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Ball room is privately funded btw.

ceejayoz 1y ago
Privately extorted funding, that is. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/youtube-agrees-pay-245-million-settle-trump-lawsuit/story?id=126057907 https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/youtube-agrees-pay-245-milli... > YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump and other plaintiffs after he was suspended from the platform in 2021, according to a court filing. > According to the filing, $22 million will be used to support Trump’s construction of a White House State Ballroom and will be held in a tax-exempt entity called the Trust for the National Mall.
- theultdev 1y ago
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  - ceejayoz 1y ago
    > Full letter from Google… doesn't say anything of the sort. It, in fact, brags about their refusing to do so.
  - wtfwhateven 1y ago
    You should actually read the letter instead of assuming what it says.
superxpro12 1y ago
I'm not sure thats any better. A metaphor of corruption if I've ever seen one.
- theultdev 1y ago
  A president privately paying for a ball room that they will only use for 3 more years? I don't think that's really peak corruption. He could have just kept the money. It's simply a donation of a building. Not sure how you can spin that as corruption.
  - ceejayoz 1y ago
    > A president privately paying… There's zero evidence of this. (And plenty of evidence to the contrary, like the YouTube settlement.) > He could have pocketed the money. He effectively is. https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2025/09/09/presidency-boosts-trumps-net-worth-by-3-billion-in-a-year/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2025/09/09/preside...
    - theultdev 1y ago
      The Youtube settlement is his money. Youtube censored him, admitted it was the Biden admin directing it, and settled. Trump can either donate the money or pocket it. I'm not sure why you linked his net worth gain, has nothing to do with this conversation of donating this specific building.
      - ceejayoz 1y ago
        > The Youtube settlement is his money… … obtained via the power and threat of the public office. There's a good reason all these suits started getting settled only after he regained office. > I'm not sure why you linked his net worth gain… Because he's growing his wealth via the Presidency far greater than $20M he's "donating" out of someone else's pocket?
        theultdev 1y ago
        > There's a good reason all these suits started getting settled only after he regained office. Yes, because as Google admitted, the Biden administration was the one instructing them to do so, of course the suits started after the Biden admin. -- edit -- Source: https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/google-admits-censorship-under-biden-promises-end-bans-youtube-accounts https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/google-admi... Full letter from Google: https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2025-09-23-letter-to-hjc.pdf https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-j...

Privately extorted funding, that is. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/youtube-agrees-pay-245-million-settle-trump-lawsuit/story?id=126057907 https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/youtube-agrees-pay-245-milli... > YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump and other plaintiffs after he was suspended from the platform in 2021, according to a court filing. > According to the filing, $22 million will be used to support Trump’s construction of a White House State Ballroom and will be held in a tax-exempt entity called the Trust for the National Mall.

theultdev 1y ago
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- ceejayoz 1y ago
  > Full letter from Google… doesn't say anything of the sort. It, in fact, brags about their refusing to do so.
- wtfwhateven 1y ago
  You should actually read the letter instead of assuming what it says.

superxpro12 1y ago

I'm not sure thats any better. A metaphor of corruption if I've ever seen one.

theultdev 1y ago
A president privately paying for a ball room that they will only use for 3 more years? I don't think that's really peak corruption. He could have just kept the money. It's simply a donation of a building. Not sure how you can spin that as corruption.
- ceejayoz 1y ago
  > A president privately paying… There's zero evidence of this. (And plenty of evidence to the contrary, like the YouTube settlement.) > He could have pocketed the money. He effectively is. https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2025/09/09/presidency-boosts-trumps-net-worth-by-3-billion-in-a-year/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2025/09/09/preside...
  - theultdev 1y ago
    The Youtube settlement is his money. Youtube censored him, admitted it was the Biden admin directing it, and settled. Trump can either donate the money or pocket it. I'm not sure why you linked his net worth gain, has nothing to do with this conversation of donating this specific building.
    - ceejayoz 1y ago
      > The Youtube settlement is his money… … obtained via the power and threat of the public office. There's a good reason all these suits started getting settled only after he regained office. > I'm not sure why you linked his net worth gain… Because he's growing his wealth via the Presidency far greater than $20M he's "donating" out of someone else's pocket?
      - theultdev 1y ago
        > There's a good reason all these suits started getting settled only after he regained office. Yes, because as Google admitted, the Biden administration was the one instructing them to do so, of course the suits started after the Biden admin. -- edit -- Source: https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/google-admits-censorship-under-biden-promises-end-bans-youtube-accounts https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/google-admi... Full letter from Google: https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2025-09-23-letter-to-hjc.pdf https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-j...