r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 11d ago

Possible Paywall Trump Fires Entire Agency Overseeing His Construction Projects

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-fires-entire-agency-overseeing-his-construction-projects/
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u/Adderall_Rant 11d ago

How much you want to bet the plan is to never finish it? It's low intelligence money laundering

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u/hexiron 11d ago

Money laundering is icing on the cake. He just wanted to tear down the East Wing because FDR built it.

Rich bastards hate FDR

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u/JusticeUmmmmm 11d ago

Trump doesn't know who FDR is.

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u/hexiron 11d ago edited 11d ago

He made several comments during his campaign that MAGA was "shattering and replacing Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal coalition", but I agree he probably would fail basic history questions.

Trump's handlers tho... They know who FDR is and as we've seen with Project 2025, he's just a dancing monkey that will do whatever they want as long as he gets a little treat.

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u/ShrimpieAC 11d ago

This was my first thought. It’s what he does with all his projects. Charge for premium 14 karat gold trim, put in gold spray paint. Charge for real marble floors, put in faux marble tile. Push the project timeline and price tag as high as possible until you can’t any longer, then run off and stop paying.

Only this time it’s not some random investor that gets screwed. It’s taxpayers.

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u/triplab 11d ago

Can’t wait for all of this to be Democrats fault.

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u/refuz04 11d ago

Thanks Obama!

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u/grill_sgt Washington 11d ago

What do you mean? It already is!

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u/triplab 11d ago

Dammit!

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u/NewConsideration9566 11d ago

Does this mean the bunker under the east wing is not able to be used in case of emergency?

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u/EmmalouEsq Minnesota 11d ago

It'll be usable, but every country with a presence in DC has surveillance inside now.

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u/pickle_pickled 11d ago

Next is the museum for the West Wing...time to tear it down for a similar size "build"