WH announces construction of 90,000 sq foot ballroom to WH

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yep.

Senator Josh Hawley dismantles CNN’s narrative about President Trump’s White House renovation during a live interview.

When reporter Manu Raju asked: “What about just uprooting the—you know—this is an iconic building?”

@HawleyMO
exposed their faux outrage instantly:

“Manu, I will just say this. I made this point yesterday, that I hear all of a sudden from my liberal friends that they’re very concerned about our history.”

“Really?”

“These are the same people who tore down every statue they could get their hands on in the last four years.”

“Christopher Columbus, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt.”

“They didn’t have any concern for history then. Now all of a sudden, they’re like, oh, the facade of the East Wing is iconic.”

“Oh give me a break!”

“I mean, give me a break.”

So it IS about vengeance and retaliation. Hopefully MAGA is fine going bankrupt over it…

Do they stand for a single thing other than pwning the libs at this point?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Americans need to realize that Trump and his MAGA team are the equivalent of Bolsheviks or Maoists. That’s who destroys national symbols, like the White House, universities, and purges museums. They are pretty much on the verge of controlling all media in this country.

These people are admitted radicals.

I bet it comes to light that they didn’t even remove the historic furnishings and art work. I mean, where did the put it all? It would have been a massive undertaking. Jackie Kennedy spent years on it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good grief. The East Wing is not iconic. This ballroom looks gorgeous. State dinners in tents is ridiculous.

So it's worth spending $250 million because something "looks gorgeous." Ok. And I know you're about to say that it's paid for by private funds, but that opens up another can of worms. It's illegal for some corporation or wealthy individual to write a massive check to Trump, and for good reason. But the ballroom opens up a legal way for those with cash burning a hole in their pocket to purchase influence. And what's more, these donations are tax-deductible, which means American taxpayers are subsidizing roughly a third of the cost.

It costs 1 million to tent an event plus security concerns. This saves taxpayers millions of dollars per year yet you’re complaining about the cost when it’s not even your money?

Only a democrat could be this stupid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good grief. The East Wing is not iconic. This ballroom looks gorgeous. State dinners in tents is ridiculous.

Exactly. This is just sad and irrational Trump hate.

I find the Trumplican excuses on this thread for the ballroom to be fascinating. Trumplicans rarely weigh in on threads on this forum about the economy, the bailout of Argentina, the loss of income for farmers, Trump's falling poll numbers, etc. etc. but all of a sudden they are animated by a discussion about a 90,000 gold ballroom! That's what has offended them this week.

And they don’t know anything about it. Some yahoo said yesterday it was just dumb office space. They didn’t know this was the main entrance to the White House and that it’s often used for entertainment and celebrations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good grief. The East Wing is not iconic. This ballroom looks gorgeous. State dinners in tents is ridiculous.

So it's worth spending $250 million because something "looks gorgeous." Ok. And I know you're about to say that it's paid for by private funds, but that opens up another can of worms. It's illegal for some corporation or wealthy individual to write a massive check to Trump, and for good reason. But the ballroom opens up a legal way for those with cash burning a hole in their pocket to purchase influence. And what's more, these donations are tax-deductible, which means American taxpayers are subsidizing roughly a third of the cost.

It costs 1 million to tent an event plus security concerns. This saves taxpayers millions of dollars per year yet you’re complaining about the cost when it’s not even your money?

Only a democrat could be this stupid.

DP. You’re an absolute idiot. The security stays the same since the capacity is enlarging. With your $1M figure that means we’d need to have 300 balls before it pays off and we’ve used a tent apparently ONE time. Has your dear leader even had a state dinner in 10 months?! No!

Be better.

[Anonymous]

Funny how no one's talking about the Federal Reserve's main renovation project anymore?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Funny how no one's talking about the Federal Reserve's main renovation project anymore?

What's to talk about? DHS will end up spending $7-8B on St Elizabeth when all is said and done. BTW - both of those projects had input from Congress and going through the normal chain of permitting, review by the National Capital Planning Commission, oversight by OIGs, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good grief. The East Wing is not iconic. This ballroom looks gorgeous. State dinners in tents is ridiculous.

So it's worth spending $250 million because something "looks gorgeous." Ok. And I know you're about to say that it's paid for by private funds, but that opens up another can of worms. It's illegal for some corporation or wealthy individual to write a massive check to Trump, and for good reason. But the ballroom opens up a legal way for those with cash burning a hole in their pocket to purchase influence. And what's more, these donations are tax-deductible, which means American taxpayers are subsidizing roughly a third of the cost.

