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3. He wants to skim another 100 million out of the ballroom's donated funding.

Wed Dec 17, 2025, 04:03 PM

Dec 17

I'll bet it goes up to 600 million before it's done, and actually never gets completed.

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Friedrich would be proud. /nt bucolic_frolic Dec 17 #1

Who's tracking all the cash they've received from "donors"? C_U_L8R Dec 17 #2

That would be the Trust for the National Mall. Igel Dec 17 #8

It will cost $500M next month - and $1B by summer dalton99a Dec 17 #4

I knew that he would turn it in to a hotel... LakeVermilion Dec 17 #6

Did you ever see the Brady Bunch movie with Gary Cole and Shelley Long? Miles Archer Dec 17 #7

The Trump economy is so bad, even the price of ballrooms is skyrocketing. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Dec 17 #9

Didn't it used to be $200M? Retrograde Dec 17 #10