His urgency about building that ballroom became evident in his Wednesday night address:

[Sogo]

Talking about its very thick, bulletproof windows and a roof that a drone can't bomb, you know he's afraid of being taken out by the Iranians....And then came the request for more than 200 million in renovations to the historic WH, the one where he resides. All that money will probably go into fortifying that structure in equal measure as the ballroom.

[samsingh]

1. who's getting the contracts to build it and who's getting kickbacks?

[fierywoman]

2. Well we know who's getting the kickbacks.

[tinrobot]

3. He's only desperate to grift as much as possible

That $200 million is going directly into his offshore accounts.

Can pretty much guarantee he will leave office with an unbuilt ballroom and most of the budget missing.

[struggle4progress]

4. I expect he'll leave a hole in the ground and walk away with hundreds of millions in his pocket

[Maru Kitteh]

6. Agreed, and I bet he believes we will pay for the same at Mara-Guano.