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Is this flagpole crooked? (Original Post) riversedge 15 hrs ago OP
What would Freud say? Irish_Dem 15 hrs ago #1
It's just dweller 14 hrs ago #8
A very crooked, impotent cigar. Irish_Dem 14 hrs ago #9
Looks like it has that disease they started advertising on TV... Jack Valentino 10 hrs ago #16
I had Peyronie's disease, but I finally got that straightened out. Conjuay 14 min ago #20
It leans like he does Deuxcents 15 hrs ago #2
I can only hope that is among the very first things that go with a new President (Goddess-willing) hlthe2b 15 hrs ago #3
It's tilting now, but KKKaroline Leavitt says it will decide its true angle in two weeks. jls4561 14 hrs ago #4
The Leaning Tower of TACO. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 14 hrs ago #5
Well, the current occupant is crooked. surfered 14 hrs ago #6
Jokes aside, I don't think it's tilting. It's the angle of the photo. electric_blue68 14 hrs ago #7
I agree that the pole is not tilted. This is a "fishbowl" effect from the lens. John1956PA 14 hrs ago #10
Perspective. I compared it to the windows and the WH columns, too. Buns_of_Fire 1 min ago #21
Trump's Nazi flagpoles. Norrrm 14 hrs ago #11
Probably used Quikcrete to put it in Jilly_in_VA 14 hrs ago #12
It befits the White House-approved Dunk's Lean Torchlight 14 hrs ago #13
No. It is straight. They used a wide angle lens to get the whole building in the picture... Enter stage left 14 hrs ago #14
Gawd! I didn' t think they'd let him put it right there! John Farmer 11 hrs ago #15
It's trying to "bend toward justice"? maxrandb 3 hrs ago #17
Happens to a tapered pole that bends when a yuge flag gets wet. allegorical oracle 58 min ago #18
The traitor who put it up certainly is. Kid Berwyn 25 min ago #19

Jack Valentino

(2,393 posts)
16. Looks like it has that disease they started advertising on TV...
Thu Jun 19, 2025, 11:16 PM
10 hrs ago

"Peyronie's disease. Peyronie's disease is a condition that causes your penis to curve when it's erect. It can be painful but there are treatments to ease the symptoms and stop it getting worse."


How appropriate since Trump's huge new phallic symbols were overcompensation
for his tiny penis.

hlthe2b

(110,306 posts)
3. I can only hope that is among the very first things that go with a new President (Goddess-willing)
Thu Jun 19, 2025, 06:13 PM
15 hrs ago

Day 1.. along with all the crappy "gold" atrocities in the Oval.

jls4561

(2,445 posts)
4. It's tilting now, but KKKaroline Leavitt says it will decide its true angle in two weeks.
Thu Jun 19, 2025, 06:20 PM
14 hrs ago

Last edited Fri Jun 20, 2025, 02:03 AM - Edit history (1)

electric_blue68

(21,874 posts)
7. Jokes aside, I don't think it's tilting. It's the angle of the photo.
Thu Jun 19, 2025, 06:30 PM
14 hrs ago

Look at the side of the WH compared to the edge of the photo's frame. It's tilted.

Now look at the right side of the flagpole versus the WH windows behind it. It's following the verticle straight lines of the windows.

I'm an artist, I can sometimes notice things.

But it sure makes the WH view kind of ugly esp knowing that that bustard placed them.

Buns_of_Fire

(18,524 posts)
21. Perspective. I compared it to the windows and the WH columns, too.
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 09:18 AM
1 min ago

There doesn't seem to be a problem with the flagpole. The flags seem a little droopy, though. Perhaps the WH has become a "dead zone", which wouldn't surprise me a bit.

Jilly_in_VA

(12,146 posts)
12. Probably used Quikcrete to put it in
Thu Jun 19, 2025, 06:48 PM
14 hrs ago

and then didn't wait till it was all the way set. Which figures.

Torchlight

(4,860 posts)
13. It befits the White House-approved Dunk's Lean
Thu Jun 19, 2025, 06:51 PM
14 hrs ago

A rotten bunch of drunks and subtance abusers if ever I saw one (yes, Statler & Waldorf... we know that grapes come in bunches, not drunks).

Enter stage left

(4,044 posts)
14. No. It is straight. They used a wide angle lens to get the whole building in the picture...
Thu Jun 19, 2025, 07:02 PM
14 hrs ago

Look at the angle of the flagpole and compare it to the angle of the windows behind it, and the columns on the building.

When they say "don't believe your eyes" this is one of the reasons.

maxrandb

(16,620 posts)
17. It's trying to "bend toward justice"?
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 06:11 AM
3 hrs ago

Or, it's so fucking embarrassed it's trying to pull up stakes and get the fuck out of there.

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