The inauguration of the 47th president of the United States takes place on January 20. What are the implications of Trump 2.0 on the built environment, design and cities? Inspired by the eponymous, omnibus crucible of dread in the New York Review of Architecture, we huddled with the best and brightest design critics we know, Kate Wagner (The Nation / McMansion Hell) and Zach Mortice (Bloomberg CityLab) to try to come to grips with the oncoming MAGAlopolis.

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Intro/Outro: “Elevator,” by The Cooper Vane

Discussed:

Will They Build the Wall and its Ancillaries?

Trump Will Not Make Architecture Great Again

Make Tartaria Great Again

Journalists needed, maybe more than architects right now

The Harold Washington Library is not a relic of an advanced 19th century civilization

Will there be a Super State Fair?

Trump administration aesthetic = BioShock Infinite

Will the FBI Edgar J. Hoover Building (C.F. Murphy, 1975) be moved or demolished?

The Trads Have It

Tommy Tuberville: California will get Federal aid if “conditions are met”

Scott Turner: Putting the CHUD in HUD

Jason Tester: Insurrection

Post-fire price gouging in L.A.

Suspending environmental regulations in California to build the same thing over again

It’s housing affordability, stupid – look at Canada

What happened to the rent cap?

We’re a few election cycles away from “progressive” mayors actually stepping up to the mic

“The future is about old people, in big cities, afraid of the sky.” – Bruce Sterling

Hoovervilles > Trumptowns

DOGE = Department of Graft Enhancement