Editorial cartoon. Two men sit on a couch with beers watching television. On the screen, President Trump stands at a lectern with both hands raised, saying 'IT'S GOING TO BE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BALLROOM EVER.' Behind him is a cutaway of the construction site: a thin, delicate ballroom shell with chandeliers perched on top of an enormous concrete underground bunker with a massive steel blast door. The first man says, 'THIS THING WON'T BE FINISHED UNTIL HE'S ALMOST OUT OF THERE.' The second man replies, 'I THINK THAT'S THE POINT.' Drawn to the desk editor’s direction · rendered with gpt-image-1.5 on fal.ai, guided by a reference photograph
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