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Rhiannon12866

(251,181 posts) Thu Oct 23, 2025, 08:21 PM Oct 2025

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The companies and donors funding new White House ballroom - CNN Erin Burnett Out Front

Apple, Amazon, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Google, Coinbase, Comcast and Meta are just some of the major companies who have made donations to build Donald Trump’s proposed 90,000-square-foot ballroom, according to the White House. Trump has repeatedly said that work on the ballroom is privately funded by himself and donors and will cost nothing to taxpayers. - Aired on 10/23/2025.

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The companies and donors funding new White House ballroom - CNN Erin Burnett Out Front (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Oct 2025 OP

Why do you think he wants the $230M from us? Firestorm49 Oct 2025 #1

Either because he's just plain greedy or he doesn't want to use his own money for his damn ballroom Rhiannon12866 Oct 2025 #2

Firestorm49

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1. Why do you think he wants the $230M from us?

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Thu Oct 23, 2025, 10:49 PM

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Rhiannon12866

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2. Either because he's just plain greedy or he doesn't want to use his own money for his damn ballroom

Reply to Firestorm49 (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 23, 2025, 10:52 PM

Oct 2025

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