Donald Trump Vanity Projects

What Donald Trump Has Done In Six Years Of His Presidency: Part I

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In no special order, the first of two articles, Donald Trump has done the following in his first six years in the Presidency:

He incited the US Capitol Insurrection of January 6, 2021, which caused great destruction; threatened the lives of members of Congress and staff; caused the death of five Capitol police officers; and caused injuries for hundreds of other law enforcement personnel.

He provoked a war with Iran, disrupting oil supplies; promoted high tariffs on all nations, including alienating our allies; has unraveled global economics; and dramatically raised the cost of living.

He put masked, unidentified militia on American streets to surveil, track, and kill American citizens, and mostly law abiding people, through the abuses of ICE.

He implemented inhumane deportation policies, detention centers, and denied due process, including against children, the elderly, and the disabled.

He ruined and politicized the Department of Justice; the Department of Homeland Security; the Department of Health and Human Services; the Department of Defense; and forced the removal and firing of tens of thousands of competent government workers with expertise in a multitude of agencies.

He increased the National Debt and Deficit by about $11 Trillion in his first term, and the first two years of his second term, and is wasting hundreds of billions on vanity projects, as if Washington DC is owned by him, even though he will be leaving in two years.

More on Trump will be delineated in a second essay tomorrow.

Donald Trump’s Vanity Projects

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Donald Trump’s numerous “Vanity Projects”, as described by the Washington Post, a total of 20, are costing a massive amount of taxpayer money, and upending Washington, DC.

His various projects include:

The White House Ballroom–In Progress
The Helipad–Completed
The Rose Garden–Completed
The Golden Oval Office–Completed
The West Wing Walkway And Presidential Portraits–Completed
The West Wing Second Story Colonnade–Planned
The Palm Room Rehab-Completed
The Lincoln Bathroom–Completed
Lafayette Square–In Progress
Visitor Screening Center–Planned
The Reflecting Pool–In Progress
The Lincoln Memorial Additions–In Progress
“Arts Of War” And “Arts Of Peace” Regilding–Completed
The 250 feet Triumphal Arch–Planned
The HUD Headquarters–In Progress
US Institute Of Peace–Completed
The Kennedy Center–In Progress
West Potomac Park “National Garden Of American Heroes”–Planned
East Potomac Golf Course–In Progress
Washington DC Parks–In Progress

The amount of taxpayer money for these projects is astronomical, a waste of government and taxpayer money, all for the egomanical Donald Trump.

Trump Vanity Projects Add Massive Costs, And Against American Historical Traditions!

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Donald Trump is on a rampage to have as many “Vanity” projects as possible, defying history, where only leaders who have passed away, and have high regard of the American people, have projects and buildings named after them.

Trump has destroyed the East Wing of the White House, in his mad dash for a massive 90,000 square foot Ballroom, that would overwhelm the historic building of 226 years.

Trump has also destroyed the Rose Garden, one of the major attractions of the White House.

Additionally, he has promoted a 250 foot Triumphal Arch;

renamed the John F. Kennedy Center For The Performing Arts to include his name;

adding his name to the US Institute of Peace;

is renovating the Reflecting Pool of the Lincoln Memorial;

painting the Eisenhower Executive Office Building to be as white as the White House, even though it has always been granite;

a proposed National Garden of American Heroes;

banners on federal buildings of his portrait;

wishing to have Penn Station in New York City and Dulles International Airport in Virginia renamed after him;

proposal to have American Passports with his face on them;

along with wish to create a $250 bill with his face on the currency, when that only happens for leaders who have passed away.

The extent of his self aggrandizement and ego promotion is unprecedented, and no past President would endorse it, not even Richard Nixon, and would be particularly condemned by the likes of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Ronald Reagan.

What Trump is promoting reminds one more of the ancient Roman Empire; King Louis XIV of France; and Adolf Hitler of Nazi Germany.

In a new development, the federal courts have intervened to attempt to end control of the Kennedy Center and the adding of Donald Trump’s name;

and are resisting the “Weaponization” proposal to award financial damages to January 6 Insurrectionists, a proposal that many Republicans in the US Senate are now working to prevent.

While for now, there is no final decision on these matters, finally, we are seeing an organized attempt to rein in the reckless activities of Donald Trump, and it is a good sign for the preservation of American democracy and the rule of law.