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Ballroom blitz
From the Washington Post:
"Trump’s desire to go big with the project has put him at odds with architect James McCrery II, who has counseled restraint over concerns the planned 90,000-square-foot addition could dwarf the 55,000-square-foot mansion"
That's the point. He must overshadow everything. Everything he builds must be bigger and better and more glamorous that anything before him.
At the same time he tends to cut corner and stiff contractors so that what he actually builds will be shoddy and wrecking ball ready. He's all facade and no foundation. He can't even get his bronze to look right.
"Trump’s desire to go big with the project has put him at odds with architect James McCrery II, who has counseled restraint over concerns the planned 90,000-square-foot addition could dwarf the 55,000-square-foot mansion"
That's the point. He must overshadow everything. Everything he builds must be bigger and better and more glamorous that anything before him.
At the same time he tends to cut corner and stiff contractors so that what he actually builds will be shoddy and wrecking ball ready. He's all facade and no foundation. He can't even get his bronze to look right.
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That's assuming it ever gets built, he might not be around long enough... Although he sure is acting like he's not planning on leaving, ever.