{"id":48965,"date":"2026-04-29T08:58:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T08:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/48965\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T08:58:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T08:58:08","slug":"trump-and-his-cronies-know-no-shame-chuck-schumer-says-slams-tax-cuts-for-millionaires-400-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/48965\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Trump And His Cronies Know No Shame,&#8217; Chuck Schumer Says, Slams Tax Cuts For Millionaires, $400 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"block core-block\">On Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) escalated his criticism of President Donald Trump, accusing him of prioritizing wealthy Americans and luxury spending over everyday needs.<\/p>\n<p>Schumer Targets Trump Over Wealth<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">In a post on X, Schumer alleged that Trump &#8220;wasn&#8217;t satisfied with forcing Americans to foot the bill for a war they do not want,&#8221; and claimed he &#8220;cut a trillion dollars in tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">He also criticized a reported plan to spend $400 million to build a gilded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/news\/politics\/26\/04\/52052315\/trump-says-shooting-incident-shows-why-white-house-ballroom-is-needed-its-much-more-secure-its-dron\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">White House ballroom<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">&#8220;Now, he also wants Americans to pay $400 million to build a gilded WH ballroom, not for you, but for him and his billionaire buddies,&#8221; Schumer wrote. <\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">He added, &#8220;Trump and his cronies know no shame,&#8221; intensifying his attack on the former president and his allies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">In a separate post, Schumer focused on economic pressures facing households. <\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">&#8220;Americans are working longer hours just to keep up with rent, groceries, and bills,&#8221; he wrote. <\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">He added, &#8220;Instead of helping them, Republicans are planning to use $400 MILLION in taxpayer dollars to fund Trump&#8217;s gilded ballroom.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Schumer concluded, &#8220;This is exactly where their priorities lie.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">White House did not immediately respond to <a href=\"http:\/\/pro.benzinga.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Benzinga\u2019s<\/a> request for comments.<\/p>\n<p>DOJ Urged Withdrawal Of Lawsuit Over $400 Million WH Ballroom<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">On Sunday, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said it was &#8220;time to build the ballroom&#8221; and gave the National Trust for Historic Preservation a deadline to withdraw its legal challenge. <\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">He argued that the lawsuit was based on expected objections to the redesign and was insufficient to halt construction of a more secure presidential facility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)\u00a0supported the proposal, saying a White House ballroom would improve national security by giving the Secret Service a more controlled space.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) also weighed in, criticizing the use of off-site venues like the Hilton Hotel for sensitive government events and urging support for the ballroom project to avoid partisan disputes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Disclaimer:\u00a0This content was partially produced with the help of AI tools and was reviewed and published by Benzinga editors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"block core-block\">Photo courtesy: Shutterstock<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) escalated his criticism of President Donald Trump, accusing him of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[145],"tags":[526,504,213,212,531,896],"class_list":{"0":"post-48965","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chuck-schumer","8":"tag-category-politics","9":"tag-chuck-schumer","10":"tag-cms-wordpress","11":"tag-pageisbzpro-bz","12":"tag-tag-chuck-schumer","13":"tag-tag-donald-trump"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@people\/116487173209161450","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}