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allegorical oracle

(6,620 posts)
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 06:46 AM 11 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 11 hrs ago OP
Epstein Epstein Epstein gab13by13 11 hrs ago #1
The Epstein Thunderdome Intractable 11 hrs ago #2
100% Blue Full Moon 9 hrs ago #18
Every... 2naSalit 11 hrs ago #3
Not just that. OldBaldy1701E 9 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 2 hrs ago #64
And when they cart it away, calimary 42 min ago #67
Add a couple junk cars Farmer-Rick 8 min 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 11 hrs ago #4
Funny! rubbersole 9 hrs ago #15
;-{)...... Goonch 11 hrs ago #5
More and more PatSeg 6 hrs ago #41
It's not his effin property malaise 10 hrs ago #6
I've got a great idea for my sign for the next protest: Initech 3 hrs ago #60
Great idea malaise 2 hrs ago #61
Baby man says what? littlemissmartypants 10 hrs ago #7
Someone MUST teach Donald to use GOOGLE! homegirl 2 hrs ago #62
Orrex knows how this nightmare ends IronLionZion 10 hrs ago #8
anything he does is schlok. it can all be undone, some easy some expensive, but all undone. nt Javaman 10 hrs ago #9
Except for the damage to our international reputation. I'm not sure that will ever be completely undone. (n/t) thesquanderer 8 hrs ago #31
Oh my... GiqueCee 10 hrs ago #10
For all his supposed wealth... Trueblue Texan 10 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 10 hrs ago #12
Class. rubbersole 9 hrs ago #16
Heard! Dem_in_Nebr. 9 hrs ago #24
Nailed it malaise 8 hrs ago #34
I think I saw where the Presidential Limousine Seinan Sensei 6 hrs ago #44
white trash to the bone. pansypoo53219 3 hrs ago #58
Sounds like squatting to me purr-rat beauty 10 hrs ago #13
Charge him for cleaning up his crap. chowder66 9 hrs ago #17
My town would charge him with code violations... Trueblue Texan 50 min ago #66
Maybe the next president can dismantle it ... JustABozoOnThisBus 9 hrs ago #19
New York City wouldn't let Trump build this bullshit Dave Id 9 hrs ago #20
The Donald J Trump Dave Id 9 hrs ago #21
Are they going to add something like the Madame Brasserie restaurant and... Ol Janx Spirit 9 hrs ago #22
He'll have a Madam Brassiere restaurant, colloquially known as the Stormy Daniels. (n/t) thesquanderer 9 hrs ago #30
Ha! Ol Janx Spirit 7 hrs ago #38
Markwayne Mullen was an MMA fighter Seinan Sensei 6 hrs ago #53
It can easily be converted to a funeral tent. twodogsbarking 9 hrs ago #23
I like positive thinking 🤔 MustLoveBeagles 5 hrs ago #54
Boo Hiss - no Snedley Whiplash you don't get to keep that desecration lark 9 hrs ago #25
Another tRump eyesore bif 9 hrs ago #26
Arrest the President Blues Heron 9 hrs ago #27
Imagine have to fly Marine 1 around the flag poles and then this. Historic NY 9 hrs ago #28
If karma exists it will rain so hard the reflecting pool actually fills up.... n/t Ol Janx Spirit 7 hrs ago #39
It'll need a marquee commensurate with Rump's sophistication and taste. Buns_of_Fire 9 hrs ago #29
Every single day we awake to another Trump atrocity Grim Chieftain 8 hrs ago #32
In other words mercuryblues 8 hrs ago #33
Called it. NT Happy Hoosier 8 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 8 hrs ago #36
The Russians he so admires have a word for someone as classless... 3catwoman3 7 hrs ago #37
He's obsessed with enshittifying everything he can get his stubby fingers on Rob H. 6 hrs ago #40
"Enshittifying"!!! PatSeg 6 hrs ago #42
I wish I could claim credit for that word Rob H. 6 hrs ago #43
It is getting so hard to find good words PatSeg 6 hrs ago #50
Cory Doctorow coined the term. NT Happy Hoosier 6 hrs ago #52
Cory Doctorow I believe whopis01 5 hrs ago #56
Like Rick Wilson said..."Everything he touches turns to shit," eh? Our WH, now. nt allegorical oracle 2 hrs ago #65
Eiffel Tower? More like one of those popup gypsy amusement rides Bluetus 6 hrs ago #45
Well Then, Mr.Bee 6 hrs ago #46
I've been predicting this. Liberal In Texas 6 hrs ago #47
I hope it gets demolished by a wrecking ball named Dark Brandon. Crowman2009 6 hrs ago #48
It gets blown up as soon as you die or leave office, you jackass. paleotn 6 hrs ago #49
For the Trump Administration MissouriDem47 6 hrs ago #51
Keep it up, A$$HOLE; your comeuppance is coming. Martin Eden 5 hrs ago #55
Nope. He can't. Just more Trump Bluster Raven123 5 hrs ago #57
The next administration must restore the White House to its' former glory! Initech 3 hrs ago #59
"Piggy threatens..." MorbidButterflyTat 2 hrs ago #63
Classy PJMcK 42 min ago #68
See; this is how he consistently maintains media dominance... EarthFirst 37 min ago #69

