The Reign of Trump

[EnterpriseSovereign]

Didn't you once say that to a junkie asking which eye he wanted to keep?

That is also a real thing that actually happened. I'm autistic. We fall into patterns. It's still some cold-ass shit to say to a guy you plan to scare the bejesus out of and then set him free and I stand by it for that purpose.

You're on the same spectrum as me, I almost wish I'd replied with something similar to the amateur who tried to extort money from me via text, instead of telling the scumbag that the cops were on their way to his location and that he'll be in prison shortly. Had he actually replied to that I have some very good ideas about what I would have followed up with

[Raw Shark]

Didn't you once say that to a junkie asking which eye he wanted to keep?

That is also a real thing that actually happened. I'm autistic. We fall into patterns. It's still some cold-ass shit to say to a guy you plan to scare the bejesus out of and then set him free and I stand by it for that purpose.

You're on the same spectrum as me, I almost wish I'd replied with something similar to the amateur who tried to extort money from me via text, instead of telling the scumbag that the cops were on their way to his location and that he'll be in prison shortly. Had he actually replied to that I have some very good ideas about what I would have followed up with

Hey, well. We're about as fucked up as most of the normies. It's their world, we just gotta live here.

[Grand Moff Yenchin]

Demolition begins to replace White House East Wing with Trump’s ballroom

Demolition of the White House East Wing began Monday as President Donald Trump adds a $200 million, 90,000-square-foot ballroom.

CNN observed an excavator tearing down portions of the East Wing, and close-up video and images captured areas of the roof torn down and an excavator tearing through the interior.

Renderings released earlier by the White House showed that the ballroom, which the administration has said will be funded by Trump and other private donors, would be built over this area. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said over the summer that the “state ballroom” would occupy space housing the East Wing of the executive mansion, where first ladies have traditionally maintained offices.

The project fulfills a 15-year ambition by the president to construct an event space on the White House grounds that expands the building’s entertaining capacity — but also resembles the gilded spaces of his private clubs. The ballroom is just one part of Trump’s efforts to transform the buildings and grounds to his liking, which have included adding large flagpoles, paving over the Rose Garden, and decorating the Oval Office in gold.

“I am pleased to announce that ground has been broken on the White House grounds to build the new, big, beautiful White House Ballroom,” Trump posted on social media Monday evening. “Completely separate from the White House itself, the East Wing is being fully modernized as part of this process, and will be more beautiful than ever when it is complete!”

Trump also commented on the construction during an event celebrating LSU baseball teams in the White House’s East Room earlier Monday.

“You know, we’re building right behind us — we’re building a ballroom. They wanted a ballroom for 150 years, and I’m giving that honor to this wonderful place,” he said. “I didn’t know I’d be standing here right now, because right on the other side, you have a lot of construction going on, which you might hear periodically.”

Renderings provided by the White House depict a vast space with gold and crystal chandeliers, gilded Corinthian columns, a coffered ceiling with gold inlays, gold floor lamps and a checkered marble floor. Three walls of arched windows look out over the White House’s south grounds.

The new ballroom — which will maintain the “theme and architectural heritage” of the neoclassical executive mansion, the White House said — will have a seated capacity of 650 people, more than three times the space in the East Room, the largest event space in the White House.

At a recent dinner with high-dollar ballroom donors, Trump said the new space would be “in keeping” with the White House architecture. He said it will be “appropriate in color and in window shape.”

“There won’t be anything like it actually. … You know, a new thing is you build a super modern building next to an old-fashioned building, and I think that’s good, but I don’t have the courage to do that with the White House,” he said.

During the dinner, the president said he was told there were “zero zoning conditions” set for the project.

“I said, ‘How long will it take me?’” Trump recalled. “‘Sir, you can start tonight, you have no approvals.’ I said, ‘You gotta be kidding.’ They said, ‘Sir, this is the White House, you’re the president of the United States, you can do anything you want.’”

White House communications director Steven Cheung on Monday shared a screenshot from Smithsonian Magazine of construction at the White House during the 1950s, in response to what he called “pearl clutching” after images of the demolition surfaced.

