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21. It is not a ballroom it is a Furhrer Bunker

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2026, 03:49 PM

4 hrs ago

Es ist kein Ballsaal, es ist ein Führerbunker.

He is not planning on leaving the White House.

Btw why does an 80 year old man who can’t dance need a ballroom?

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Trump administration quietly shifts $352m in federal funds for White House ballroom [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 7 hrs ago OP

How many levels of thievery must we witness, before somebody does something? yellow dahlia 7 hrs ago #1

I say this every day!! young_at_heart 6 hrs ago #5

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

It absolutely is! IrishAfricanAmerican 5 hrs ago #14

Sad, but true. yellow dahlia 5 hrs ago #18

Some of us have been suffering with it since his first "term"... slightlv 4 hrs ago #23

They will magically have it back when a democrat is in the White House. Claustrum 3 hrs ago #33

Kick dalton99a 7 hrs ago #2

I liked the old White House. The one without Trump. twodogsbarking 7 hrs ago #3

He will shift the other 2/3's in a week or so. twodogsbarking 6 hrs ago #4

I don't get how freely... purr-rat beauty 6 hrs ago #7

There are levels of approval that are needed. These establish accounting controls. underpants 4 hrs ago #28

Stop thief! City Lights 6 hrs ago #8

Wanted: At least one adult to be in the room Seinan Sensei 5 hrs ago #10

"East Wing Modernization Project",,, Originally, the ballroom would not affect the East Wing. Norrrm 5 hrs ago #9

Everything's a bait-and-switch scam for this sleazy condo salesman. sop 4 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 5 hrs ago #11

Any contractors that accept the money should be banned from government contracts for the next twenty years. cstanleytech 5 hrs ago #12

Really? From Secret Service? BadgerMom 5 hrs ago #13

He's going to gut the SS budget, and replace... LudwigPastorius 5 hrs ago #15

It's supposedly for upgrades under the ground. underpants 4 hrs ago #30

Hey, it worked when he took DoD money to pay for the "wall" that Mexico was supposed to pay for. progressoid 5 hrs ago #16

And who wants to bet that the poll company he hired to redo the reflecting pool gave him a kickback. Lonestarblue 5 hrs ago #17

Didn't the courts shut down his ballroom construction at the end of May or beginning of June? Bev54 5 hrs ago #19

When I first started reading this, your question came to my mind..I, too, thought this project was stopped Deuxcents 4 hrs ago #29

How do they get away with this? Doesn't Congress have to approve the movement of funds? ChicagoTeamster 5 hrs ago #20

It is not a ballroom it is a Furhrer Bunker Botany 4 hrs ago #21

That's my thinking. Harker 4 hrs ago #25

He's leaving,one way or the other........... Bengus81 4 hrs ago #32

We know congress won't do anything. Hieronymus Phact 4 hrs ago #22

"There is no bottom... GiqueCee 4 hrs ago #26

Kennedy Center was just the beginning bucolic_frolic 4 hrs ago #27

It would be hard to find something,anything to impeach his ass over Bengus81 4 hrs ago #31