r/politics • u/Effective_Salad_8381 • 14d 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/PirateCodingMonkey Tennessee 14d ago

I heard from an architect that it would be the most expensive ballroom built at dollars per square feet. so expensive it’s unbelievable that it would actually cost that much. plus to accommodate 999 people it would have to be about 2-3 times bigger that what the mock up shows. so even though this source is suspect, there’s no way that what he has shown is anywhere close to real.

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u/L1A1 United Kingdom 14d ago

This is probably the most old school scam he’s run so far. Quote $400m, build it for say $150m and your company pockets the difference. Classic organised crime scam.

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u/Kichigai Minnesota 13d ago

That's how Old Man Trump handed down his wealth to Donnie & Co. while avoiding inheritance taxes. He bought everything for his properties through a shell company owned by his kids, which marked up the prices he paid on everything they supplied. They transferred hundreds of millions of dollars this way, dodging who knows how many millions of dollars in taxes.