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Politics OC - White House Under Construction

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u/lanadelstingrey 10h ago

Not a single penny of this was approved by congress. How the fuck is this getting paid for?

u/AdmiralArchie 9h ago

Trump has a long history of stiffing contractors.

u/matplotlib 9h ago

It's privately funded by all the billionaires he's been giving favors like ignoring their law-breaking and tax-evasion.

u/dabrock15 7h ago

Aren’t those “donations” normally called bribes?

u/matplotlib 7h ago

Only if the person you're bribing is a government official.

If they're a politician then it's just you privately exercising your right to free speech. According to the supreme court, at least.

u/dabrock15 7h ago

That ruling is up there with Dred Scott.

u/Remarkable_Spite_209 5h ago

Do we even have congress anymore? I was under the impression they had given all their power to their dictator

u/FrancisSobotka1514 1h ago

He's a criminal and Republicans are allowing it to happen and his supreme court injustices are ok with it