“Let them eat cake”: Trump unveils $200 million gold ballroom plan after cutting health insurance for millions | “If you wanna live in the palace of Versailles then that’s fine, but you can’t act surprised when the people eventually start sharpening the the guillotine.”
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I visited Versailles in 1985. It was a shithole. Hopefully they’ve fixed it up. I was at a Jewish Russian wedding once. The decor was just like Donald’s. The man has no taste. No wonder he loves the Russians.
Trump is so dumb that he might not even realize the historical parallels or what Versailles even is.
He just likes the design because it’s gaudy, tacky and gold. We have to remember that we’re dealing with a malevolent simpleton.
Let them eat cake! Trump cake! Only $20 a slice!
200 million dollars that could be used for healthcare
I hope the next ~~non-pedophile, non-racist~~ Dem president orders it demolished to send a message.
This moron is doing everything he possibly can to piss off the people that elected him , this is not going to end well.
Golden idol?
Nah maga is convinced he’s paying out of pocket for a 200million dollar renovation for a ballroom in a place he’ll be out of in 3 years cuz he LoOooVesss America
It’s gaudy af. I guess money can’t buy taste.
Trump and his ancestors have been obsessed with gold and trafficking women/ young girls since the Gold Rush ( not certain about the family before immigrating to North America from Germany).
Off topic. Trump raped children.
Shouldn’t this fall under waste fraud and abuse
At least Versailles is tasteful.
You know if he ever “retires” he’ll insist the gov buy Mar Lago and make it his “Library.” There goes another $3B.
We he told us gas is 1.99 a gallon, so he’s earned it.
Massive stroke 2026
There are certain parallels here.
After he cuts Medicaid. After he rents his hotel to himself/staff. After we pay for him/staff to play golf at his own golf courses. After he holds himself a birthday parade. After he goes after the undocumented. After he tears up the Rose Garden. After he redoes a shitty jet for AF One. After After After…
“.. something is going to happen them, and ‘taxed’ is the best verb they can hope for at this point”
-Shaun, on why billionaires should be desperate to be taxed
wasn’t a young Republican just set on fire at his place of employment?
“stemmed from a personal matter, unrelated to his politics” OKAY
The ‘Group Of Pdophiles’ sure does love to spend spend spend.
“Donald Trump always acts with the interests of the American public in mind, and not for personal gain.”
— Karoline Leavitt
Trump has spent his entire time in office monetizing his presidency.
Take the recent controversy involving Qatar “gifting” Trump a luxury plane valued at around $200-400 million (now $1B to renovate?)
To put things into perspective, the value of the plane totals more than the cost of all foreign gifts bestowed on every former president *combined.*
This “gift” has been interpreted as an outright bribe, which is not unprecedented for Trump.
For example, foreign investors in Trump’s cryptocurrency have been stocking up on his meme coin, stating explicitly that they plan to use their investment to literally purchase influence with Trump.
Note that these kinds of stories quickly lose the media’s attention due to how often Trump engages in financial corruption. Day after day, week after week, a new scandal emerges and often buries the previous one beneath it.
Trump has spent most of his life and career taking advantage of his power and privilege to enrich himself. He has normalized moneymaking schemes that would have otherwise ended the career of anyone else even remotely close to his position of power.
Remember that the Republican party spent the better part of the last presidential term launching bogus inquiries and partisan investigations into the so-called “Biden crime family?”
Their allegations would be far more credible if levied against the Trump family. Hunter Biden’s cash flow was a tiny fraction compared to the Trump family’s. The Trumps have done more to monetize the presidency than anyone who has ever occupied the White House.
For instance:
The Trump family and its business associates have so far amassed over $300 million in trading fees from their cryptocurrency scheme.
Thousands of investors lost (collectively) nearly $2 billion after the $TRUMP coin’s value crashed, but the Trump family brought in significant financial gains.
They’ve brokered foreign real estate deals worth billions and recently opened an exclusive club in Washington called “The Executive Branch.” The price to join the club is $500,000 per person.
Trump also recently hosted an exclusive dinner at his Virginia club for over 200 investors in $TRUMP cryptocurrency.
Access to the event was based on how much money investors contributed towards a business that Trump directly benefits from financially.
Additionally, Trump Media recently refiled to register Trump’s shares for sale. His shares are worth around $2 billion. The filing also registered shares for sale held by Trump associates, including over 100,000 shares held by Pam Bondi. This is despite Truth Social’s wild overvaluation and massive losses.
The Trump family and associates are also currently set to receive 75% of the net protocol revenues from the World Liberty Financial project, a “decentralized finance platform” which the Trump family took control of back in January. They stand to receive over $400 million.
Trump also continues to make money from his private business interests run by his sons. The narrative that Trump has somehow charitably sacrificed his net worth for the sake of running the country is a load of bullshit.
Since first taking office, Trump has frequently used his power as president to make deals with foreign countries in order to pursue real estate projects overseas. His family also benefitted financially from trademarks from the Chinese government.
**Trump the “business man?”:**
Trump is a notorious financial fraud who has bankrupted or crippled practically every business, product, or service that he’s tried to slap his name on.
Here’s a long list of Trump’s business failures:
– Trump Casinos and Hotels
– Trump University (The Trump Entrepreneur Initiative)
– Trump Magazine
– Trump Airlines
– Trump Beverages
– Trump “The Game” (yes a Donald Trump boardgame)
– Trump Mortgages
– Trump Steaks
– Trump Travel Site
– Trumpnet
– Trump Tower Tampa
– Trump Vodka
– Trump Fragrances
– Trump Mattress
– Trump Network
– Tour de Trump
– Trumped! (Trump Radio)
– Truth Social
Trump has been involved in over 4,000 legal cases, many of which include financial crimes.
