuppance is coming.
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 12:10 PM
17 hrs ago

Perhaps not swiftly, but justice -- legal or cosmic -- will be done.

Initech

(109,398 posts)
59. The next administration must restore the White House to its' former glory!
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 03:00 PM
14 hrs ago

And make it so no jackass with a wrecking ball can do as much damage as the fucking asshole has done.

MorbidButterflyTat

(4,839 posts)
63. "Piggy threatens..."
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 03:31 PM
14 hrs ago

Ooooh! Scary!

He's barely coherent. A worm is more threatening than that slovenly sack of crap.

PJMcK

(25,158 posts)
68. Classy
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 05:24 PM
12 hrs ago

I heard Trump’s Oval Office re-decorating called Temu Bukake.

Trump is a low-life slob.

EarthFirst

(4,236 posts)
69. See; this is how he consistently maintains media dominance...
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 05:29 PM
12 hrs ago

…by just saying the most ridiculous outlandish things; and the media runs with it every time.

Just “Sure Jan…” and allow it fester in silent irrelevance.

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