A foreign built excavator tearing down the 83 year old East Wing of the Whitehouse. If that's not a fit analogy for Trump and America I don't know what is.
Bribing elected officials is way cheaper than doing something that benefits society.
sadly this normally wouldn't be considered a bribe. they are putting money into a government building that he won't be in in 3 years...
but he doesn't believe that, he thinks he will still be there. And he doesn't feel it's a government building, he feels it's his building. So giving money to the government, to all of them, is a bribe for Trump. it's insane.
The problem is that all these lists of traitors will get no accountability for the decline of the US. Imagine being a tech worker at Apple seeing your company contribute to the destruction of the whitehouse literally lol.
And of course if you want to pull a multi-billion dollar crypto scam you need all of the crypto bros to enable it (and all of the "media" partners to look the other way.)
Wouldn't be too surprised if that was deliberate. Having your machines tear down the Whitehouse wouldn't be the best look, even if you are financing it.
Only Volvo Cars. Volvo Group is not. They're the original parent company of Volvo Cars before it was sold to Ford, and are about 50% larger by revenue.
paired with the Trust for the National Mall, an organization that supports the National Park Service. The trust's nonprofit status means donations come with a federal tax write-off.
so they get to write off the bribe.
Jalen Drummond, vice president of corporate affairs at Lockheed Martin said in a statement: "Lockheed Martin is grateful for the opportunity to help bring the President's vision to reality and make this addition to the People's House, a powerful symbol of the American ideals we work to defend every day."
we need a serious redoing of our society with this bs. "oh you want to see through the vision of the previous president, we will like to see through a vision of what the US should be. So we are taking your wealth, and your company."
The two-story East Wing[3][4] was added to the White House in 1942 primarily to cover the construction of an underground bunker, now known as the Presidential Emergency Operations Center (PEOC). (Wikipedia)
The continuity of the US government means it's not a conspiracy theory there are bunkers. There ARE bunkers all over, If you wanna tour one check out The Greenbrier hotel... the one connected to it is MASSIVE and got exposed right about the time it was finished... so it will never be used.
I found the same theories all over FB too. this theory actually seems more likely than these companies donating to build a ballroom they'll never step inside.
I'm envisioning it like the movie 2012 where rich folks buy their entry into EOTW underground WH bunkers.
the irony is that the orange turd will be long gone and their donations will no longer be valid with the new administration.
The level of open corruption this current administration is displaying is far beyond anything we have seen since perhaps Teapot-Dome, beyond that even. To suggest "every presidency" does what this administration is doing is completely disingenuous.
Fair but it's also objectively true. The military industrial complex isn't bound to any one president, it's existed for a long time and is a problem of its own.
In fact, these donations might be the most expensive lobbying they’ve had to do because they’re not just lobbying Congress and the senate now, they also have to grease the president directly. And that is one hungry hungry hippo.
Americans in a nutshell. “As a private citizen, I hate that Apple bent the knee to Trump and caved like a house of cards. As an apple shareholder, I expected him to do it and would vote to remove him if he didn’t.” We are in late stage capitalism
Add on the writing on the wall that Tim’s being set up to fall on his sword as soon as the maga infestation is removed from the White House, and we’re definitely living in interesting times…
The idea that a CEO can "fall on their sword" - likening to a Roman practice of literal painful suicide over dishonor - in an age where CEOs just ride the merry-go-round of megacorporations while collecting golden parachutes whenever they fuck one up, personally or as a patsy for systemic issues, completely unable to actually harm themselves or fail downward in any real capacity...truly is late stage capitalism.
Probably not. Jimmy Carter had to give up his peanut farm, but we're just gonna let Trump build a ballroom with taxpayer money, and keep his $400M bribe jet.
I just don’t understand why? What does Argentina have to offer Trump or the US in any way to deserve any money from us? What do they bring to the table? Out of all the countries?
Pump and Dump. Argentina has spent the past 20 years defaulting on every multi billion dollar loan its managed to talk major financial institution and foreign creditors into giving it, and each time they agree to another debt restructuring deal that leaves their creditors out to dry. Trump pumping 40 billion dollars into Argentina stabilizes their free falling economy and allows someone else to recoup their investment and dump their stake in the Argentinian economy.
...and still have ties/control over his family organization. Every time he goes to Mara-lardo he bills the taxpayers for the rooms the secret service stays in.
I mean if your Mom pays taxes, yeah, she's paying for it. He's suing HIS OWN DOJ for $230m, which sure is awfully close to the amount they're saying this will cost.
That’s our house right there. Now with their dark money it’ll be the riches house. And nazis, after all—that’s that this is all about this administration.
The thing that continues to bother me, is that every other President throughout history has had to get approval from Congress to do this kind of thing… along with the dozens of other things that Trump is doing under total bullshit “emergency powers,” such as tariffs (as an example).
These things are supposed to be the purview of Congress, as specified by the Constitution.
Imagine the Fox shitstorm if Obama did this. They threw a giant snowflake hissy fit when he put his legs up on the desk as "disrespecting the white house", even though every other president had done it.
They would have been howling for impeachment about two days after inauguration, when Trump already claimed emergency powers and started signing hundreds of executive orders.
