(Correction: An earlier version of this described what turned out to be a fantasy about my neighbor and toddler girlfriend’s house having an attic ballroom. I checked with her and she said it didn’t.)
I want to share a bit about my childhood. We weren’t rich, anything but. We were the poorest family, not only in the neighborhood but among all of my friends. My father was a self-employed upholsterer and we only lived in a neighborhood with what could be called McMansions because when he married my mother he moved into her parent’s house.
My house is No. 42 with the star over it. You can see how big some of the other houses are in this current image from Google Maps.
I did get to see lots of really big mansions on acres of beautiful grounds. This was because my father had many rich customers in upscale Westchester County, NY, and I went on deliveries with him when I was old enough to help. I saw the mansions of the owner of Revlon, Charles Revson, and William F. Buckey. My father made custom furniture for both of them and other very wealthy people.
Do you get where I am going with this yet?
Of course Trump lives in a mansion. After all he’s the American president. Before being president he had a mansion in Florida and a triplex penthouse in New York City.
Even our governors live in houses called mansions (see some of them here). Typically, rich people and others who live in mansions have large rooms for entertaining. They generally don’t live in homes on any national registers of historic homes so if they decide to demolish part of their homes to enlarge a ballroom they don’t find their efforts thwarted.
If Trump gave two shits about rules about such things, this would be one more shit than any normal person could crap out on their bathroom throne.
Trump wants the power of a dictator and the few kings left who aren’t figureheads and exercise absolute power. Whether you liken him to a king, dictator, despot, or tyrant Trump relishes the trappings and the pomp and circumstance of power.
He probably visited Al Yamamah Palace, the official workplace and residence of the King of Saudi Arabia and the seat of the royal court. He may have seen articles like “Tour the World’s 15 Most Opulent Places” in Architectual Digest, a magazine I wouldn’t be surprised if he subscribes to….
… although he may not appreciate the article “This Architecture Firm Wants to Build a Wall Around Trump’s Mar-a-Lago” published in 2019.
Trump is about as patient as a golfer who gets red ants into his pants is to get to a water hazzard and jump in. I have no doubt that if he could have his ballroom finished earlier by ordering the existing building dynamited he’d do it. Spokespeople for the president say that the project will be completed before the end of his term but there are those who beg to differ that it can be done this quickly.
You know that Trump will do anything to make sure he gets to hold the grandest party that puts this one to shame.
At least this Portland related story isn’t about ICE:
It is still the top local news story:
I can only guess how happy Trump, Patel, and all of the toadies were that a Portland team’s coach were among those arrested.
This story has an excellent video about ICE and their headquarters building.
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