Washington Post publishes investigation into Trump-architect clash
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The Washington Post publishes an investigation detailing the conflict between Trump and the ballroom architect over safety code compliance and design choices.
“'I am the code'”
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8 outlets Trump’s ballroom architect quit after president dismissed safety concern with the design: report
first by Mastodon, 12h ago · also MS NOW, Daily Kos, Mediaite, New Republic, Independent UK, Washington Post +1
7 more headlines
- New reporting sheds light on unsettling reason Trump's first ballroom architect quit MS NOW · 10h ago
- Architect reportedly warned Trump his ballroom will be a death trap Daily Kos · 10h ago
- Trump Reportedly Blew Off Safety Codes in White House Ballroom Construction: ‘I Am the Code’ Mediaite · 10h ago
- Trump Fought With Ballroom Architect Over Safety Issues Until He Quit New Republic · 10h ago
- Trump's ballroom architect quit after president dismissed safety concerns with the design: report The Independent · 10h ago
- ‘I am the code’: Trump clashed with ballroom architect over safety issues Washington Post · 10h ago
- Trump to Ballroom Architect: “I Am the Code” Mother Jones · 9h ago
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The White House ballroom's first architect reportedly quit the project after he warned Trump that he was bypassing emergency exit routes and fire safety codes. Trump's response to the architect: "I am the code."
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WAPO: The architect quit “after warning repeatedly that Trump was insisting on a preliminary design that did not provide adequate emergency exit routes or fire-containment measures .. .. ‘I am the code,” Trump said.” @washingtonpost.com
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"McCrery warned that most guests could not quickly leave through the main entrance in an emergency under that design, the Post reported, and he also said the other exits were insufficient and that little would stop a kitchen fire from spreading into the event space directly above." Trump accused of building 'death trap' at White House - Raw Story…
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I've said it before but I'm hoping this becomes some kind of Curb Your Enthusiasm comedy of errors, where everything culminates in things burning down or exploding. I think both they Reflecting Pool and the shoes he buys everyone that are too big would play a part in some way.
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"This ballroom is a building code violation and must be torn down immediately." - New Democratic President 12:01 pm, January 20, 2029
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Paragraph from an article at Raw Story about fire and safety violations in trump's self-indulgent ballroom - "The Post could not determine whether a code review was ever completed, but two sources told the newspaper that Trump argued with McCrery before his departure, saying, "I am the code." " Some day soon our AI agents will speak like this…
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It’s amazing that he has so much money going into the project and he still wants to cut corners to make it cheaper by violating safety codes.
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“I shall be sequestering funds to pay for this by seizing all assets of the Trump Organization”
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But it’s all about “national security” right? /s ‘I am the code’∶ # Trump clashed with # ballroom architect over # safety issues James McCrery II resigned in October after warning that Trump was insisting on designs that violated fire & safety codes. # law https://www. washingtonpost.com/investigati…
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Trump Ordered Illegal Removal of Braille "Get rid of the [expletive] braille. No blind people are going to live in Trump Tower," Trump shouted, according to Res. "Just do it."
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The first architect of the White House ballroom resigned after warning repeatedly that Trump was insisting on designs that violated fire and safety codes. “I am the code,” Trump said, per WaPo. # news # finance # economics # stocks # options
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As a developer, Trump hated the regulations that called for making buildings handicapped accessible. Because he’s such a wonderful human being.
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Trump doesn't believe fire codes or safety regulations apply to his ballroom. Someone needs to tell Trump about the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire in Kentucky that killed 165 people and injured 200. https://www. washingtonpost.com/investigati ons/2026/09/23/i-am-code-trump-clashed-with-ballroom-architect-over-safety-issues/ # news # politics #…
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So Donald Trump is going to recreate the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire on the White House grounds.
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Sometimes, Building & Safety departments are literally just that and should not be fought against. Unless you're an idiot. Architect reportedly warned Trump his ballroom will be a death trap - Daily Kos The architect for President Donald Trump’s much-derided White House ballroom warned him that the project was in violation of safety standards and…
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Well, if it’s just his donors and lackeys inside…
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“I am the code.” So said President Trump to the first architect working on the new White House ballroom being built on the ruins of the building’s East Wing, scoffing at his concerns over possible fire, health, and safety violations.
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Trump thinks he’s Louis XIV, the Sun King “monarque absolu”.
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BREAKING: First Trump ballroom architect resigned last year after Trump insisted on unsafe designs, Trump saying "I am the code" and declaring building codes didn't apply to White House (gift link):
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Wild that people still support this man.
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Me when Claude decides it knows more about Plinky’s architecture than me. https://www. washingtonpost.com/investigati ons/2026/09/23/i-am-code-trump-clashed-with-ballroom-architect-over-safety-issues
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Approval floor’s ~20%. For anything. Like, including peanuts as a pizza topping and HPV.
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Das wird mein Standardspruch, wenn mir was auf der Arbeit, daheim oder im Straßenverkehr nicht passt! "I am the code" www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... ‘I am the code’: Trump clashed...
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The dimwit has no clue that there is real American Architecture and it's not that fake neoclassical slop they push. Do they know of Sullivan, Wright etc? Not to mention the midcentury American architects.
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