Rutte visits #Trump in the #WhiteHouse and has to listen to the Orange Fuckwit blather on about The Ballroom.
Pub at Islington NSW sign that reads "The Small Ballroom"
Katherine Faulders & X.com @KFaulders
President Trump will likely name the new $300
million ballroom after himself, I'm told by senior
admin officials. Already, officials are referring to it
as "The President Donald J. Trump Ballroom" and
that name will likely stick.
2:29PM - 10/24/25 - 620K Views
The list of donors released by the #WhiteHouse includes the usual deep-pocketed #Republicans, such as #casino magnate #MiriamAdelson & private-equity mogul #StephenSchwarzman, but also a host of companies whose leaders have huge incentives to maintain good relations with an often vindictive head of state. They include #telecom giants & the #railroad giant Union-Pacific—which needs the #Trump admin’s sign-off on a proposed $85 billion merger with Norfolk Southern.
…If the destruction of the #EastWing is a shock, the #money that’s paying for it might be even more of a #scandal. The #WhiteHouse, eager to assure Americans that their tax dollars have not been diverted for a #vanity project, has emphasized that the #ballroom is being financed by individuals & major #corporations. Instead of going through a process to obtain & disburse federal funds, #Trump simply asked companies his admin is supposed to be #regulating to write checks [ #bribery / #extortion].
#BigTech Helped Bankroll the #EastWing Destruction
#Meta, #Amazon, #Microsoft, #Apple, & #Google have a lot riding on their relationships with the #Trump admin. They all cut checks for the ballroom.
#TechBros #plutocracy #billionaires #corporations #corruption
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/white-house-east-wing-destruction-google-meta-apple-microsoft-amazone/
#Trump is finishing what the British started. Despite promises that the #WhiteHouse would be unaffected by the addition of a $230 million #ballroom, the #historic #EastWing has in fact been demolished. The images of the site are so jarring that the #Treasury Department has reportedly ordered its employees to stop taking photos of it.
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Americans should boycott Apple for its support of the demolition of a wing of the White House for a ballroom. https://www.macrumors.com/2025/10/23/apple-donating-trump-ballroom/ #uspol #trump #whitehouse #apple
Americans should boycott Apple for its support of the demolition of a wing of the White House for a ballroom. https://www.macrumors.com/2025/10/23/apple-donating-trump-ballroom/ #uspol #trump #whitehouse #apple
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Evo Terra (aka Antifeagle 🦅)
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I'm honestly interested in seeing if #Trump can actually finish building his new #WhiteHouse ballroom. He's getting some donations now to start work, but if the economy goes south, it seems like that funding will quickly dry up.
I figure there is at least a 50% chance that the next president gets to live in an abandoned construction site for most of their term while we figure out how to fix this mess. Also not a bad physical metaphor.
I'm honestly interested in seeing if #Trump can actually finish building his new #WhiteHouse ballroom. He's getting some donations now to start work, but if the economy goes south, it seems like that funding will quickly dry up.
I figure there is at least a 50% chance that the next president gets to live in an abandoned construction site for most of their term while we figure out how to fix this mess. Also not a bad physical metaphor.
I would have preferred the #WhiteHouse not to be demolished, but if we are going to let the #fascists destroy the #USGovernment and #democracy in general, it is nice to have a tactile metaphor of the wanton damage to point at.
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Wow, all these companies are financing the destruction of the #WhiteHouse: #Apple, #Google / #Alphabet, #Amazon, #Meta, #Microsoft, #TOnline, #HP, #Caterpillar, #LockheedMartin … What a great honor.
Wow, all these companies are financing the destruction of the #WhiteHouse: #Apple, #Google / #Alphabet, #Amazon, #Meta, #Microsoft, #TOnline, #HP, #Caterpillar, #LockheedMartin … What a great honor.
#Trump, when he sees the first model of his #WhiteHouse #Ballroom
Lauren Aratani: Donors for tRump’s $300m White House ballroom include #Google, #Apple and #Palantir. Work under way to demolish entire East Wing as president upped cost of new structure from $200m to $300m
#Corruption #trump #autocracy #whitehouse #architecture #politics #government
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/23/trump-white-house-ballroom-donors
Evo Terra (aka Antifeagle 🦅)
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"It'll be views of the Washington Monument. It won't interfere with the current building. It'll be near it but not touching it." - #Trump
Think he's going to stop with the East Wing?
He's building himself a palace with our money.
Ready to stop him NOW?
"It'll be views of the Washington Monument. It won't interfere with the current building. It'll be near it but not touching it." - #Trump
Think he's going to stop with the East Wing?
He's building himself a palace with our money.
Ready to stop him NOW?