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Miles Archer

(24,057 posts)
Wed May 6, 2026, 05:43 PM 4 hrs ago

Steve Schmidt: What Trump's done to the White House is "vulgar, like Lauren Sanchez Bezos and the Met Gala"

"The idea that the next president can ignore what Donald Trump has done, regarding his defacements to either the White House, or to the surrounding area in Washington, is dead wrong," Schmidt argued. "And more than that, it won't be accepted by a score of tens of millions of Americans who appreciate the White House belongs to us, not to Donald Trump."

"It is not a castle, nor is it a coliseum for bread and circuses, it's the executive mansion," he said. "What Donald Trump has done... is an embarrassment. It's vulgar, like Lauren Sanchez Bezos and the Met Gala. An abomination. And the next president will need to act to knock down whatever it is Trump has built, wherever it is he has built it."

He slammed the idea that Trump would have airports named after him, and that his name would be removed from them, adding that his Victory Arch would not happen. Schmidt also said that the airplane gifted by the Qataris would also be taken from him.

"Trust me, if I'm president, by the time he gets back to Florida, there will be a team waiting for him to take the airplane," Schmidt explained. "None of it is going to stand. We will have, as Americans, a lot of very, very hard things to do. This is not hard. This is as easy as it gets."

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-term-2676860984/

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Steve Schmidt: What Trump's done to the White House is "vulgar, like Lauren Sanchez Bezos and the Met Gala" (Original Post) Miles Archer 4 hrs ago OP
Vulgar indeed.... Blue Owl 3 hrs ago #1
Nor is the White House a brothel, even though it looks like one. nt Trueblue Texan 2 hrs ago #2
This is Good that Schmidt is getting Cha 1 hr ago #3

Blue Owl

(59,510 posts)
1. Vulgar indeed....
Wed May 6, 2026, 06:21 PM
3 hrs ago

Wretched, hideous, garish, and horrid are some other terms that come to mind….

Cha

(320,290 posts)
3. This is Good that Schmidt is getting
Wed May 6, 2026, 08:08 PM
1 hr ago

this Out there. It's encouraging and inspiring to read.. and it can happen.

This is a Living Global, really bad nightmare that will pass.

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