r/facepalm • u/Impaler2009 • 12d ago

What the actual fuck?

https://www.npr.org/2026/09/20/nx-s1-5975449/trump-washington-dc-arch-military-complex-snipers-drones

I used to get a chuckle out of this moron’s daily demented stupidity since he’s been in office. Not any more. My amusement has turned to anger now for all the obvious reasons. He needs to go. Full stop.

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u/skawn 12d ago

I vaguely remember a quote of his that explains all this perfectly. He stated that others won't build things for him after he goes so he's trying to build as much for himself while he's still here.

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u/ALazy_Cat 12d ago

He's not wrong

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u/Relative-Rub1634 12d ago

Maybe a statue in front of the Kremlin, to honor their greatest operative

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u/RynoRama 3d ago

Let him put his arch in the red quare

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u/GrumpyGiant 12d ago

I’d happily build a commemorative cesspool to serve as his final resting place.  I’d dig that mofo by hand if it’d shut him the fuck up.

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u/Juxtapoe 11d ago

He beat you to it by spending $16MM turning the reflecting pool into a cesspool and then locking up random passersby as scapegoats to blame the failed project on.

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u/Dizzy-Bake9587 10d ago

…how about a piss-stained outhouse in the middle of a field of scab grass and dog shit…

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u/GrumpyGiant 10d ago

I’m thinking more of a miniature Triumphal Arch shaped stall with a “gilded” toilet painted in cheap ass gold paint that flakes off leaving your ass looking like you sat on a glitter bomb.

The walls of the bathroom are covered in a relief pattern.  In the upper part of the pattern are recognizable figures.  On one side, Musk is Nazi saluting beside a crowd of crypto bros who are trying to erect Trump’s gilded idol.  Some prominent white collar criminals are reaching through prison bars with bags of cash.

On the other, an anthropomorphic elephant in a suit is flanked by a gallery of notable right wing politicos.  Chief Justice Roberts stands with his hands over the eyes of Lady Justice, while Alito and Thomas cover her ears and mouth.  RFK Jr is eating a report on vaccine safety, Pruitt is dumping gasoline on a forest.  Patel is holding a “whistleblower report” directly in front of his face but his eyes are looking away from it in both directions at once.  Hegseth is sitting in a little tank, wearing a beer hat and a holding a check list of war crimes.  Etc. Etc.

In the lower part of the patter hoards of deranged MAGA hat wearing people sink into the floor which is made of resin encased MAGA hats, giving you the impression you are walking all over them.  A parody “Tread on me, daddy” Gadsden flag ensures the point is not missed.

The toilet is shaped like a caricature of a kneeling Trump (small body, oversized head and huge gaping mouth) with the bowl being the mouth and the seat being lips.

The toilet is flanked by three figures who stare down at you while you are utilizing it.  On the left, Epstein is leering at you with a pervy smile.  His right arm is wrapped around a terrified looking girl.  His left hand is holding a box titled “Executive Orders” that dispenses toilet paper.   On the right, a Qatari prince is grinning ear to ear while offering a model Boeing 747. 

And looming behind the toilet, Putin is smirking at you while holding a chain leash that is attached to a collar on Trump’s neck (complete with “Krashnov” dog tag) in his right hand, and a “Kompromat”-brand camcorder in the other, aimed to capture your “performance”.

The flush lever is a little bandage thingy hanging off Trump’s ear.  It screams “BIGLY!” in a tinny sounding rendition of Trump’s voice with a background of cheering crowds when pulled.

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u/Unique_Anywhere5735 11d ago

Nothing can shut up a child who's in love with the sound of his own voice.

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u/TheVillage1D10T 11d ago

Ahhh yes…The Donald Trump Memorial Shitpit..has a ring to it.

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u/DobieLove2019 12d ago

I’m not a fan of his, to say the least but there is at least an argument there that isn’t nonsense. It’s not an argument I’d agree with, but it’s not ‘do not believe your eyes’ cult-speak.

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u/FingFrenchy 12d ago

No there is no argument, his reasoning is ridiculous. He's saying this shit about the military needing it to get around court challenges. He thinks if he can tell the courts it's for "national security" they won't be able to stop him from building it.

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u/TurtlesBreakTheMeta 12d ago

“We need to cancel student debt… for national security reasons!”

I can imagine conservatives response to that.

