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Trump's 'Presidential Walk of Fame' Was Funded by Taxpayers with Money Diverted from National Parks, Report Claims Trum
Trump's 'Presidential Walk of Fame' Was Funded by Taxpayers with Money Diverted from National Parks, Report Claims
Trump has publicly claimed that he funded parts of the project with his own money, but a new report suggests his partisan West Wing exhibit cost taxpayers more than $1 million
Joseph Konig Published on July 2, 2026 03:23PM EDT
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President Donald Trump spent taxpayer dollars on projects at the White House and around Washington, D.C., as he was slashing spending for national parks across the country, according to a new report from The Atlantic
Trump used National Park Service funds for his Presidential Walk of Fame at the White House, which mocks Presidents Obama and Biden, the report states
National parks funds were also reportedly used for the installation of imported African granite for the walkway beside Trump's installation, which the president publicly claimed to have paid for himself
According to the report, taxpayer funds on projects in the Washington, D.C., area have increased by over 92%, as more than 900 projects at national parks across the country have gone without expected funds
As President Donald Trump focused his time and energy and taxpayer dollars on projects at the White House and around Washington, D.C., he was slashing spending for national parks across the country and diverting funds to his own renovations, according to a new report from The Atlantic. ............................
Trump's 'Presidential Walk of Fame' Was Funded by Taxpayers with Money Diverted from National Parks, Report Claims
— (@oceancalm.bsky.social) 2026-07-06T01:45:45.173Z
#Trump has publicly claimed that he funded parts of the project with his own money, but it cost taxpayers more than million
July 2, 2026 03:23PM EDT
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Trump's 'Presidential Walk of Fame' Was Funded by Taxpayers with Money Diverted from National Parks, Report Claims Trum (Original Post)
riversedge
3 hrs ago
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yellow dahlia
(6,988 posts)1. It is an all out heist from the taxpayer.
And an all desecration of the institutions of government.
erronis
(25,099 posts)2. And every voter that has recently cast an (R) vote is part of the scam.
Since the (r)epuglicon party has become a monolith under the thumb of trump (and his handlers), any support for someone in that party steals from the American people.
3catwoman3
(30,317 posts)3. Trump doesn't spend his own money on anything.