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Miles Archer

(20,538 posts)
Fri Sep 19, 2025, 04:55 PM Sep 19

Unimaginable B*LLSH*T...Donors to Trump's "Ballroom" will have their names "etched in the WH FOREVER"

A new report left critics aghast Friday as it claimed donors to President Donald Trump's luxurious new White House ballroom may get their names enshrined in the building "forever."

Trump is building the addition, a project described as the most significant renovation of the White House since Harry Truman. The ballroom is planned as part of a 90,000-square-foot expansion of the East Wing, will cover about 25,000 square feet and seat up to 900 guests.

The estimated cost is around $200 million, and Trump has vowed he'd pay for the addition, though it is being funded privately by Trump and donors. CBS News reported Friday that special incentives were under consideration for wealthy elites willing to pony up for Trump's pet project. Among the options: having their names "etched inside the White House forever," or having their names placed on a website. A final decision has not been made.

Predictably, critics were none too happy with the news, with many dubbing it a "pay-to-play" scheme.

https://www.rawstory.com/white-house-ballroom-2674011165/

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Unimaginable B*LLSH*T...Donors to Trump's "Ballroom" will have their names "etched in the WH FOREVER" (Original Post) Miles Archer Sep 19 OP
Well that shit can be erased really quickly WiVoter Sep 19 #1
Remember the Republican outrage when Clinton let a donor stay overnight in the Lincoln Bedroom? Midnight Writer Sep 19 #2
Etched on the stalls of the restroom where the classified documents are stored. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 19 #3
So it won't be a government building even though it's on government land? Ocelot II Sep 19 #4
Make a greenhouse out of it... kentuck Sep 19 #5
Not necessarily roses....... Red Mountain Sep 19 #10
Presumably yes newdeal2 Sep 19 #6
Until 48 bulldozes it... pecosbob Sep 19 #7
Honestly D_Master81 Sep 19 #13
"Maybe" forever? MorbidButterflyTat Sep 19 #8
Harbor Freight odins folly Sep 19 #9
Big beautiful Epstein Wing of White House now under construction! struggle4progress Sep 19 #11
Exhibit A, your honor. tanyev Sep 19 #12

Midnight Writer

(24,873 posts)
2. Remember the Republican outrage when Clinton let a donor stay overnight in the Lincoln Bedroom?
Fri Sep 19, 2025, 04:59 PM
Sep 19

Where did those guys go?

Ocelot II

(127,788 posts)
4. So it won't be a government building even though it's on government land?
Fri Sep 19, 2025, 05:02 PM
Sep 19

What happens to it when Trump is no longer president? Will it become government property? Could a new president repurpose it or tear it down?

Red Mountain

(2,198 posts)
10. Not necessarily roses.......
Fri Sep 19, 2025, 05:28 PM
Sep 19

but a greenhouse would be wonderful.

Fill it full of botanical specimens from around the world.

D_Master81

(2,245 posts)
13. Honestly
Fri Sep 19, 2025, 05:58 PM
Sep 19

I hope it happens. It would do my heart good to see $200 million of Trump do or money leveled to the ground

MorbidButterflyTat

(3,751 posts)
8. "Maybe" forever?
Fri Sep 19, 2025, 05:15 PM
Sep 19

Just don't have the energy to get worked up over this prognostication.

Nothing is forever.

struggle4progress

(124,926 posts)
11. Big beautiful Epstein Wing of White House now under construction!
Fri Sep 19, 2025, 05:31 PM
Sep 19

Epstein's clients' names to be engraved in perpetuity into walls!

Former Rose Garden repaved for Trump Mausoleum!

Trump now able to lie beneath car park like English hero, Richard III

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