Waste fraud and abuse in Trump admin

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“If I get money from our country, I’ll do something nice with it, like give it to charity or give it to the White House while we restore the White House,”" Wait? Whut?

He told us private donors were paying for the escalating cost of his ballroom. Now the story is he plans to shakedown the American taxpayer for a $230 mn settlement that he'll donate to the White House ballroom????

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/us/politics/trump-white-house-demolition.html

He also admitted that he is using military labor, so that's a taxpayer cost too.

Trump has completely demolished the East Wing, is using the military for the effort, and there is zero transparency beyond a $22 million youtube "donation" about how much will be raised to build a $300 million ballroom. Are these other parties even going to donate now? Is Mexico going to build it?

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donors-funding-white-house-ballroom/story?id=126778550

If you think donor money is building the ballroom you are an idiot. Trump is going to pocket all those donations.

[Anonymous]

When the shakedowns just start happening in public.

https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3m4yau7i2zj2u

Trump to the Novo Nordisk CEO: "Maybe you should give us a piece of the company like I've been asking for."

[Anonymous]

Trump officials at NASA trying to throw away highly specialized, expensive scientific equipment that's fully functional. This should be a crime.

https://futurism.com/space/nasa-staff-throw-out-science-equipment-garbage

[Anonymous]

There's so much waste,
There's a lotta waste,
And fraudulent abuse,
It's totally fraudulent.

Which is why we're looking into it,
And looking into it very strongly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“If I get money from our country, I’ll do something nice with it, like give it to charity or give it to the White House while we restore the White House,”" Wait? Whut?

He told us private donors were paying for the escalating cost of his ballroom. Now the story is he plans to shakedown the American taxpayer for a $230 mn settlement that he'll donate to the White House ballroom????

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/us/politics/trump-white-house-demolition.html

He also admitted that he is using military labor, so that's a taxpayer cost too.

Trump has completely demolished the East Wing, is using the military for the effort, and there is zero transparency beyond a $22 million youtube "donation" about how much will be raised to build a $300 million ballroom. Are these other parties even going to donate now? Is Mexico going to build it?

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donors-funding-white-house-ballroom/story?id=126778550

If you think donor money is building the ballroom you are an idiot. Trump is going to pocket all those donations.

For sure. 100 percent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“If I get money from our country, I’ll do something nice with it, like give it to charity or give it to the White House while we restore the White House,”" Wait? Whut?

He told us private donors were paying for the escalating cost of his ballroom. Now the story is he plans to shakedown the American taxpayer for a $230 mn settlement that he'll donate to the White House ballroom????

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/us/politics/trump-white-house-demolition.html

He also admitted that he is using military labor, so that's a taxpayer cost too.

Trump has completely demolished the East Wing, is using the military for the effort, and there is zero transparency beyond a $22 million youtube "donation" about how much will be raised to build a $300 million ballroom. Are these other parties even going to donate now? Is Mexico going to build it?

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donors-funding-white-house-ballroom/story?id=126778550

If you think donor money is building the ballroom you are an idiot. Trump is going to pocket all those donations.

And whatever happens to that donor money, it is tax-deductible. So assuming these fatcats pay any taxes in the first place (which might not be the case, I admit) the everyday taxpayers like you and me will be subsidizing their gifts.

[Anonymous]

Noem’s spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin isn’t just a liar, she’s a grifter too.

[Anonymous]

Rubio is focusing on the important things as usual. Changing the official font of the state department back to Times New Roman.

Screw people with vision issues. We need a a serif font to conduct the people’s business.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/us/politics/rubio-state-department-font.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:New thread to track of all the ways this admin wastes taxpayer dollars

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/08/20/ice-vehicle-wraps-contract-dc/

Spending millions on no-bud contracts and to wrap ICE vehicles with gold wraps

Government contracting documents made public this week show the agency proposed paying four companies more than $2.4 million: $2.25 million for 25 Chevrolet Tahoes from Hendrick Motorsports in North Carolina and about $174,000 for custom wrapping of Tahoes, Ford Expeditions and other vehicles by three companies, including two in the Washington region. ICE selected the companies without an open bidding process and was required to submit the documents to justify the lack of a full and open competition.

