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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Subject: Re: Lincoln pool improvement recognized abroad
Date: 06/20/26 1:33 PM
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Amazing how trying to fix a national treasure triggers a lot of folks.

Mostly because they’re cray-cray.


No. Trump has a long pattern of doing things the wrong way. A lot of folks then point out that he's doing the thing the wrong way. It doesn't mean they don't support doing the thing - it means they think he's making a mistake/breaking the law by doing it the wrong way.

The right way to fix a national treasure is to have a thorough and open review process so that the proposed plan for fixing it (including who will to the fixing) is carefully vetted in advance and doesn't end up in an embarrassing failure. The wrong way is to just chuck all that and rush out and hire someone and have them just go ahead and do it.

Trump gets frustrated with processes and procedures that stop the government from just going ahead and doing stuff. To be fair, that's not unique to Trump. It's not just irritating, but often has significant consequences, that government takes so long to do things. But often, there are reasons why government moves slowly and with deliberation. Because if the contractor screws up the coating of a pool at one of your hotels, you can just go ahead and have someone come in fix it. And more likely than not, no one will notice or care, and you can just sue the contractor later if you want.

But if a contractor screws up the god damned Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool a few weeks before the semiquincentennial, it's a much bigger deal. So you pay more attention to doing it right rather than doing it fast.

No one objects to fixing a national treasure. They object to doing it recklessly.
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