OFFICIAL LRC President Donald Trump SECOND TERM Thread

Flailing

Remember when Trumpers defended the ballroom as being funded totally through donations and therefore not a Trump grift?

“Trump is paying himself $9 million as the Ballroom "Contractor”.

He's not paying himself. That $9 million goes to the nonprofit "Trust for the National Mall".

CBS:

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Contract reveals fundraising deal for financing Trump's East Wing overhaul

The agreement, which was signed this fall, ensures donor anonymity, establishes a fee structure and institutes a ban on foreign contributions.

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Washington — A newly revealed agreement between the White House, the National Park Service and the nonprofit Trust for the National Mall shows the inner workings of how President Trump and his allies are financing a $400 million overhaul of the White House East Wing.

The 14-page document, which was obtained by the left-leaning advocacy group Public Citizen and shared with CBS News, empowers the Trust to "accept donations in an amount sufficient to cover all costs" of the project, as determined by the White House. The agreement was signed by the parties in October 2025.

The agreement says that the Trust stands to receive a 2.5% fee on funds collected for the project, which CBS News reported soon after it was signed. That fee dips to 2% for any money raised in excess of $200 million. President Trump has said the $400 million renovation is fully financed, meaning the Trust stands to yield around $9 million.

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The agreement ensures that all parties involved will "preserve the anonymity and privacy of any donor who wishes to remain anonymous." So far, the White House has provided the names of about three dozen individual and corporate donors, but declined to say how much each has given.

Here’s a truth from Trump this morning that might his most illogical one yet:

“The Southern Poverty Law Center, one of the greatest political scams in American History, has been charged with FRAUD. This is another Democrat Hoax, along with Act Blue, and many others. If it is true, the 2020 Presidential Election should be permanently wiped from the books and be of no further force or effect! Thank you for your attention to this matter.”

SPLC is not a scam, not a Democrat hoax and had absolutely nothing to do with the 2020 election. How can that election be wiped from the books and be of no further force or effect(!)?

Is becoming even stupider, a sign of cognitive decline?

Thanks for the clarification

Special Trust for the National Mall reminds me of the Special Envoy for the Shield of America.

The trust for the mall was created in 2007. The website is vaguely political but nothing especially so - talks about private donations (vs taxpayer funds) and the America 250 celebration.

"Private Donations Throughout History Helped Build the Washington Monument and Memorials on the National Mall
Did you know that every monument and memorial on the National Mall was built or restored in part through private donations?"

"For both tourists and residents, the National Mall will always be the central axis of the District of Columbia, just as it was designed to be by architect and engineer Pierre L’Enfant in 1791. A major non-profit initiative, the Trust For The National Mall, was founded in 2007 to restore, improve and maintain this national treasure."

Where did the panicans go?

cnbc.com

S&P 500, Nasdaq close at records, boosted by Intel, as investors hope for a restart to U.S.-Iran talks

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On Thursday, the Nasdaq Composite suffered its worst daily performance in nearly a month.

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I mean, this has been the CNBC headline almost every day for almost two months now. “Stocks climb as investor hopeful a peace deal is just around the corner!!” I honestly don’t know whether all these investors are truly this dumb, or if they’re all in on the joke.

You're describing Obama and Biden without being intelligent enough to know it;)

Liberals make me smile

Biden is not President.
Obama is not President.
Newsom is not President.
Harris is not President.
Hillary is not President.
Antifa is not President.
Donald Trump is President. Everything that happens is on him. He. Owns. Everything.

You're too bloody ignorant to comprehend a very simplistic point, even after I dumped it down, specifically for you.

They did the same thing and you had no problem with it. Obama went against the constitution, to which you accused Trump of. To respond the way you did makes me smile even more. Zero brain cells, how sad.

They were Presidents and therefore comparisons are fair game in any debate. You brought up Trump how many times when Biden, cough cough, was President.

Trump really has gotten under your collar.

Trump: “When I didn't get the Nobel Peace Prize. You gotta understand, I don't care. Norway has lost so credible. I stopped 8 wars… I do it the best. I stopped wars that nobody thought—President Putin called me, he said, 'I can't believe you stopped this one and this one.’”

I don’t recognize all the names but their relationships seem very complicated. Did the love hate triangle lead to Charlie’s death in any means?

Let me try to synthesize. Loomer loves Pete, Pete hates David, David meets Candice and Nick in secret, Candice dated Charlie, Charlie married Erica, and Charlie is now dead. Is that accurate?

Winning! Most people are Poor, spend their money on garbage. Others TDS has clogged their judgement. For the rest of us it's Good Times. Bad times for illhan.........

harris is a joke. You know it, I know it, everybody knows it. The crime syndicate, (D), made a terrible decision.

Going to be a huge weekend for ICE Two2. Good times. That one-way train to prison or Deportation will keep running 24/7. Have to get rid of these sickos, criminals, and leeches.
We will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we will not fail.

A British MAGAT?? That is so cute! Do you actually think you're making a coherent point here? You think Obama and Biden being unpopular on economic issues at various points in the past means that Trump being incredibly unpopular on a wide swath of issues somehow doesn't matter?

Honestly not even remotely close