re: White House plans for an 'Arc de Trump' new national monument

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CBS News' Ed O'Keefe asked the president who the arch is for, and Mr. Trump pointed at himself: "Me."


We love our humble Emperor, don't we folks?

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Do you have video of this, because the only thing I've found I don't hear him say "me".

I think it's important for the public to get confirmation that taxpayers aren't funding this.

I don't have any strong feelings about it either way.

It will add to the architectural beauty of DC and it celebrates the 250th anniversary of our founding.

I was trying to think how I'd react if a Democrat administration was building it - I'd probably be just as indifferent.

Look forward to seeing it one day.

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Friendly reminder that we are 38 Trillion in debt.

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Privately funded you illiterate frick.

which “No Kings” protest did you attend this weekend? Don’t lie, someone with your level of TDS definitely went.

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dgnx6

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You are a retard.

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Checks out.

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Trump said the ballroom project was "fully financed" and some of the leftover money would be used to fund the arch.

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Is this where the "private funding" claims are coming from or are there other statements? Because it doesn’t say that.

There are two assertions here: (1) It’s fully financed. (2) Some of the leftover ballroom renovation money will be used to build it. If I renovate my dining room and then want to install a pool, using $2k leftover from the dining room reno along with the entirety of my kids’ college fund, when my wife asks “how are we paying for it?” and I say it’s “fully financed” and that the leftover money from the dining room reno will be used, my statement would be 100% true yet extremely misleading.

I admit I’m a layperson in the fields of monument design and ballroom renovation, but it seems to me that if there was really enough leftover from financing a ballroom renovation to build a giant fricking arch, it must have been the most wildly successful fundraiser of all time and the administration would be leading with very clear language that it was 100% donor funded.

Now, there may indeed be a statement out there explicitly saying that, in which case none of what I said applies, but I’m just working from what was posted in this thread.

I didn't read all that but I think it's important to note that the ballroom was funded privately as well. That is not disputed by anyone.

Not sure if that changes your post.

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Riverside

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You are next level retarded.

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Andddd....Another Brain Surgeon takes his shot.

Nice exchange. Let's do it again soon.

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Not sure if that changes your post.

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It doesn't. The statement says it's "fully funded" and that some of the leftover money from the ballroom reno will be used. The assertion "it's fully funded by the leftover ballroom renovation" is not in that statement and is being inferred. It states only that those funds will be used.