[Anonymous]

$12 billion bailout to farmers hurt by his tariffs.

Where’s the bailout for the rest of us hurt by his tariffs?

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/us/politics/trump-trade-affordability.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

[Anonymous]

The Crybaby in Chief has used taxpayer $$ to add plaques under the presidential photos in his Walk of Fame:

White House adds plaques below Biden and Obama portraits, calling them ‘the worst President in American history’ and ‘divisive’

As part of the president’s ongoing effort to customize the White House to his liking, Trump set his well-known opinions of each former president in stone by adding plaques underneath the portraits that now hang along the colonnade.

But rather than neutrally describing each president, Trump chose to invoke more color – claiming former President Barack Obama is “one of the most divisive political figures” and asserting former President Ronald Reagan “was a fan.”

“Sleepy Joe was, by far, the worst President in American History,” the plaque underneath Biden’s reads. “Taking office as a result of the most corrupt Election ever seen in the United States.”

As part of Obama’s description, the White House wrote: “As President, he passed the highly ineffective ‘Unaffordable’ Care Act, resulting in his party losing control of both Houses of Congress, and the Election of the largest House Republican majority since 1946.

For former President Bill Clinton, the White House attributed his legislative successes to “Republicans in Congress,” and boasted that Trump terminated the North American Free Trade Agreement, the trade deal struck under Clinton. The White House also included a line about how Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 presidential election in Bill Clinton’s description.

But for other Trump-friendly former presidents, such as Reagan, they receive more of a doting description...."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/white-house-adds-plaques-below-183334521.html

I cannot wait for the history books, which will last longer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Crybaby in Chief has used taxpayer $$ to add plaques under the presidential photos in his Walk of Fame:

White House adds plaques below Biden and Obama portraits, calling them ‘the worst President in American history’ and ‘divisive’

As part of the president’s ongoing effort to customize the White House to his liking, Trump set his well-known opinions of each former president in stone by adding plaques underneath the portraits that now hang along the colonnade.

But rather than neutrally describing each president, Trump chose to invoke more color – claiming former President Barack Obama is “one of the most divisive political figures” and asserting former President Ronald Reagan “was a fan.”

“Sleepy Joe was, by far, the worst President in American History,” the plaque underneath Biden’s reads. “Taking office as a result of the most corrupt Election ever seen in the United States.”

As part of Obama’s description, the White House wrote: “As President, he passed the highly ineffective ‘Unaffordable’ Care Act, resulting in his party losing control of both Houses of Congress, and the Election of the largest House Republican majority since 1946.

For former President Bill Clinton, the White House attributed his legislative successes to “Republicans in Congress,” and boasted that Trump terminated the North American Free Trade Agreement, the trade deal struck under Clinton. The White House also included a line about how Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 presidential election in Bill Clinton’s description.

But for other Trump-friendly former presidents, such as Reagan, they receive more of a doting description...."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/white-house-adds-plaques-below-183334521.html

I cannot wait for the history books, which will last longer.

This is insane.

[Anonymous]

$5 bn a pop for new battle ships we don’t need

https://www.rawstory.com/amp/trump-battleships-2674822078

"We do not need ships that are not optimized to provide lethality against the Chinese threat," Montgomery told the Journal, noting that the ship had "zero tactical use."

"That is not what these are focused on—they are focused on the president's visual that a battleship is a cool-looking ship," Montgomery said

[Anonymous]

How much is it costing to put illegal names up on all of the buildings that a future Democrat will be taking down?

MAGA: “owning the libs? Priceless”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$5 bn a pop for new battle ships we don’t need

https://www.rawstory.com/amp/trump-battleships-2674822078

"We do not need ships that are not optimized to provide lethality against the Chinese threat," Montgomery told the Journal, noting that the ship had "zero tactical use."

"That is not what these are focused on—they are focused on the president's visual that a battleship is a cool-looking ship," Montgomery said

Great. Cool looking steam powered battleships to stoke grandpa’s ego but will be ineffective with all the saber rattling he’s doing.