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Explosive leaked records peg President Donald Trump’s planned White House ballroom at $600 million—with taxpayers expected to cover more than half. (www.thedailybeast.com)
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Just under $300 million was tagged as coming from “private sources,” the newspaper reported Tuesday. Taxpayers remain on the hook for the rest—with $155 million coming through the Secret Service, another $149 million through the White House Military Office, and $3 million through the Executive Residence.

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[–] MJKee9@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago

Smells like the biggest grift from a sitting politician ever to funnel money to his and his friends' private interests.

[–] spacegoat@lemmy.world 12 points 18 hours ago

Besides the fact that it shouldn’t happen in the first place, I take issue with the fact that it isn’t 100% tax-payer funded. Corporations should not be directly funding (bribing) government projects. Tax them.

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 19 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

If you're so rich pay for it yourself.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe 6 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Deadbeat billionaires.

And now trillionaires.

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 3 points 16 hours ago

Deadbeat trillionaires

Oppression you can feel in the air

While the rest of us pay our fare

The king's wrinkly flesh is bare

[–] Kn1ghtDigital@lemmy.zip 4 points 20 hours ago

They're rich because they fight tooth and nail to not pay anyone.

[–] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 14 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Wasn't this the same ballroom that he's been instructed NOT to build?

[–] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 9 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Correct, after he had demoed it. As keeps getting proven Republicans can just ignore court orders they don't feel like following. Gerrymandered maps, congressional subpoenas, etc.

[–] kylie_kraft@lemmy.world 15 points 21 hours ago

still can't afford food and healthcare for the people that this administration has screwed over, but apparently there's infinity dollars for Trump's Play Place and all his other D.C. "renovation" scams

[–] QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 6 points 18 hours ago

But Obama's basketball court.....

[–] ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world 5 points 19 hours ago

The private sources never intended on paying up. American families will be forced to continue to "go without" in order to pay for something they never needed.

[–] Zier@fedia.io 3 points 19 hours ago

By September '26 it will be $900 million.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

A bargain compared to the lost war in Iran.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 4 points 18 hours ago

I’m surprised Iran isn’t kicking in a few million as a thank you.

[–] homes@piefed.world 3 points 21 hours ago

Leak? More like a duh