It costs 1 million to tent an event plus security concerns. This saves taxpayers millions of dollars per year yet you’re complaining about the cost when it’s not even your money?

Only a democrat could be this stupid.

DP. You’re an absolute idiot. The security stays the same since the capacity is enlarging. With your $1M figure that means we’d need to have 300 balls before it pays off and we’ve used a tent apparently ONE time. Has your dear leader even had a state dinner in 10 months?! No!

Be better.

The $1M is also not likely just for the tent. Even if you have a ballroom, you still need to pay for food, staff, etc. I am quite certain that setting up a tent and taking it down does not cost $1M.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Funny how no one's talking about the Federal Reserve's main renovation project anymore?

What's to talk about? DHS will end up spending $7-8B on St Elizabeth when all is said and done. BTW - both of those projects had input from Congress and going through the normal chain of permitting, review by the National Capital Planning Commission, oversight by OIGs, etc.

I just find it interesting that Trump complained about the Fed renovation cost and then...there's this $300 million ballroom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Funny how no one's talking about the Federal Reserve's main renovation project anymore?

What's to talk about? DHS will end up spending $7-8B on St Elizabeth when all is said and done. BTW - both of those projects had input from Congress and going through the normal chain of permitting, review by the National Capital Planning Commission, oversight by OIGs, etc.

I just find it interesting that Trump complained about the Fed renovation cost and then...there's this $300 million ballroom.

And, the FEDs are NOT paying for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Funny how no one's talking about the Federal Reserve's main renovation project anymore?

What's to talk about? DHS will end up spending $7-8B on St Elizabeth when all is said and done. BTW - both of those projects had input from Congress and going through the normal chain of permitting, review by the National Capital Planning Commission, oversight by OIGs, etc.

I just find it interesting that Trump complained about the Fed renovation cost and then...there's this $300 million ballroom.

And, the FEDs are NOT paying for it.

Sure they aren't. And the ballroom was also not going to affect the existing White House.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Americans need to realize that Trump and his MAGA team are the equivalent of Bolsheviks or Maoists. That’s who destroys national symbols, like the White House, universities, and purges museums. They are pretty much on the verge of controlling all media in this country.

These people are admitted radicals.

I bet it comes to light that they didn’t even remove the historic furnishings and art work. I mean, where did the put it all? It would have been a massive undertaking. Jackie Kennedy spent years on it.

I’m sure that’s it’s walked out to mar a lardo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Funny how no one's talking about the Federal Reserve's main renovation project anymore?

What's to talk about? DHS will end up spending $7-8B on St Elizabeth when all is said and done. BTW - both of those projects had input from Congress and going through the normal chain of permitting, review by the National Capital Planning Commission, oversight by OIGs, etc.

I just find it interesting that Trump complained about the Fed renovation cost and then...there's this $300 million ballroom.

And, the FEDs are NOT paying for it.

Yeah, Trump will pay for it himself with bribes from his cronies or the $230M he announced plans to give himself from the DOJ budget.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Funny how no one's talking about the Federal Reserve's main renovation project anymore?

What's to talk about? DHS will end up spending $7-8B on St Elizabeth when all is said and done. BTW - both of those projects had input from Congress and going through the normal chain of permitting, review by the National Capital Planning Commission, oversight by OIGs, etc.

I just find it interesting that Trump complained about the Fed renovation cost and then...there's this $300 million ballroom.

And, the FEDs are NOT paying for it.

Yeah, Trump will pay for it himself with bribes from his cronies or the $230M he announced plans to give himself from the DOJ budget.

And long-term, he’s going to use that ballroom exactly the same way that he uses the ballroom at Mar-a-Lago—to hold donor dinners with tickets going as high as $1 million. I invite MAGA posters to bookmark this post and come back and tell me I was wrong when the ballroom opens up for business.

People Are Paying Millions to Dine With Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago:
Business leaders are paying as much as $5 million to meet one-on-one with the president at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1 million apiece to dine with him in a group setting.

https://www.wired.com/story/people-paying-millions-donald-trump-mar-a-lago/

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USA Today article on one man's "joy" of Trump's self-aggrandizement gaudy gold ballroom!

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/im-glad-trump-demolishing-white-184518019.html