I Lived Through Collapse. America Is Already There.

[Arthur Brain]

$400,000,000 so far on this gigantic monstrosity of a *ballroom* and kudos to Sen Blumenthal...

𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐞𝐧. 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 “𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬” 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 “𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞” 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬.

“𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬,” 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐔.𝐒. 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐀𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐳. “𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝.”

𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐥, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 “𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧’𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐚𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧,” 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝.

Trump DOJ threatens senator with ‘significant consequences’ over White House ballroom

Top federal prosecutor threatens payback for investigations into whether Trump’s $400 million ballroom donors are getting anything in return from the administration

www.independent.co.uk

 

[JudgeRightly]

$400,000,000 so far on this gigantic monstrosity of a *ballroom* and kudos to Sen Blumenthal...

𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐞𝐧. 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 “𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬” 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 “𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞” 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬.

“𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬,” 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐔.𝐒. 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐀𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐳. “𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝.”

𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐥, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐨 “𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧’𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐚𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧,” 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝.

Trump DOJ threatens senator with ‘significant consequences’ over White House ballroom

Top federal prosecutor threatens payback for investigations into whether Trump’s $400 million ballroom donors are getting anything in return from the administration

www.independent.co.uk

$400M is probably justified. Having foreign dignitaries and US leaders protected during events in the modern era is not a light undertaking.

Add onto that fact that it needs to meet certain building standards for historic preservation demands just increases the cost.

 

[Arthur Brain]

$400M is probably justified. Having foreign dignitaries and US leaders protected during events in the modern era is not a light undertaking.

Add onto that fact that it needs to meet certain building standards for historic preservation demands just increases the cost.

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Or, he could have just left the East wing well alone and not wasted millions of taxpayer dollars on yet another pet vanity project. Chances are it won't get built anyway and need demolishing. Meanwhile, it's a monstrosity that dwarfs the WH.

 

[Arthur Brain]

Talk about monumentally delusional...

Trump: 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬, 𝐈'𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫. 𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐬," 𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐝.

Yes Donny, other than being 80 years old, you're in the prime of ya life!

What an absolute clown. Republicans sorely need someone like John McCain if they're ever going to restore some credibility again...

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[JudgeRightly]

Or, he could have just left the East wing well alone and not wasted millions of taxpayer dollars on yet another pet vanity project.

It may be a vanity project, but there's at least good reasons for it.

 

[Arthur Brain]

It may be a vanity project, but there's at least good reasons for it.

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Um, no. Much like his other vanity projects, there's no actual need for it and it's a costly disaster, much like the reflecting pool and all born out of his shallowness. Right now, The WH is wrecked (not just the East wing) and the "ballroom" is a gigantic mess and likely to remain that way. Some "gift to the nation" - especially considering taxpayer dollars are being used to foot the bill...

 

[Nick M]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2121360799063318727

 

[Nick M]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2121360740129067447

 

[Nick M]

How about a little DEI action.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2116302301279256916

 

[Nick M]

 

[Nick M]

26 Therefore do not fear them. For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known.

Oh you full of fraud and deceit.

 

[Arthur Brain]

26 Therefore do not fear them. For there is nothing covered that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known.

Oh you full of fraud and deceit.

Wow, a whole bunch of your own posts from X. Well, they just settle everything then.

Do you wear a foil hat for practical purposes or as a fashion accessory?

*kookoo*

 

[JudgeRightly]

Um, no. Much like his other vanity projects, there's no actual need for it

Unlike the UK, the US is still a first-world nation. Hosting foreign dignitaries safely is one of the things we need to be able to do.

Using outdoor tents because we don't have enough interior space in the place designated for such events, brings other nations' opinions of us down.

Thus, the upgrades are needed, not only for our benefit, but for the benefit and safety of those visiting.

and it's a costly disaster,

You certainly have a right to your opinion.

But it doesn't mean your opinion is right.

much like the reflecting pool and all born out of his shallowness. Right now, The WH is wrecked (not just the East wing) and the "ballroom" is a gigantic mess and likely to remain that way.

Yes, that tends to happen with construction and rennovation projects.

But do rest assured, the mess only remains until work is completed.

Some "gift to the nation" - especially considering taxpayer dollars are being used to foot the bill...

Roughly half of the project is taxpayer-funded.

The rest is funded from private donors.

 

[Arthur Brain]

Unlike the UK, the US is still a first-world nation. Hosting foreign dignitaries safely is one of the things we need to be able to do.

Using outdoor tents because we don't have enough interior space in the place designated for such events, brings other nations' opinions of us down.

Thus, the upgrades are needed, not only for our benefit, but for the benefit and safety of those visiting.

Hmm, resorting to childishness here too, JR? The UK is classed as a first world nation as I'm sure you're aware, we've even had the *pleasure* of playing host to the likes of Trump.

Upgrades would have been fair enough. A gigantic ballroom isn't an upgrade...

You certainly have a right to your opinion.

But it doesn't mean your opinion is right.

Quite a common one you'll find, including conservatives.

Yes, that tends to happen with construction and rennovation projects.

But do rest assured, the mess only remains until work is completed.

Chances are, Trump will be out and it'll be nowhere near completion by then. He doesn't exactly have a glowing track record on building projects after all...

Roughly half of the project is taxpayer-funded.

The rest is funded from private donors.

Heck, he should pay for it all himself and not charge taxpayers a single dime, frankly. He wastes enough taxpayer money as it is.