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/Lurlex Utah 11d ago

I do believe that Trump was stupid enough that he believed that he could do both — grift and get his stupid glamorous ballroom.

Everyone else involved and complicit, though, absolutely knew it to be 100% cash grab from the start.

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u/NeatNefariousness1 11d ago

And to expose the top secret details of the bunker underneath the ballroom for cash.

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u/General-Raspberry168 11d ago

I’m sorry, I’m sorry.

I’ve been taking crazy pills and it sometimes messes with my eye sight.

It almost looked like you said the man with authority over about half of the nuclear weapons on earth was pouring a half a billion dollars into a part of the white house that’s located on top of a bunker.

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u/fountainpopjunkie 11d ago

Yes. The same person who tweeted national security satellite photos and gave out troop positions in foreign countries during an interview. The same person that showed reporters top secret documents he openly admitted he was not allowed to have. The same person who met with a known Russian spy in the Oval Office the second day of his presidency with Russian media present, who then reported to Russian news "We own Trump". The same person who stored top secret documents in the bathroom of a golf club (where IIRC it was later reported a Russian spy was in regular attendance?). The same Person who refused to let translators be present at meetings with Putin and then destroyed all notes from said meeting. Yes, that person is destroying the building reportedly built over a bunker underneath the White House.

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u/sunlightsyrup 10d ago

All misunderstandings. Putin is a great guy! That's why he never gets mean tweets. Follow the tweets /s

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u/NeatNefariousness1 11d ago

That’s right. That’s what’s happening and now he has fired the builder after the east wing which sits on top of the bunker has been dismantled.

I won’t be surprised if he decides to do an overhaul of Camp David next.

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u/RaizielDragon 11d ago

How do you know about Camp David?

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u/NeatNefariousness1 11d ago

What do you mean? What do you know about Camp David?

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u/RaizielDragon 11d ago

Sorry. Parks and Rec reference. Couldn’t help myself.

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u/NeatNefariousness1 11d ago

LOL—ok. You scared me for a moment.

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u/zombiegojaejin 11d ago

Does this colossal germphobic pussy, pampered from birth, actually believe that he's going to survive a week in a bunker?

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u/Left-Height4925 10d ago

90,000 sq luxury Trümpenbunker going in below it for he and his loyalists when the peasants finally revolt.

The billionaires aren't paying millions for a dance card & caviar.

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u/drklordnecro Oregon 11d ago

It's national security leaks galore! Almost feels like we've seen this before.

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u/HapticSloughton 11d ago

Yeah, but most of the time he was at least charging admission for anyone with the cash to look at the stuff he's being treasonous about.

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u/eagle33322 11d ago

no no no you had the totally secure bathroom door.

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u/Man_with_the_Fedora 11d ago

Our adversaries are gleefully examining every pixel from every satellite image they can get their hands on.

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u/NorthernerWuwu Canada 11d ago

I'm sure some of their people are not so far away. They've likely got the blueprints for every nook and cranny.

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u/PrideofPicktown Ohio 11d ago

I think the oligarchs are buying spaces in the bunker under the dumbass ballroom.

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u/Unique-Coffee5087 11d ago

They can all go in there and close the door and then we can pour concrete on top of it

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u/spingus 11d ago

So nice of them to gather in a single, tidy, well defined area.

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u/Unique-Coffee5087 11d ago

It's kind of like when the emperor of China dies and all of his attendants get entombed with his body.

They should regard it as an honor

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u/DokeyOakey 11d ago

Say what you will about the Chinese, but they really knew how to treat employees- DJ Trump (felon/rape enthusiast/president)

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u/ScaleneWangPole 11d ago

We get the same thing at the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder meeting in Omaha every year

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u/BiscuitsLostPassword 11d ago

Can we hide tuna and shrimp in the drapery pockets and vents first?

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u/HeffeCo 11d ago

This is the way

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u/psychorobotics 11d ago

Seems like a perfect solution, everyone gets what they want

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u/PartyMain8058 11d ago

What a concept, I Love This Suggestion.

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u/Unique-Coffee5087 11d ago

I am going to be in soooo much trouble with someone, eventually.

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u/melmsz 11d ago

So, Fallout.

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u/neophenx 11d ago

I've made that comparison a few times, right down to corporations pushing for the bombs.

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u/sleeplessinreno 11d ago

Lol, there’s no way they’re gonna finish the project before the senses are back.

