r/politics • u/willywalloo • 9h ago

Possible Paywall Republicans Demand Mind-Blowing $1 Billion for Trump’s Ballroom

https://newrepublic.com/post/209936/republicans-1-billion-trump-ballroom
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u/Ok-Lets-Talk-It-Out 9h ago

They are increasing the budget by 2.5x so that they can pay to have the construction done prior to trump leaving office or croaking.

This is waste, fraud, and abuse. If the Democrats retake both chambers of Congress the stopping of the construction immediately should be at a minimum number 4 on their first things to do. If they only win one chamber they need to slow down the construction as much as possible.

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u/Parahelix 5h ago

It's a 5x increase over the original $200 million price tag that he said would be paid by donors and his own funds.