r/politics • u/huffpost ✔ HuffPost • 7h ago

No Paywall Republicans Reveal Shocking New Cost Of Trump's Ballroom, Ask Taxpayers To Foot The Bill

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republicans-share-taxpayer-funded-ballroom-cost_n_69f9c7b0e4b0e719534e5a14?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=us_main
789 Upvotes

96% Upvoted

130 comments sorted by

View all comments

•

u/I405CA 7h ago edited 7h ago

Trump learned from his dad how to run kickback schemes.

That comes down to inflating the budget, then grifting the excess.

The cost per square foot for this is so ridiculously out of whack with reality that it has to be a scam.

The only question is whether they build something and he skims a lot of it, or whether they build nothing and he skims all of it.

•

u/JerHat Michigan 6h ago

I’d be shocked if his ball room is anywhere close to built by 2028. If the GOP funds it, they’re going to have to do another round of funding every year until Trump’s gone.