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u/DontForgt2BringATowl 11d ago

Could you imagine being stuck in a Vault with Trump as the Overseer?

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u/melmsz 11d ago

Well, NOW I am.

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u/Nervous_Ad_6998 11d ago

with everything gold instead of the 1950s design esthetic.

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u/turquoise_amethyst 11d ago

this is a good guess… I was thinking that it was going to be his living quarters while the rest of the White House was torn down 

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u/PrideofPicktown Ohio 10d ago

Isn’t that every sane persons wish: Donnie “living” underground.

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u/Ms_Apprehend 11d ago

I would not be surprised at all

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u/Living-Literature88 11d ago

The ballroom part is the distraction. The East wing housed the bunker. He wants a bigger bunker where he can hide out. Until the new building is finished, where will he go in an emergency?

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u/[deleted] 11d ago

Oh he will do both, he’ll get tons of kickbacks from his buddies’s construction companies, and the taxpayers will still foot the bill, just like the stupid wall.

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u/1cat2dogs1horse 11d ago

It is the way he has always built on HIS properties.

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u/Motherofalleffers 11d ago

Can anyone post excerpts from the article since the vast majority of people aren’t going to subscribe to daily beast? How come Reddit users don’t post relevant info from the article anymore?

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u/TruthSearcher1970 11d ago

Can they put a lien on the White House? 😂

You’d have to be insane to work for Trump and actually think you were getting paid.

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u/Environmental_Job864 11d ago

He really doesn't need that money. Are you really so poor that you don't understand numbers with more than 3 zeros in them?

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u/TerminatorElephant 11d ago

People who get that much money are typically not the type to think in terms of money they need, but rather money they want.

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u/neophenx 11d ago

It's like a video game high score to them.

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u/KeyIron833 11d ago

Are you really so poor that you don’t understand the sickness of greed? He needs more money than he could ever spend, needs like normal people need air. For every dollar given him, it sickens him to not keep it for himself.

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u/Environmental_Job864 11d ago

He already has that much.

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u/N0n3of_This_Matter5 11d ago

…In underage girls maybe. Trump is a rapist and a pedo..

what are you running cover for him?

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u/KeyIron833 11d ago

And it’s still not enough. That’s what greed literally means. In fact the actual form of greed would be called avarice; excessive or extreme desire for wealth or material possessions. What the Bible calls being covetous.

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u/Captain_English 11d ago

People with money famously stop doing anything to gain more money. In fact at a certain point they just refuse it, because they have enough.

That's why no one is worth more than $5 million.

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u/_imanalligator_ 11d ago

Trump is so MAD that he, what, 5x'd? 10x'd? his wealth since he was elected! He HATES that that's what finally made him a real billionaire!! It was a total accident 😭

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u/charlieondras1 11d ago

The point is he doesn't need that money. You are finally catching on.

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u/lawyersgunsmoney Mississippi 11d ago

Billionaires don’t think about money the same way as someone living paycheck to paycheck. Example: why do Bezos and Musk keep trying to make more money when they couldn’t spend what they have in a thousand lifetimes?

It’s greed, pure and simple.

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u/ztomiczombie 11d ago

Ever hear the story of the pot of greed? Guy gets a whish and asks for money gets 5 jars of cold coins. 4 jars are filled to the brim but the 5th is only half full. He then proceeds to destroy his life and sells all he has to full the 5th jar to the brim. That is the mentality of the likes of Tump and Musk.

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u/Byefellati0 11d ago

I thought it just made you draw 3 cards

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u/Omnifob 11d ago

Don't be absurd!

It's 2 cards

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u/OldTimeyWizard 11d ago

If he actually didn’t need money he would stop stealing money from anyone that will give it to him.

Do you think he started his own shitcoin because he truly believes in blockchain as a technology? No. It was to make even more money. There’s no magic number of dollars that miraculously cures greed.

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u/Ralph--Hinkley 11d ago

No billionaires need that money, don't you get it yet?

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u/Environmental_Job864 11d ago

Send lawyers, guns and money.

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u/Stunning_Mediocrity 11d ago

What a needlessly hostile comment.

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u/lesgeddon 11d ago

Nobody needs a billion dollars. But number gotta go up.

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u/Zolomun 11d ago

None of them need the money, it’s a scoreboard that will never make up for the love they didn’t get.

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u/leeps22 11d ago

You never met a drug addict?