Thom Hartmann's take on the raison d'etre for Trump's big fugly gold ballroom will make you throw up a little.

[Miles Archer]

Thanks to one man, Trump has successfully mounted a coup
Thom Hartmann
October 26, 2025 10:01AM ET

https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/thanks-to-one-man-trump-has-finally-mounted-a-coup/

If there is any one principle the Founders of this nation agreed on, it was that the first and primary function of Congress is to prevent a president from seizing king-like powers. It’s repeated over and over throughout their writings and carved into the Constitution itself.

That historical reality notwithstanding, “King” Donald has decided, all by himself, to demolish a large chunk of The People’s White House and replace it with a replica of Vladimir Putin’s Winter Palace’s Grand Throne Room so he can entertain billionaires with large, high-dollar fundraisers at the taxpayers’ expense without having to travel all the way to Mar-a-Largo.

[allegorical oracle]

1. One thing about djt is that he, as a lifelong liar-grifter, uses language cleverly.

Thus, If he uses the ballroom to conduct his corrupt deals, he can always claim, when history lists him as the most crooked POTUS, that he never committed a crime while "in the White House."

He gloms onto technicalities to alibi his way out of criming and lying. Probably perfected that technique in childhood.