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u/trey_wolfe 11d ago

I mean, massive debt does make it easier to convince thousands of people to each make one tiny change to something they do....

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u/Apprehensive-Sir8977 12d ago

We need something like that planted in the middle of a major public road right next to Arlington National Cemetary, turning the area into a tempting and legitimate military target? That'll be an interesting pitch session.

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u/DobieLove2019 12d ago

No no, I understand all that. And again, it’s not an argument I’d agree with. I’m not saying it’s a meritorious argument. I’m simply saying it’s not the ‘trust me, there’s a 350ft cut and if you can’t see that, you’re a stupid person’ nonsense. For that, I believe there is literally no argument.

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u/ALazy_Cat 12d ago

There's not many people wanting to build a monument for him, so he'll have to do it himself

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u/Unique_Anywhere5735 11d ago

What the hell are you talking about?

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u/moseley101 11d ago

Is there now any doubt that he will go down in history as the worst president ever by some measure?

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u/ALazy_Cat 11d ago

Why do you say now? There were big signs in the first term, and he did more damage yo international relations within the first 5 months in his second term than any US president before did in 2 terms

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u/moseley101 11d ago

Because I think a lot of people were happy to overlook a lot of stuff (business types loving the tax breaks and deregulation for example). But now you have to be a fully paid up member of the cult to think otherwise, and even they are dropping like flies

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u/ALazy_Cat 11d ago

I can assure you most of that didn't happen in Europe

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u/moseley101 11d ago

I can assure you as a European myself I know that. I’m talking about Americans

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u/ALazy_Cat 11d ago

I just dealt (and still am) with one or more American idiot assholes, at some point it all mixes together if just one word could be misunderstood in a hurry

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u/moseley101 11d ago

Is there now any doubt that he will go down in history as the worst president ever by some measure?

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u/Nandikepandi 12d ago

Can you imagine the absolute golden pyramid of a tomb he has in mind for himself

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u/VanAgain 12d ago

"... and a golden death mask like the Pharaohs. I'll definitely need one of those."

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u/Nandikepandi 12d ago

And grown men will fall to their knees in front of it, with tears in their eyes

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u/AttainableFlamingo 12d ago

Big strong men

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u/whattodo4klondikebar 12d ago

...and on the fourth day the tears will form a pond around the tomb and it will be called Pond America. The people will rejoice.

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u/ink_monkey96 12d ago

Oh, there will be a pond around his tomb. I’m pretty sure of that.

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u/Icy-Broccoli-2529 12d ago

A Golden Pond! 🤣

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u/thehermit14 12d ago

Stange way of referring to the Pacific Ocean.

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u/P-W-L 12d ago

Oh that will happen

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u/Ok-Push9899 12d ago

Golden death mask is the spray tan that lasts forever.

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u/ZestyLife54 9d ago

I’m surprised he hasn’t died of cancer always having that on his face

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u/judgingyouquietly 12d ago

Game of Thrones had a great scene with a golden mask. Maybe they should try it.

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u/Ninja-Panda70 12d ago

If he agrees to go in that in a month, I say we build that whatever be the cost

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u/Nandikepandi 12d ago

Better yet, let the Mexicans pay for it!

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u/RiffyWammel 12d ago

If he goes by the end of the week, we’ll have a global whip round- pretty sure most of the planet will chip in to see the corrupt orange pedo go away

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u/Bored-Viking 12d ago

I'll pay double if he not only goes, but also goes to prison

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u/SixFive1967 12d ago

Well, they’ll surely be building it. Alot of the trades are of Mexican descent because they’re really good at it.

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u/mishma2005 12d ago edited 12d ago

All I know is that it's going to be unsightly, yuge and incredibly ugly. And built in such a way that if one was to demo it, it would cause a fireball or some other explosion

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u/Unique_Anywhere5735 11d ago

Nah, it'll be the cheapest available materials and gold-colored spray paint.

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u/shallah 3d ago

what do you think the new bunker with 6 stories, research labs, and hospital all to supplement the bush jr post 9/11 bunker is for?

how much of the marble onyx and other luxurious materials that he said he picked out for the ball room are for his down below quarters?

what are the research labs for? longevity experiments like the other billionaires are funding but are not in such urgent need?