2naSalit

(104,045 posts)
3. Every...
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 07:03 AM
11 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
9 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
2 hrs ago

costly to tear it down and cart it away.

calimary

(91,058 posts)
67. And when they cart it away,
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 05:24 PM
42 min 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
8 min ago

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

sop

(19,546 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
11 hrs ago

PatSeg

(53,722 posts)
41. More and more
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 11:23 AM
6 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

(109,397 posts)
60. I've got a great idea for my sign for the next protest:
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 03:01 PM
3 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
2 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
10 hrs ago

thesquanderer

(13,140 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
8 hrs ago

GiqueCee

(4,899 posts)
10. Oh my...
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 07:42 AM
10 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

(4,668 posts)
11. For all his supposed wealth...
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 07:43 AM
10 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

(4,860 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
10 hrs ago

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

Seinan Sensei

(1,667 posts)
44. I think I saw where the Presidential Limousine
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 11:42 AM
6 hrs ago

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

Trueblue Texan

(4,668 posts)
66. My town would charge him with code violations...
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 05:16 PM
50 min 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
9 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
9 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

(1,097 posts)
22. Are they going to add something like the Madame Brasserie restaurant and...
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 08:46 AM
9 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

(1,667 posts)
53. Markwayne Mullen was an MMA fighter
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 12:04 PM
6 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.

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
9 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
9 hrs ago

Something like

THIS SUNDAY: ALL-AMERICAN MONSTER TRUCK RACES!

Mud Wrassiln' Every Tuesday and Friday

Grim Chieftain

(2,139 posts)
32. Every single day we awake to another Trump atrocity
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 09:14 AM
8 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
8 hrs ago

all his enemies, both perceived and real.

3catwoman3

(29,898 posts)
37. The Russians he so admires have a word for someone as classless...
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 10:54 AM
7 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.

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
6 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
6 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
6 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

(3,168 posts)
45. Eiffel Tower? More like one of those popup gypsy amusement rides
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 11:49 AM
6 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
6 hrs ago

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

paleotn

(22,865 posts)
49. It gets blown up as soon as you die or leave office, you jackass.
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 11:55 AM
6 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
6 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
5 hrs ago

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

Initech

(109,397 posts)
59. The next administration must restore the White House to its' former glory!
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 03:00 PM
3 hrs ago

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

MorbidButterflyTat

(4,837 posts)
63. "Piggy threatens..."
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 03:31 PM
2 hrs ago

Ooooh! Scary!

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

PJMcK

(25,156 posts)
68. Classy
Wed Jun 3, 2026, 05:24 PM
42 min 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
37 min 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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