Ballroom Donors Have $279 Billion in Federal Contracts

[babylonsister]

https://politicalwire.com/2025/11/03/ballroom-donors-have-279-billion-in-federal-contracts/

Ballroom Donors Have $279 Billion in Federal Contracts
November 3, 2025 at 8:24 pm EST By Taegan Goddard

“Most of the publicly identified donors to President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom have high-stakes business before the administration, ranging from billions in government contracts to federal investigations into their companies,” the Washington Post reports.

“More than half of the companies that donated are facing or have recently faced federal enforcement actions tied to alleged wrongdoing that includes engaging in unfair labor practices, deceiving consumers and harming the environment.”

[Deuxcents]

1. I'm shocked

[underpants]

2. A feather just knocked me over.

[Norrrm]

3. What a coincidence!

[2naSalit]

4. Imagine that.

[Fil1957]

5. The rampant corruption is simply breathtaking. I think we all expected something like this after he won last November,

but not on this scale.

[leftstreet]

6. +1

It's weird. 1st time around we all got used to his family members doing all the grifting. Every day a new headline about Kushner or Ivanka and their investments. Makes me wonder what "donors" were able to fly under the radar

[BidenRocks]

7. Is conflict of interest

still a thing?

Since we no longer have laws, I'm going to rob a bank!

[Dave Bowman]

8. Scammers gonna scam.

[live love laugh]

9. OUR tax dollars 💵 no less.

[HeartsCanHope]

10. What I want to know is what will be going on in the secret "suites" on top of the ballroom?

[UTUSN]

11. K&R