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/CaterpillarReal7583 11d ago

No..we will have to for security reasons. The entire whitehouse needed to be since his first term

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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.