The photo he posted was taken during the Truman administration, when the White House underwent a complete reconstruction after engineers discovered it was “structurally weak and in danger of collapse,” according to the White House Historical Association.

“Construction has always been a part of the evolution of the White House,” Cheung wrote on X. “Losers who are quick to criticize need to stop their pearl clutching and understand the building needs to be modernized. Otherwise you’re just living in the past.”

[EnterpriseSovereign]

Trump wants $230 million from DOJ for investigating him: NYT

President Donald Trump has demanded that the Department of Justice pay him a whopping $230 million in compensation for its criminal investigations of him after his first term in the White House ended, The New York Times reported Tuesday.

The Times noted that any potential settlement might have to be approved by people he has appointed during his second term.

One of them, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, previously represented Trump as a defense attorney in criminal cases against the president.

“I guess they probably owe me a lot of money,” Trump said at the White House later Tuesday, referring to the demands.

“As far as all of the litigation ... yeah, they probably owe me a lot of money, but if I get money from our country, I’ll do something nice with it,” Trump said, suggesting he would donate any settlement to the White House.

Trump submitted complaints related to the DOJ’s probes “through an administrative claim process that is often the precursor to lawsuits,” the newspaper reported.

One claim, submitted in 2023, requests damages in connection with the DOJ’s investigation of interference in the 2016 presidential election by Russia and potential connections to Trump’s campaign that year, the Times said.

The other claim, filed in mid-2024, accuses the FBI of violating Trump’s rights by conducting a search of his Mar-a-Lago club and residence in 2022 as part of an investigation into his retention of classified government documents after leaving the White House at the end of his first term.

Trump was indicted in federal court in Florida in connection with that investigation on charges of retaining those records and of interfering in efforts by federal authorities to recover them.

A judge tossed out that case, and the DOJ ultimately dropped an appeal of her decision and the entire case after Trump won the 2024 election.

The Times noted that Trump alluded to his claims during an event last week in the Oval Office, while standing next to Blanche, Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel.

“I have a lawsuit that was doing very well, and when I became president, I said, I’m sort of suing myself. I don’t know, how do you settle the lawsuit, I’ll say give me X dollars, and I don’t know what to do with the lawsuit,” Mr. Trump said.

“It sort of looks bad, I’m suing myself, right?” Trump said. “So I don’t know. But that was a lawsuit that was very strong, very powerful.”

A spokesman for Trump’s legal team, when asked about the Times report, told CNBC, “President Trump continues to fight back against all Democrat-led Witch Hunts, including the ‘Russia, Russia, Russia’ hoax and the un-Constitutional and un-American weaponization of our justice system by Crooked Joe Biden and his handlers.”

The White House referred questions from CNBC about the Times article to the DOJ.

Generally speaking, we have no comment on the status of the claims, and off record would refer you to the President’s personal attorneys on the specifics of what’s being sought.

The DOJ declined to comment on the status of Trump’s claims.

But DOJ spokesman Chad Gilmartin said, in reference to the potential for department officials being conflicted in the situation, “In any circumstance, all officials at the Department of Justice follow the guidance of career ethics officials.”

— CNBC’s Eamon Javers contributed to this story.

[Solauren]

So, Trump is using his 'own money' to remodel a publically owned American Landmark..... (Which is probably illegal if you had a functional US attorney's office. You no longer do)
Going to make it look like one of his properties. (Thereby making a very expensive an long term mark on it)
Probably going to rig it for survillance for 'security', but not by White House or US government staff (re; his staff / foreign operatives)

And now apparently is demanding the DOJ hand him alot of money for doing their job. Almost as if he's trying to force them to pay for the reno.

[Lost Soal]

So, Trump is using his 'own money' to remodel a publically owned American Landmark..... (Which is probably illegal if you had a functional US attorney's office. You no longer do)
Going to make it look like one of his properties. (Thereby making a very expensive an long term mark on it)
Probably going to rig it for survillance for 'security', but not by White House or US government staff (re; his staff / foreign operatives)

And now apparently is demanding the DOJ hand him alot of money for doing their job. Almost as if he's trying to force them to pay for the reno.

Don't be silly, he's using donations (look out for future contracts) and most likely the fact he hasn't paid up front. He will never spend a penny of his own money if he can avoid it.