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18. I'm not certain they'll actually finish the ballroom project.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Nov 26, 2025, 09:35 AM

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Right now it looks like a typical Trumpian grift. Is he actually going to pay the people who work on it? History of Trump projects says at best maybe, or more probably just plain no.
It's supposedly being financed by donors, so, using Trump logic, the money is his. If the mid-terms go badly, he may just take the money and leave the mess.
And there's always the possibility he'll be incapacitated, or even die in office.
Either way the taxpayer gets to pay for restoring the East Wing, and finishing, or removing, the ballroom.

And the shit show of Trump's presidency continues.

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