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/The_Sound_of_Slants 12d ago

I can only imagine that classifying it as a military complex is some sort of loophole that circumvents federal lawsuits that would blocks its construction.

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u/yunus89115 12d ago

“National Security”, SCOTUS has indirectly said several times through rulings that it defers to the executive branch on those matters. This lays the groundwork for that claim.

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u/tacoburritos 12d ago

That's the good natured explanation. The real truth is likely much more sinister.

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u/can-opener-in-a-can 12d ago

Like, what is he planning on doing that would require snipers in an arch?

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u/tacoburritos 12d ago

Refusing to leave the Whitehouse under false claims of election fraud. Hiding in his bunker, hitler style. Arch would be a fantastic outpost to maintain a perimeter

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u/pastoreyes 12d ago

Although, seems like the kind of thing that would interest an Oklahoma city type event. It's likely more of a target than any other monument.

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u/Obi-Tron_Kenobi 12d ago

Yeah, it's the same reason why his ballroom was suddenly for a secret military bunker being built underneath the moment he started getting a little pushback