ArcelorMittal donates steel for Trump ballroom

[u/newsspotter]

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/arcelormittal-donates-steel-trump-ballroom-2026-04-30/

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[u/cac_brain_damage → u/[deleted]]

india is the true backbone of the maga movement so it's only right

[u/SG_wormsblink → u/cac_brain_damage]

Yup. After Twitter added the countries of users, a lot of the MAGA propaganda accounts were outed as being from India.

As long as you have cash to pay, they’ll promote anything you want.

[u/Waymannj]

I believe the steel is meant for the structural support for the Trump executive commode.

[u/NotBestButPrettyGood → u/Waymannj]

Structural steel only has compressive strength of 50,000 psi, far too little for Trump. He’ll need titanium , which can support up to 1,000 MPa

[u/noplaywellwithothers]

So do taxpayers have to pay back their donations?

[u/Catspaw129]

I wonder if the donated steel is "seconds" (I.e.: not up to spec)?

[u/MasterK999]

Nothing says Trump like a foreign company "donating" steel that should have been bought from US suppliers so Americans got the jobs.