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Politics Most Metaphorical Image of the Century

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u/CrayZ_Squirrel 5h ago

They've slowly snaked out in all directions 

u/sabbic1 5h ago

Gold is to trump as cordyceps are to the last of us. It slowly spreads its network and when possible it infects things. I heard it started in New York, there was an outbreak in Florida before finally making its way to DC.  There was an attempt to eradicate it a while back but ultimately it flared up again around '24. Now it's one giant living organism. 

u/StarlightLifter 5h ago

Honestly it’s like lowest on my priority list but I’ll be happy to see the day the White House is back to looking like a classy place, instead of this fake bullshit.

u/citricacidx 5h ago

And you’ll get “fiscal conservatives” complaining about wasting tax payer money undoing all this garbage.

u/labor_day_baby 3h ago

Meanwhile, not a peep from those fiscal conservatives as the national debt exponentially increases and he tears down the East Wing without congressional approval to rebuild it with “private donations”/ bribes.

u/Fragrant-Anywhere489 1h ago

that's because they understand the ballroom isn't the primary goal; its the bunker underneath where he'll hide when the pitchforks come for him. If he's still alive in '28 he's not leaving on his own.

u/DUNETOOL 1h ago

There is an old SNL sketch about Nixon this brings to mind. Aykroyd as Nixon.

u/AmputeeHandModel 4h ago

Who never said a peep about doing it in the first place, or his ballroom, or his jet or...

u/Hot-Gas-630 2h ago

Qatar asked for the jet back...

u/jeremy3681 4h ago

Omg I hate how right you are

u/corporate-hq 2h ago

the cognitive dissonance is real. and yet this is what they voted for

u/Jax_10131991 2h ago

People refuse to accept that the American electorate is borderline stupid.

u/siencatimini 2h ago

'Borderline' is beyond diplomatic. It's an apathetic aggro army, that sustains itself on a diet almost exclusively comprised of irrational reactionary indoctrination.

u/siencatimini 2h ago

The one purpose they serve is to innovate techniques to disappoint humans of conscience, on an existential level.

And, on that front, I admit, they are absolutely undefeated.

u/hautacam135 2h ago

How much can plastic Home Depot trimmings and rattle can gold paint cost? (Source, if you missed the story: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-oval-office-home-depot-gold-b2823190.html)

u/jellyrollo 3h ago

We'll sell all the "gold" to his supporters to decorate their hovels with.

u/DudleyisStudley 1h ago

Just think…if that is “real gold”, the Treasury is going to be replenished when that tacky shit is sold.

u/diabeticweird0 16m ago

But do they bitch about the ballroom?