A ballroom in DC, and stolen jewels in Paris

On October 20, demolition began of the White House’s East Wing. The date was one day off from A’s birthday.

Coincidence? For this, we wonder what kind of White House event could truly justify a $200 million ballroom. A ballroom suggests ballroom dancing, i.e., the kind of dancing of couples (and not a dancehall for disco or a dancing-on-the-tables performance by Taylor Swift).

We consider then, perhaps it is not for any dancing at all, but to simply house a series of 10-person tables, for which we imagine the gold-painted rental chairs seen at charity events in cities and suburbs, golf clubs and catering halls across the country. As there are no shortage of these, why $200 million for another one at the White House.

State-level events occur around the world, at nation government buildings, palaces, castles and even cathedrals. Buckingham Palace has a ballroom, which was constructed in the mid 1800s. Now the room is used for state dinners.

Thus would Trump’s move look a little silly, if calling something a ballroom if it is never used for a ball, but skips that step to attempt to appear to have the same kind of provenance (history) as Buckingham Palace. We assume Trump, who also wants an “Arc de Triomphe” in Washington, understands that victory is not really victory, if it is just slavish imitation.

I.e., Trump who would command an architectural room of nothing, if merely imitating the look Europe has already perfected over 2000 years.

There is nothing wrong with borrowing European styles. However how might the room actually hold significant “cornerstone” (foundational) meaning and symbolism, beyond a catering hall?

We ask then, what kind of event would simultaneously require some dancing, and of the couples kind, while also being of state-level importance. But as we guess world leaders are not of the ballroom dancing skill as folks in the 1800s, it would be the kind of “dance if you feel like it” in between speeches and dinner, and light chamber music in the background.

However might there be one dance that is a bit important. Can we guess what that might be?

Recap, the day before the demolition began was October 19, which was A’s birthdate.

On that day, but at a far grander building in another part of the world, a set of jewels were stolen at the Louvre. Many have weighed in on the caper of the century, as to who might be the perpetrators. The timeline has been intensely scrutinized, from the first break-in, to the motor scooter getaway, and then the timeline of what might be happening next.

For this, we note a set of facts no one has scrutinized, which are the events leading up to the theft. I am not talking about the “history of thefts at the Louvre” or at other museums either. Instead, the history of France itself.

The items stolen were from the wives of two different but related Napoleons. The famous one Bonaparte, the jewels of his second wife (Marie-Louise). Then his nephew Napoleon III, the jewels of his wife (Eugenie).

Other than both being Napoleons, and French, what else do they have in common? And why the theft, all of a sudden now?

Napoleon III, along with England and the Ottoman Empire, invaded Russia through Crimea. He did so, in the attempt to cement his throne as Emperor of the Second Empire of France. The first empire of course, being the one of his uncle.

For that, we note the astounding non-mention of his uncle’s history, the one that took place on the date October 19, just like the recent heist. The event that triggered the downfall of Napoleon Bonaparte, and the first French Empire itself, which was Napoleon’s defeat in Moscow.

And again, happened on the date October 19.

Does this have anything to do with the White House? Other than the latest Putin-Trump meeting in limbo, and the Ukraine matter dragging on.

Recap, the East Wing demolition began the day-after A’s birthdate — and the day after the Napoleon-treasures theft at the Louvre. And the day after the anniversary of Napoleon’s ignominious retreat from Moscow.

But also, the day after another important October 19 anniversary.

The event of much relevance to Buckingham Palace. The event giving our own nation the very ability to have a White House:

Thus while the U.S. does not have quite the long history of England, it has something else.

Our nation, and its peoples, with the ability to determine our future. Within reason however.

As the “No Kings” protests (October 18) remind us, one cannot simply erect a ballroom and suddenly transform the U.S. into the land of Buckingham.

However has one American come along, who while recognizing the Constitution, has constructed a new way to have kings. However does that first require that American person to want to actually put that new “construction” into place.

She does not wish to do so without the key structural component that makes that new construct work — which is a another seat at the table.

That other seat, in addition to hers, is foundational to the moving-forward of the world. Without that seat filled, is A uninterested in offering Washington her constructed solution, or being in Washington at all.

The person for whom A is not interested in jewels, crowns, palaces or any of the accoutrements with which we associate royalty. A, the American from a history and provenance that makes any construction at the White House, or for that matter London or Paris, look like tinseltown.

Nonetheless, a ballroom begins. For this, Trump is given credit for recognizing the critical moment — the filling of two seats, unfilled for a very long time. And if there are festivities to go along with that, A will not deny the happiness surely to come of them, and thereafter.

Happily ever after, the story to begin soon.