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(1,550 posts)MAGATS need pictures like the moron who leads them
Wednesdays
(23,116 posts)Orrex
(67,391 posts)question everything
(52,388 posts)KS Toronado
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iemanja
(57,780 posts)Bayard
(30,269 posts)Jack Valentino
(5,250 posts)Qutzupalotl
(15,854 posts)The other $20B is allegedly private money.
All of it goes to waste propping up an unstable country with a wingnut leader who flatters Trump.
If this continues and no one is stopping him yet the dollar plummets.
calimary
(90,775 posts)I cant help but suspect itll take longer to finish (up to his kingly expectations and demands) than he has time remaining in this term.
BaronChocula
(4,739 posts)You can keep pointing this out until your pointer is a nub, but enough white Americans always seem to have just enough deference to white nationalism rather than to practical long-term policy.
We could very well win in 2026, but it shouldn't take an economic catastrophe, pandemic, or the two combined to keep a republican from winning in 2028.
Melon
(1,691 posts)Its been publicized and Trump has stated repeatedly that the ballroom is being funded privately through donations and his monies. If we put forth easily refuted arguments, it undermines the total credibility. I like sticking to health care and social security.
crud
(1,282 posts)Those million dollar donations are bribes.
Melon
(1,691 posts)The argument isnt corruption. Its that we can afford to do one thing and not afford what is important. This argument comes right back in our face. We dont like the ballroom because of numerous arguments about trump. But taxpayers arent paying it. The argument doesnt work.
iemanja
(57,780 posts)Also, how do we know that no taxpayer funds will pay for the ballroom? It's already going over the expected budget, and Trump's word is meaningless.
Torchlight
(7,053 posts)crud
(1,282 posts)The million dollar checks he is getting to build it...will be returned 10-100 fold in favorable treatment by the Whitehouse with sweetheart deals, no-bid contract prison construction, weapons procurement, recruiting and training ICE agents, and all other manner of grift and corruption, all paid with taxpayer dollars. The claim that taxpayers are not paying for the ballroom is bullshit.
Not that he will refrain from using taxpayer money to pay for it. He will not use his own money. He will be skimming and stiffing workers just like he always does.
Qutzupalotl
(15,854 posts)And that most definitely is our tax money.
We only have Trump's word that the ballroom will be paid by private donors, and we know what Trump's word is worth.
Melon
(1,691 posts)Fellow democrats. Its against those that dont believe and these are all soft feelings reaponses. We dont trust Trump basically. But thats up against the published data which is that the taxpayers arent paying.
SocialDemocrat61
(8,032 posts)democratsruletheday
(1,921 posts)messaging has been excellent lately.
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