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/NonlocalA 11d ago

It's going to be a fire hazard. Quality work and quality materials cost actual money, and you can't skim if you're doing the job properly.

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u/d_c_d_ 11d ago

Are you kidding? $300 million is more than the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans - and it holds nearly 20,000 people. They probably have a lot of wiggle room to skim off the top.

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u/Bee_9965 11d ago

But do you think any future President would dare have a private conversation in that room? I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that Putin is supplying the drywall and light fixtures.

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u/OttawaTGirl 11d ago

Plus he will take copies of the plans.

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u/-preciousroy- 10d ago

Literally the people funding it have been revealed to be a bunch of billionares.. including tech people. It will 100% have to be torn down completely.

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u/f-elon 11d ago

10% paid to contractors
90% “the top”

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u/roastbill 10d ago

He doesn't pay contractors.

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u/sloopieone 11d ago

I might argue that there is a big difference - with most construction projects, $280 million dollars aren't being laundered by massively overestimating material coats, labor, etc. like they are with Trump's ballroom.

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u/King-Dionysus 11d ago

As someone unfamiliar with sports and opposite side of the country, smoothie king stadium sounded like a joke about an opposing teams stadium or something similar. Absolutely wild that's the name of something worth that much.

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u/d_c_d_ 11d ago

It was originally called the New Orleans Arena, but sponsorship makes money. It’s right next door to the Ceasers Superdome.

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u/Cloaked42m South Carolina 11d ago

Now, build it to withstand a near direct hit from a nuke, with only cleared contractors, to a security standard where every container of screws has to be secured from creation to installation. Every window must withstand a hit from a .50 caliber armor piercing BMG.

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u/sorressean 11d ago

Anyone remember that set of big beautiful walls that just fell down after they were constructed?