Trump has profited off of screwing over small businesses and financial associates.
He has also profited off of lying about his wealth and the value of his properties, he even lied to get on the Forbes list.
Of course there’s also Trump’s felony convictions for falsifying business records in order to conceal a crime.
Back in the 80s, Trump had lost more money than any other American taxpayer. But he continued borrowing money from his father and from banks; avoiding paying income tax for many years. He amassed unsustainable debts and dumped them onto others.
Then his lucky break—The Apprentice. The show played a significant role in boosting his income and public image.
During his first term, Trump was forced to pay more than $2 million in court-ordered damages to eight different charities for illegally misusing charitable funds at the Trump Foundation for political purposes
Additionally, as part of the settlement, Trump was required to acknowledge his personal misuse of funds at the Trump Foundation and it was forced to shutter its doors and dissolve under court supervision.
Then there’s Trump University…
In 2013, A lawsuit was filed by New York’s AG, accusing Trump of defrauding thousands of people who attended Trump University. New York regulators forced Trump to stop using the term “university” to describe his scheme, calling Trump’s use of the word, “misleading and even illegal.”
Former students recount being pressured to provide high approval ratings for the courses they were taking, or have their graduation certificates withheld. Thousands of students sought course refunds and claimed that they never received any benefits from the courses.
There was also a separate class action lawsuit against Trump University, Trump’s counterclaims were dismissed and he even tried to file a defamation suit against one of the students who made her experiences at the “university” public. Trump University was later ordered to pay this student’s legal fees and extra costs. Trump was eventually found to have defrauded students and was forced to pay $25 million in restitution.
Trump is also known infamously for not paying what he owes. This includes hundreds of millions in loan forgiveness and legal penalties, and unpaid bills for rally costs at cities around the country.
As president, Trump directed taxpayer money towards his businesses. The secret service and other government parties were forced to overspend at Trump properties.
Trump also booked events for foreign governments at locations he owns in order to curry favor with his admin.
Prior to his inauguration, Trump met in private with several billionaires who pledged millions of dollars towards his presidency and were invited to sit in the VIP section at his inauguration while his supporters stood out in the cold. How symbolic.
Trump is a notorious grifter. Selling everything from hats, T-shirts, clothing and accessories, to watches and jewelry, NFTs and digital collectibles, commemorative medallions and coins, Trump currency and trading cards, tacky sneakers, overpriced Bibles, cologne and perfume, among other Trump branded merchandise that he continuously suckers his followers into buying, money that typically gets reserved for his legal fees.
Its so gaudy and ostentatious one of the things i admired about the white house it was not over the top. You see the drawings of this Ballroom attached to the white house it just does not look good. I do not understand why it should be at the white house
Trump would rather build a ballroom and waste money on a foreign jet he can take with him when he leaves rather than see to the national defense planning and feeding kids. Grantrant Trump would rather rape kids than feed the so maybe it’s best to keep him as far way from kids as possible.
So far the consistent response when I have commented on this to people is “it’s his money to do with what he likes, he is putting it at the White House so all future Presidents can use it, basically donating it to the US”
I’m guessing this is supposed to make us **angry** enough to forget about Epstein? When do we start gathering at the gates!?
What’s he gonna do in there? Rape more kids?
Conservatives voted for this ^
The term “Let the eat cake” was originally “Let them eat brioches” — translated from *”Qu’ils mangant de the brioches.”* One theory has it attributed to Jean Jacques Rousseau and written well after her death. There’s also a theory a noble woman said it prior to Antoinette but was attributed to her as propaganda. There are many other theories but the consensus seems to be either Marie did not say it, or if she did, it wasn’t those words and were said in ignorance by an uneducated young women who didn’t comprehend the severity of the starvation sweeping France.
Sic semper tyrannis
This guy acts so much like a villain in a dystopia story, it’s unreal
This room is going to wind up like Saddam’s statues to himself after his regime fell apart.
Its like the perfect gaudy representation of this whole admin.
Who the fuck can afford cake?
He shouldn’t even be able to make changes to the White House . First of all why is this needed ? More importantly it’s not his house , he’s just in it temporarily
Folks – Trump will not leave the White House in 2028. You get that right?
Party of “fiscal responsibility”
This is a distraction from the Epstein files. Don’t look away like they want you to.
Wheres a good french revolution when you need one?
What an absolute scumbag. How the hell did we get get here. We let this con man grifting scum bag take control of our government to just do what he wants with its resources. What a massive failure of our systems.
Sorry but US is a first world country, leader if the free world, the apex of civilization, the greatest empire ever seen. How do you have these kind of problems? I understand if this happens in my country but by god, what happened to you guys?
You too, Brutus! What a beautiful sentence.
He’s a traitor: The budget is not balanced, there isn’t $200 million available to use like this
Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
Fully demented, corrupt rapist pedophile won’t even survive long enough to see it completed what with his diseased heart.
Convict needs a ballroom WASTING OUR MONEY IN HIS VANITY PROJECT SUCK IT TACO!
Why can’t anyone tell him no? Why is it ok for him to waste so much money? How do we stop it? It’s bullshit. He’s roleplaying every shitty dictator in history. A fucking gold ballroom? Fuck Trump. Fuck this entire timeline.
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