So now what happens? Does the White House just sit looking like a wreck because Trump knocked it down illegally?

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/20/ballroom-security-funding-reconciliation-00930193
Ballroom won’t be funded after Senate GOP drops $1 billion Trump security request
Multiple Republican senators objected to sending taxpayer dollars to the president’s East Wing revamp.

The decision to omit the security funding came after twin blows: Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled over the weekend that the provision didn’t comply with the strict rules governing what Republicans can put in their filibuster-skirting bill because it funded activities outside of the Judiciary Committee’s jurisdiction.


And several GOP senators aired public concerns about including any ballroom funding in a bill otherwise dedicated to immigration enforcement. A larger swath of Republicans were privately opposed, with the mood souring further Tuesday amid anger over Trump’s decision to endorse Ken Paxton over incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the upcoming GOP primary runoff in Texas.

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like the senate is pulling funding for this from the current bill on the table.

Yessssss

Good job Sen Whitehouse and to the Senate Parliamentarian for pointing out Trump’s billion dollar ballroom didn’t include proper reconciliation instructions and thus the funding is out.

Watch the criminal claim he's been victimized by government and file a claim to his new slush fund for it.

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like the senate is pulling funding for this from the current bill on the table.

Yessssss

Anonymous wrote:Trump is playing decorator (with terrible taste) while the country falls apart. Great priorities Cheeto in Chief.

He will be remembered much as Nero and Commodus were remembered in Roman history. Not kindly.

Sounds like the senate is pulling funding for this from the current bill on the table.

Trump is playing decorator (with terrible taste) while the country falls apart. Great priorities Cheeto in Chief.

Why don't they just get Trump a bulletproof tutu? That way he can be safe no matter where he dances.

Anonymous wrote:The government has a ballroom!

https://www.gsa.gov/real-estate/explore-historic-buildings/find-a-historic-federal-building/andrew-w-mellon-auditorium-washington-dc?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

I think it is inefficient government spending to build another.

For real! What's the problem with this one? It's gilt, it's large, it's local. Looks adequate to me.

Anonymous wrote:MUST

HAVE

BALLROOM

This is so deranged

It’s so telling this is by far the biggest thing on his mind. He does not give two sh!ts about the inflation he’s causing, the terrible economy, job losses, the dumb war he started, etc. he’s just obsessed with his dumb ballroom.

Anonymous wrote:So embarrassing

Can you imagine if you went back and told the Puritans any of this? They would be so irritated at what became of their shining city on a hill project. They definitely were not planning on gilt ballrooms.

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone really think it’s just a ballroom? You’re playing into this con by saying that. Pretty obvious it’s some sort of data center, a nuke bunker, and prob ER trauma center capable as well.

No it’s actually a ballroom. The president is a demented old man and is obsessed with ballrooms because he thinks he’s some kind of great builder of hotels. There’s nothing deeper here.

He’s also obsessed with being fake royalty which is why he puts gold on everything like a tacky Versailles. But I think he’s also paranoid about being poisoned or shot so it probably does have a bunker and this helps him avoid going out in public. He didn’t even make it to his big prayer fest.

MUST

HAVE

BALLROOM

This is so deranged

Anonymous wrote:except the Christian Nationalists on the Mall are now saying the Ballroom is the provenance of Gad.

Every clip of that that’s been released looks like the security failed at an asylum.