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Bengus81

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32. He's leaving,one way or the other...........

Reply to Botany (Reply #21)

Thu Jun 18, 2026, 04:33 PM

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Trump administration quietly shifts $352m in federal funds for White House ballroom [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 21 hrs ago OP

How many levels of thievery must we witness, before somebody does something? yellow dahlia 21 hrs ago #1

I say this every day!! young_at_heart 20 hrs ago #5

It's a kind of psychological torture to have to witness this. yellow dahlia 20 hrs ago #6

It absolutely is! IrishAfricanAmerican 19 hrs ago #14

Sad, but true. yellow dahlia 19 hrs ago #18

Some of us have been suffering with it since his first "term"... slightlv 18 hrs ago #23

They will magically have it back when a democrat is in the White House. Claustrum 17 hrs ago #33

Kick dalton99a 21 hrs ago #2

I liked the old White House. The one without Trump. twodogsbarking 20 hrs ago #3

He will shift the other 2/3's in a week or so. twodogsbarking 20 hrs ago #4

I don't get how freely... purr-rat beauty 20 hrs ago #7

There are levels of approval that are needed. These establish accounting controls. underpants 18 hrs ago #28

Stop thief! City Lights 19 hrs ago #8

Wanted: At least one adult to be in the room Seinan Sensei 19 hrs ago #10

"East Wing Modernization Project",,, Originally, the ballroom would not affect the East Wing. Norrrm 19 hrs ago #9

Everything's a bait-and-switch scam for this sleazy condo salesman. sop 18 hrs ago #24

Once Congress releases money to anything under the umbrella of the Executive it is theirs to do with what they want Cheezoholic 19 hrs ago #11

Any contractors that accept the money should be banned from government contracts for the next twenty years. cstanleytech 19 hrs ago #12

Really? From Secret Service? BadgerMom 19 hrs ago #13

He's going to gut the SS budget, and replace... LudwigPastorius 19 hrs ago #15

It's supposedly for upgrades under the ground. underpants 18 hrs ago #30

Hey, it worked when he took DoD money to pay for the "wall" that Mexico was supposed to pay for. progressoid 19 hrs ago #16

And who wants to bet that the poll company he hired to redo the reflecting pool gave him a kickback. Lonestarblue 19 hrs ago #17

Didn't the courts shut down his ballroom construction at the end of May or beginning of June? Bev54 19 hrs ago #19

When I first started reading this, your question came to my mind..I, too, thought this project was stopped Deuxcents 18 hrs ago #29

How do they get away with this? Doesn't Congress have to approve the movement of funds? ChicagoTeamster 18 hrs ago #20

It is not a ballroom it is a Furhrer Bunker Botany 18 hrs ago #21

That's my thinking. Harker 18 hrs ago #25

He's leaving,one way or the other........... Bengus81 17 hrs ago #32

We know congress won't do anything. Hieronymus Phact 18 hrs ago #22

"There is no bottom... GiqueCee 18 hrs ago #26

Kennedy Center was just the beginning bucolic_frolic 18 hrs ago #27

It would be hard to find something,anything to impeach his ass over Bengus81 17 hrs ago #31

IMPEACH !!! Martin Eden 1 hr ago #34

Shouldn't the word "illegally" be in that headline somewhere? Maeve 1 hr ago #35