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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sat May 9, 2026, 09:02 PM 17 hrs ago

Jaw-Dropping Cost of Trump's Tacky Renovation Plot Revealed [View all]

Donald Trump’s plot to repaint a historic 19th-century building white would cost at least $7.5 million, it has been revealed.

Ryan Erb, the construction operations and facilities manager in the White House Office of Administration, gave a rough estimate of how much it would cost to repaint the exterior of the gray Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB) in Washington, D.C., during a meeting with the federal National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) on Thursday.

“We are planning to have about a 25-year life span for the paint,” Erb said, via The New York Times. “We are working with a third-party vendor to do all the appropriate testing.”

Trump’s plan to give the EEOB a fresh coat of paint is part of his broader effort to reshape Washington, D.C., in his tacky image, including constructing his gaudy White House ballroom and installing the so-called “Arc de Trump” across from the Lincoln Memorial.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/jaw-dropping-cost-trump-tacky-124418993.html

It shouldn't cost that much. Is Trump trying to skim some money from the so called expenses?

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$7.5 million? Turbineguy 14 hrs ago #1
You Have to Add in the Grift DET 14 hrs ago #2
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