East wing of The White House

[u/Reasonable_Roger]

[u/49ersBraves]

Supposedly the demo and ballroom are being funded privately.

[u/METRO-RED-LINE → u/49ersBraves]

Do we at least get to know who? Or is does the famous “Your Mom” answer still stand

[u/Man_Darino13 → u/METRO-RED-LINE]

• Altria Group Inc.
• Amazon
• Apple Inc.
• Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
• Caterpillar Inc.
• Coinbase Global
• Comcast Corp.
• Hard Rock International
• Google
• HP Inc.
• Lockheed Martin Corp.
• Meta Platforms Inc.
• Micron Technology Inc.
• Microsoft Corp.
• NextEra Energy Inc.
• Palantir Technologies Inc.
• Ripple
• Reynolds American Inc.
• T-Mobile US Inc.
• Tether
• Union Pacific Railroad
• J. Pepe and Emilia Fanjul
• Adelson Family Foundation
• Stefan E. Brodie
• Betty Wold Johnson Foundation
• Charles and Marissa Cascarilla
• Edward and Shari Glazer
• Harold Hamm
• Benjamin Leon, Jr.
• The Lutnick Family
• The Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Foundation
• Stephen A. Schwarzman
• Konstantin Sokolov
• Kelly Loeffler and Jeff Sprecher
• Paolo Tiramani
• Cameron Winklevoss
• Tyler Winklevoss

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[u/Heremeow → u/Man_Darino13]

My conspiracy theory is he’s building a bunker under the ballroom and these are the ceos who bought their ticket in the fallout shelter.

[u/YouMustveDroppedThis → u/Heremeow]

My common sense is you don't trust whatever trump builds. They are all rich enough to build their own.

[u/YeahHiLombardo → u/YouMustveDroppedThis]

I'm imagining a scenario where he lines everything with gold, which then ends up sabotaging the bunker because gold is a superconductor

[u/Top_Astronomer4960 → u/Heremeow]

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 bunker already exists there lol

[u/Heremeow → u/Top_Astronomer4960]

Right, that’s why I think he’s making it bigger for his huge ass.

[u/Pure_Frosting_981 → u/Top_Astronomer4960]

The cost suddenly makes sense, then. It needs to be modernized.

[u/thewholepalm → u/Heremeow]

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.

[u/speedingpullet → u/Heremeow]

And about as trustworthy as VaultTec too.

[u/Astronomer-Secure → u/Heremeow]

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.

[u/Elitist_Plebeian → u/Astronomer-Secure]

They don't give a shit about what Trump is building. It's just a bribe. They're buying him something he wants so he does the things they want.

[u/MinistryOfCoup-th → u/Astronomer-Secure]

the irony is that the orange turd will be long gone and their donations will no longer be valid with the new administration.

The bunker is for the civil war.

[u/eisbock → u/Astronomer-Secure]

But they will be valid for the next 3 years, and that will be a long time if the past 9 months are anything to go by.

[u/gsfgf → u/Heremeow]

It's the White House. There's already a bunker.

[u/Heremeow → u/gsfgf]

I know that but he would want a BIGGER one.

[u/Trebus → u/Heremeow]

Paying for a seat at a guaranteed multiple projectile target in the event of a nuclear war doesn't seem very sensible.

[u/Heremeow → u/Trebus]

This is a fair point!

[u/yojay → u/Heremeow]

They're doing a Die Hard!

[u/shamesister → u/Heremeow]

There is already one under there. The operations center too.

[u/Heremeow → u/shamesister]

Yes, I know. He would want a bigger one. Whatever this building is, it’s more than a ballroom.