Trump administration quietly shifts $352m in federal funds for White House ballroom
Funds meant for Secret Service were transferred to project president promised would be financed by private donations
Donald Trump’s administration has quietly redirected $352m in federal funds designated for the Secret Service toward the president’s controversial White House ballroom project, despite repeated promises by Trump that the construction would be financed by private donations
The funds were drawn from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Trump’s signature tax legislation passed last summer on Republican-only votes. The law stipulates the money may only be spent on Secret Service personnel, training facilities, technology and related costs, not construction.
About $340.8m of the funding was placed into an account labeled “Procurement, Construction, and Improvements” on 12 June, according to the office of management and budget (OMB) database. Another account labeled “Operations and Support” was also approved the same day, adding another $10.75m to the budget.
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The next administration needs to hold Trump personally responsible for every penny when he leaves office. Seize and liquidate his existing properties if necessary.
2.5 more years, my hopes are not high.
Is there some legal base existing for that?
Because, that would be fucking awesome, to kick him, where it hurts him
Although, when he leaves office in a few years, he probably can't even remember his name - or more probable, it's the only word he still remembers
Yes.
The Supreme Court decided the President is above the law, so it stands to reason the next President could steal everything from Trump, sodomize him with a FIFA world cup trophy, neuter him with rusty gardening shears, revoke his citizenship, and throw him in Guantanamo. As long as these are all done as official acts by the President.
Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer. This is not legal advice.
Somehow I think that if a president starts nationalizing the assets of rich white people, SCOTUS is going to decide it's not an official act.
First official act would be go after the scotus.
Guarantee that the next president, if they're not a Republican will come up with some bullshit like "we have to show decorum" and "we must rise above and unite as a country".
The Democrats will have precisely one more chance to hold MAGATS and Trump to account for their crimes. I'll put money on them wasting that opportunity
The Republican partisan hacks of the SCROTUS decide what an official act is or isn't, though, so it's not an official act if a Democrat does it.
This is his second term. We've been here before. Nothing is going to happen
America is not a real democracy
Interesting decision from a guy who survived a handful of alleged "assassination attempts".
He’s not planning on leaving the White House.
Yes, siphon money away from the people protecting you. That's a great idea!
They also do currency, crypto, and finance fraud.
Of course Congress is going to weigh in any moment to put a stop to this. Here it comes...an-y second now...
Redirecting money from the budgets of the people keeping himself alive is certainly a choice.
So what happened to the money that was also already given to him for this? Because not all the pledges were unpaid. It started at 200 million, doubled to 400 million, then the bunker news dropped, now we're here. (Oh yeah and another staged assassination attempt)
He said it would be funded by private donations and that's exactly what is happening. You just thought "private" meant "belonging to or concerning an individual person, company, or interest" when it actually meant "not known or intended to be known publicly." He's privately donating the citizens' money to himself.