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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWH weighs engraving donors' names on ballroom wall.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-weighs-etching-corporations-names-into-new-trump-ballroom/"Corporations donating millions to President Donald Trumps new ballroom project at the White House may be rewarded by having their name etched into the historic building, a report claimed Friday.
Sources told CBS News that donors so far include Google, R.J. Reynolds, Booz Allen Hamilton, Palantir and NextEra Energy. Lockheed Martin, the aerospace and defense company, contributed $10 million to the project.
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Three sources told the network that Trump has personally lobbied businesses for donations. It is unclear how many donations came about from that lobbying.
The donations are not limited to just companies. CBS News reports that Blackstone Group CEO Stephen Schwarzman has personally pledged money to the project.".... (more)
Trueblue Texan
(4,611 posts)For a good time call Palantir!
Bernardo de La Paz
(60,320 posts)Irish_Dem
(82,341 posts)So all of Trump's friends and supporters will see it for sure.
aeromanKC
(3,963 posts)and America as a whole. Ironically, that's when MAGA will happen.
Irish_Dem
(82,341 posts)Dulcinea
(10,307 posts)Irish_Dem
(82,341 posts)gab13by13
(32,769 posts)Post the names of the people who own Krasnov.
May as well also do what NASCAR does, put patches on the cabinet members, put patches on the fascist members of the Supreme Court.
Next, move on to Congress, have them wear patches, my House Rep., Glenn Thompson can have patches from the oil and gas corporations.
Fantastic idea, but take it to the next level.
Irish_Dem
(82,341 posts)And the list of people who bribed Trump for political favors.
Yep sounds like a good idea.
Doodley
(12,079 posts)Irish_Dem
(82,341 posts)Which is a crime.
Buns_of_Fire
(19,222 posts)That way, it can easily be painted over when they fall out of favor and made ready for the next sucker donator.
tanyev
(49,682 posts)Irish_Dem
(82,341 posts)In public and for posterity.
Hugin
(37,994 posts)Takket
(23,803 posts)And the right lost their minds about for years and are still losing their minds about it?
Meanwhile drumpf is just openly accepting bribes from corporations and whatever, not even a blip on anyones radar.
CTyankee
(68,478 posts)Irish_Dem
(82,341 posts)Would add more class to the trash pit.
WestMichRad
(3,391 posts)Im stunned!
Martin68
(28,066 posts)jmowreader
(53,395 posts)...An inscription can be engraved above the names:
THESE INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS OWNED THE DONALD TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
slightlv
(7,946 posts)
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