Trump Shifted Secret Service Funds to Build His Ballroom

Thursday, June 18, 2026

Congress turned down President Donald Trump's request for funding for his modernization efforts at the White House -- mainly out of concern that he would tap taxpayer dollars for his proposed ballroom.

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Sounds like the rebranding of Trump's White House ballroom as a security measure was in part so he could tap millions of taxpayer dollars from the Secret Service and WH Military Office www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio ...

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the president is turning to a pot of money Congress approved last year for the U.S. Secret Service.

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Because of Butler.

I take this as evidence Trump no more anxiety about having been "almost killed".

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2026-06-17 05:50 PM | Reply

"Will no one rid me of this turbulent ~~priest~~ POTUS?"

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-06-17 06:03 PM | Reply

He's building his triplex, gold-plated apartment at 1600B Pennsylvania Avenue.

Until it's bulldozed by some clearer thinkers.

Private contractors going to be building this, or Corps of Engineers?

#3 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-06-17 06:25 PM | Reply

Is the disgusting orange pedo going to decorate his ballroom with 175 backpacks to honor the Iranian schoolgirls he vaporized?

#4 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-06-17 07:45 PM | Reply

Can we just bury him on a 16th tee somewhere and be done with it?

#5 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-06-17 09:04 PM | Reply