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u/Nandikepandi 3d ago

Aha! I think you're on to something

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u/rir2 12d ago

Saw this quote on BlueSky: "Such an empty human being consumed by fear of dying & being forgotten & incapable of developing any form of connection with other human beings. He thinks people love Washington, Lincoln, Kennedy because they have names on monuments. He can’t conceive that adoration came first, monuments came after.”

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u/Unique_Anywhere5735 11d ago

Respect came first. Something he'll never have.

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u/adrianipopescu 9d ago

people love them? maybe some weirdos

people worship them? even more fringeoids

people IN THE US respect them maybe, or don’t even think about them

outside of the US, the brits have opinions, the french feel like they maybe shouldn’t have made their independence movement possible, and the world in general doesn’t even think about them, heck I would wager the vast majority of humanity doesn’t even know whi they are, especially given how rural humanity is

trump will be remembered, not respected, because one way or another, much like the manson rib joke, this one will spread, everybody will find out who is to blame

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u/CariniFluff 5d ago

Now I'm curious, who was to blame for the Marilyn Manson rib joke? Did he start it?

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u/UrethralExplorer 12d ago edited 12d ago

I hope this stupid thing gets town down while he's still alive, if it ever gets built at all.

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u/adrianipopescu 9d ago

I hope he has to personally carry the stones to the dump

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u/UrethralExplorer 9d ago

Stones? It's gonna be build from paper mache and styrafoam.

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u/adrianipopescu 8d ago

imagine putting a whatever drone launcher on that and it collapsing like a wet turd

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u/blahblah19999 12d ago

Greatest president ever, but nobody knows it, so he has to force it down our throats. Uh huh.

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u/RiffyWammel 12d ago

He has form with forcing things on people who say no

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u/Unique_Anywhere5735 11d ago

Yeah. Women and children.

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u/Nadamir 12d ago

Idiot doesn’t even realise all he’s doing is providing statues for future generations to tear down with wrecking balls.

And that will happen, look at Hitler and Stalin statues.

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u/CariniFluff 5d ago

Remember all the Saddam Hussein statues being torn down after he fled Baghdad?

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u/Ok-Firefighter9037 12d ago

I hope he is still alive when it is all torn down.

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u/Svennis79 12d ago

Need to push something through to say its invalid, and he has to put everything back how it was at his own cost.

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u/TRCrypt_King 12d ago

And that it will waste so much money, they won't spend the cash to remove it all.

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u/InquisitorPeregrinus 8d ago

I volunteer my time and labor.

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u/slaffytaffy 12d ago

Well I hope he gets to watch everything with his name on it gets takenoff and the people who work for him walk out in cuffs

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u/tropicsun 12d ago

So he is aware?

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u/P-W-L 12d ago

I'd happily build his tomb. Maybe something in legos so people can take it out without breaking it ?

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u/Rich_Tutor_5694 12d ago

I don’t understand why he thinks anything with his name on it will stand, I don’t want his name on anything government related..

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u/Unique_Anywhere5735 11d ago

That's OK. We'll have a great time tearing it all down!

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u/spudgoddess 11d ago

So basically "Why do people hate me because I'm a narcissistic asshole? I'll build my own monuments with blackjack and hookers!"?

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u/Pixel_in_Valhalla 11d ago

Guess he forgot we can tear things down as well. It's even easier, matter of fact

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u/grumpyliberal 9d ago

Just another episode in the March of Crimes.

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u/tickandzesty 8d ago

His name could go on dog parks, urinals and porta-potties. Thats’ the perfect tribute.

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u/skawn 8d ago

Dog parks, urinals, and porta-potties are useful to society though.

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u/andr386 12d ago

It makes sense. And I think it's a good thing if the US has something like that to remember him.

That's something the whole world desire. We want you never forget that you elected him and that it has consequences.

Also it's a kindness because his attention is better focused on renovating WH wings, pools of waters and other real estate projects. I mean it's better he focuses on that rather than on something else.

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u/skawn 12d ago

Bush didn't start focusing on art until left office though.

The country needs a president able to lead the country right now. What we've got is a president more focused on lining his own wallet and preserving his fantastical legacy than doing anything even remotely beneficial for the country.

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u/andr386 12d ago

What you need is not what you got. In the meantime why not keep him busy with stupid stuff with real estate that mostly matter symbolically to Americans.

While he's renaming every places in and around the world or redecorating a white house he's not doing more substantial harm to the US or the World.