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In reply to the discussion: New renderings show more details of White House ballroom under construction [View all]Scrivener7
(57,286 posts)17. I missed that. Off to google which ones. So I can avoid them.
More graft.
ETA: looks like a lot of the usual suspects.
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New renderings show more details of White House ballroom under construction [View all]
riversedge
Yesterday
OP
Don't google the sponsors if you want to avoid them. One of them is Google!
subterranean
20 hrs ago
#52
And we will likely pay for those balls, in the manner the elitists are accustomed to
William Seger
22 hrs ago
#44
Corporate sponsors may pay for some of the construction, but not the upkeep.
Lonestarblue
21 hrs ago
#45
"Karoline Leavitt said the project would be paid for by private donors and the president himself"
Ray Bruns
Yesterday
#8
When will they stop paying for it? Then, who will get the bill? My guess is you and me.
usaf-vet
Yesterday
#14
That's because lying and bragging are both used to prop up his pathetically fragile ego
William Seger
23 hrs ago
#35
I hate it. It totally dwarfs the White House which totally takes away from the image
yellowdogintexas
Yesterday
#9
Yup. In the GD thread on this I said I expected a "Roman Emperor" to be standing at the top of those stairs.
electric_blue68
18 hrs ago
#60
SERIOUSLY. It would be poetic justice if he were inside trying to stop the wrecking ball when it went down
LymphocyteLover
20 hrs ago
#49
the same reason he is allowed to do everything awful he is doing-- Republicans and their propaganda media
LymphocyteLover
20 hrs ago
#47