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Miles Archer

(24,179 posts)
Sun May 10, 2026, 08:26 AM Sunday

JUST BECAUSE he's building a "ballroom" with a residence, bomb shelter & medical center doesn't mean he won't leave [View all]

Oh.

Wait.

That's exactly what it means.

Please disregard this post.

What would that billion be financing? An underground hospital/bomb shelter/fortress secured with missile-resistant steel and drone-proof roofing materials. It would feature its own communication center and military command apparatus completely independent of the city above.

In other words, if you were a crazy dictator hellbent on sticking around past your expiration date, this would be exactly the kind of place you’d plan. It would have everything but its own Bunkerland McDonald’s, and I’m sure Trump would figure out a way to insert that into the blueprint, too.

The final indignity is that me and you are now the ones being tasked with footing the bill for this outrageous structure seemingly designed to protect an authoritarian and make sure he never has to relinquish power until he’s dead and gone.

Should this outrage continue to move forward, there are at least a billion reasons why Republicans should be forced to wear this around their collective necks like a scarlet “B.”

https://www.rawstory.com/raw-investigates/trump-ballroom-2676871192/
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