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Johonny

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7. What is the budget?

Reply to Autumn (Reply #6)

Tue Jan 13, 2026, 07:03 PM

5 hrs ago

All we know is Trump changed the price he claimed it would cost, and fired the contractor, we assume because he dared to charge money to do the work.

The budget is purely magic money at this point.

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The cost for the Trump East Wing is already over that which Anal Fistula announced. [View all] 3Hotdogs 9 hrs ago OP

He needs to bin iinvestigated by the same bunch that are going after Powell for cost overruns. Fair is fair. ratchiweenie 8 hrs ago #1

Have they started building his ballroom? Autumn 8 hrs ago #2

The ballroom exists to collect funding Johonny 7 hrs ago #5

So if it's not being bult and none of the money has been spent on it how is it over budget? Autumn 5 hrs ago #6

What is the budget? Johonny 5 hrs ago #7

Trumps magic money make sense Autumn 5 hrs ago #8

His DoJ is prosecuting Jay Powell for the same thing: going overbudget on buildings. CousinIT 8 hrs ago #3

How can that be? Nothing has been built yet. Wiz Imp 7 hrs ago #4