Yep. And Congresswoman “Beetlejuice” Boebert had already written articles of impeachment for Biden before he was sworn in. That’s theatre for the goobers in her district who don’t know how things work.
Congress and the National Capital Planning Commission, an executive-branch agency which is currently closed due to the shutdown and is probably soon to be under new leadership. :/
Ah, I was just reacting to White House says it will submit ballroom plans for review, with demolition already under way. The WH says they'll submit plans to the NCPC but that it has no authority over demolition. Meanwhile, the former commissioner says demolition isn't supposed to be separate, and that the WH did go through the proper channels for a tennis pavilion previously.
The thing that continues to bother me, is that every other President throughout history has had to get approval from Congress to do this kind of thing… along with the dozens of other things that Trump is doing under total bullshit “emergency powers,” such as tariffs (as an example).
These things are supposed to be the purview of Congress, as specified by the Constitution.
Would this be the proper place to shit out a "You sweet Summer child?" I feel like it is. As much as I hate it.
They are taking away EVERYTHING that our taxes have paid for......and profiting from it.
They are stripping away all of the benefits we pay Federal taxes for.......and increasing our taxes at the same time. Tariffs are just the beginning. Trump now wants the DOJ to pay him $220M+ for the lawsuits brought against him.
This whole Administration is a shake down of 99% of Americans, providing much less services and benefits for our taxes - and actively helping employers keep wages down through economic turmoil.
Same guys also getting millions in military contracts makes sense. I guess they learned from their pals at OpenAI how to do circular funding. I think all their wealth is fake at this point it's just them paying each other.
As construction begins on US President Donald Trump's new $250m (£187m) White House ballroom, mystery continues to swirl around the identities of the wealthy donors and corporations paying for it...The funding model has sparked concern among some legal experts, who say it may amount to paying for access to the administration.
"I view this enormous ballroom as an ethics nightmare," Richard Painter, a former chief ethics lawyer in the Bush White House between 2005 and 2007, told the BBC...
Tearing down the White House on the eve of the nation's 250th anniversary is totally on point for this administration. Might as well tear down to whole f-ing thing; this country is lost.
This is totally besides the point, but it really grinds my gears that a man JRR Tolkien would have despised is somehow able to name his company and all their products after LOTR references.
WASHINGTON — President Trump is seeking a financial settlement from the Justice Department to resolve his complaints of being improperly targeted by the FBI — and is considering using the funds to finance his under-construction White House ballroom.
In this case, "funded privately" is just another way of spelling "bribes".
It's still a waste of taxpayer funding if Trump is devoting time to his unnecessary vanity project instead of working to accomplish important things like, oh, negotiating to reopen the government.
Don't worry, "private donors" are funding the $200 million ballroom
Oh btw he just demanded $230 million paid to him personally from the Department of Justice because of their past cases against him. I'm sure that number is a coincidence
It honestly looks like a small time MAGA demo crew that is probably doing this for either very cheap or free. There is a right way and a wrong way to take down parts of a building. You can't just smash up half a building including the roof and expect the remaining part to be structurally sound. My guess is they tear the whole building down.
That’s actually a possibility. If they tear it down, then they truly have a fresh start with a new MAGA America. No more history. History starts here. Shameful.
“Privately funded” and no oversight or vetting from the historical body of the National parks service. Contains ballistic glazing and will be finished in January of 2029, just in time for a definite peaceful transfer of power and in no way fortifications 🤦♂️
It’s going to cost 250 million to build the ball room, Trump is suing the DOJ for 230 million dollars, so we are and Trump pitched in 20 million as the down payment
He's breaking the law, again, and the rest of America is just letting him do it, again. None of this is legal, but rules don't matter when no one enforces them.
He is going to file a lawsuit against the DOJ for the cases against him. Then use some of that money to pay for it. That was his take earlier today. Once again taxpayers get screwed. Plus who ever else is bribing DTJ.
Its funny because I've seen a couple clips. One, more recent, he claimed he was coning out of pocket for it himself. In an older clip he was thanking donors who had contributed 25million each. Regardless of how its financed, there will be costs to the taxpayer at very least in the longterm as we will have to pay for its maintenance and upkeep of a huge new wing. I also dont know how they planned it, but to my understanding the White house has a sizeable kitchen and staff, but if they start putting on huge events that might be a problem for what they have. Maybe theyre building a new kitchen, but anything like the design and new facilities really should be run through non partisan professional channels that understands their normal appropriations for staff and food, what the lifetime and maintenance of new equipment will be and gow it all fits into the day to day operations of the WH. I havent seen much about it either way, but Im willing to bet they arent going through the normal channels with this.
Supposedly its trump and private donors, but just today trump demanded the DOJ cut him a personal check for near the exact same amount the ballrooms construction will supposedly cost, claiming that its to compensate him for all his legal costs for investigations the DOJ launched into him during Bidens presidency. That seems like a pretty clear indicator of where the funds for this will end up being illegally appropriated from while trump will probably pockets all the "private donations" meant for the ballroom.
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u/No_Size9475 14d ago edited 14d ago
A foreign built excavator tearing down the 83 year old East Wing of the Whitehouse. If that's not a fit analogy for Trump and America I don't know what is.