These are the 37 donors helping pay for Trump's $300 million White House ballroom

[littlemissmartypants]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says his $300 million White House ballroom will be paid for “100% by me and some friends of mine.”

The White House released a list of 37 donors, including crypto billionaires, charitable organizations, sports team owners, powerful financiers, tech and tobacco giants, media companies, longtime supporters of Republican causes and several of the president’s neighbors in Palm Beach, Florida.

It’s incomplete. Among others, the list doesn’t include Carrier Group, which offered to donate an HVAC system for the ballroom, and artificial intelligence chipmaker Nvidia, whose CEO, Jensen Huang, publicly discussed its donation.

The White House hasn’t said how much each donor is giving, and almost none was willing to divulge that. Very few commented on their contributions when contacted by The Associated Press.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/donors-to-trump-white-house-ballroom-d4dd174eeb30ac244354a5a25551a86b

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There's a very informative graph at the link.

[Hope22]

1. That photo of the White House looks like the only legal abortion in the country!

What a mess! It appears that the White House will be swallowed up by the new pigsty! Disgusting!

[mwb970]

2. He doesn't need 37 donors. One or two should be enough.

[Jimmy76]

4. Yes big ditto and a half

There are people nearly as bad, few I have seen are as ugly and self-centered as himmmmmmmmmmm....not saying they aren't there, just that I haven't seen them, probably because I have to tune out the pukes to keep my blood pressure under control - I loved the reaper, though! See ya baby John Barron!

[ck4829]

24. Bribe Time!

[FakeNoose]

3. Does anyone think this will be the end of it? Oh hell no!

Once he's done with the East Wing, next he'll tear down the West Wing.
What's after that? Probably the entire original White House.

Please Grim Reaper, finish him off NOW ...

[TommyT139]

29. The Reflecting Pool

...per Michael Wolff - many don't like him, but he does have an inside track on Trump Derangement Syndrome Patient Zero.

[Sogo]

5. That would make it a private structure, wouldn't it?

Shouldn't be allowed to construct a private structure on public land.....

[chicoescuela]

6. Who paid for tearing it down? Did tsf already have $ in his pocket to get this started?

[pandr32]

27. I read he didn't pay.

He stiffs people regularly.

[Talitha]

7. It's amazing how many people are willing to kiss his ass.

[Kid Berwyn]

21. Rich people.

They should know better, but they want more.

[Bengus81]

34. They want more and they got it in another round of massive tax cuts

for the richest of the rich in the big BULLSHIT bill. I guess they feel like they owe their Fuhrer a donation.

[RetiredParatrooper]

8. If they were honest, the title of the article would be...

"Who is buying influence".

[surfered]

9. Open, blatant bribery

[bsiebs]

10. This is the list...

Booz Allen Hamilton, Defense
Lockheed Martin, Defense
Adelson Family Foundation, Philathropy
Betty Wold Johnson Foundation, Philathropy
Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Foundation, Philathropy
Union Pacific, Energy/Industrial
Catepillar, Energy/Industrial
NextEra Energy, Energy/Industrial
Paolo Tiramani, Energy/Industrial
Benjamin Leon Jr., Trump Administration
Kelly Loeffler and Jefferey Sprecher, Trump Administration
Lutnick family, Trump Administration
Meta, Technology
HP, Technology
Micron Technology, Technology
Amazon, Technology
Apple, Technology
Palantir Technologies, Technology
Google, Technology
Microsoft, Technology
Konstantin Sokolov, Individual
J Pepe and Emilia Fanjul, Individual
Stefan E Brodie, Individual
Charles and Marissa Cascarilla, Individual
Edward and Shari Glazer, Individual
Harold Hamm, Individual
Stephen A Schwarzman, Individual
Comcast, Communications/Entertainment
Hard Rock International, Communications/Entertainment
T-Mobile, Communications/Entertainment
Tyler Winklevoss, Cryptocurrency
Cameron Winkelvoss, Cryptocurrency
Coinbase, Cryptocurrency
Ripple, Cryptocurrency
Tether, Cryptocurrency
Altria Group, Tobacco
Reynolds American, Tobacco

[moose65]

15. That's some list!

I see the Winklevi are on it. 😆

Not a single Trump, though.

[mackdaddy]

11. The fusion of Government and Corporations is one definition of Fascism.

So is this not The Golden Ballroom of Fascism?

[Marie Marie]

12. We know he's lying. First of all, he never uses his money to pay for anything and secondly, he has NO friends.

[rickford66]

14. Agreed

He will take a cut

[rickford66]

13. How will we know there's no Russian bugs in the walls ?

[DFW]

17. Count on it. n/t

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

22. Russia probably lost a bunch of bugs ..

... when the East Wing was demolished.

They'll be replaced in the new ballroom.

[ck4829]

25. Count on it

[fujiyamasan]

16. This is how things work in many developing countries

It’s the cost of doing business. At some point corruption becomes endemic, so you just factor in the additional cost of bribing whomever it is you need to get something done. It’s like a tax. And of that means a couple million dollars for the president’s vanity project so be it, especially if it’s between that or shareholders bailing on you.

Welcome to the gangster run economy.

[Hope22]

19. Exactly. Our story in Iraq!

Rebuilding a school will take 30% for public administrator, 30% for the official above that, kickbacks for the contractor as well, eventually tripling the cost of a project that will be poorly constructed. Now we have grifter in chief demanding huge prices in advance of every agreement or project. This WH project will be piss poor design and construction. We need to get the costs to replace the destroyed East Wing defined and charge T to rebuild the structure. As it is ….The design is to line the orange ones pockets with gold!

[truthisfreedom]

18. First of all we have to get on the same page. EPSTEIN BALLROOM.

Where the giant phallic columns rise to shimmering pearlescent golden cum dripping from the ceilings and chandeliers.

[raccoon]

20. Are we doomed? Is there any clearer sign that this country is now an oligarchy?

[ck4829]

23. Kick for exposure

[bucolic_frolic]

26. It'll be a Trump Hotel if courts don't stop the grift.

[imaginary girl]

28. Who pays for maintenance, upkeep, daily expenses?

What about the costly events that will be held there?

[littlemissmartypants]

32. Excellent questions, imaginary girl. 👏 ❤️

[Frasier Balzov]

30. I had heard that Comcast was among them.

Owner of MSNOW.

If that platform is preserved, I might be persuaded to call it a worthwhile bribe.

But how can you possibly trust Trump not to take your money and still shut you down?

[Diamond_Dog]

31. Just think if those corporations could have given all that $ instead

to something that would benefit all Americans (like PBS) instead of a vanity structure for the world’s biggest asshole.

[littlemissmartypants]

33. As far as I can tell, all they've paid for so far (bribery notwithstanding)...

Is the partial demolition of our White House, US laws and democracy.