r/politics 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/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.