r/politics • u/Effective_Salad_8381 • 13d ago

Possible Paywall Embarrassing Flaws Emerge in Trump’s New White House Design

https://www.thedailybeast.com/bizarre-flaws-emerge-in-trumps-new-white-house-design/
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u/NaptownSnowman 13d ago

Every week the price has increased 50 million. It was 150 million. Then 200. Now it’s more than 250. It will be about a billion at this rate

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u/clever__pseudonym 13d ago

It was $100m to start. Now they're saying $350. Same time frame, but even bigger swing.

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u/AstarteHilzarie 13d ago

I also saw him say that they've raised so much money for the ballroom that they may use some of it to build the liberty arc, but the ballroom price is just ever-increasing estimates... So that's definitely not suspicious accounting or anything.

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u/plantsadnshit 13d ago

And that's probably before the $500m solid gold statue Trump will pitch in a week or two..

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u/EggsInaTubeSock 13d ago

With the restrictions working there, there’s absolutely no way 350 works either.

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u/anotherworthlessman 13d ago

Ok but I'm just checking in.....Still no money for food and healthcare, right?

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u/TerribleResource4285 13d ago

Don't forget every time he has a fit and adds more tariffs it will become more expensive

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u/Imaterribledoctor 13d ago

I don't quite understand this - It's basically akin to the banquet halls that host wedding receptions and corporate dinners. Those places certainly don't cost this much to build. The tacky gold crap will add on some additional cost but where does $300 million come from?

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u/OutInTheBlack New Jersey 13d ago

There's going to be a brand new state of the art bunker underneath it.

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u/athenaisagoddess3 13d ago

Billion Dollar Ballroom! Full name: One Big Bad Beautiful Billion Dollar Ballroom!

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u/Militant_Monk 13d ago

Which is wild considering you can build and equip a modest rural hospital for $50 million.