That is a pretty staggering amount for a 90,000 sq ft ballroom.
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Apple Donating to Trump's $350M White House Ballroom Project
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I'm stuck paying iCloud services for family. Still I'm not buying anything from this company unless my stuff breaks down...
The OS interface of all the devices that Apple under the guidance of their Master Leader and King of the world will have ORANGE as the main color scheme. It must match his Orange Hue. For the privilege of doing that, Apple will then donate more millions to please their King. Apple is no longer the darling of the rebel crowd, the pirates of corporate conformity.... Apple has more than bent the knee, they are fully bent over for Trump.
A White House official provided the list on Thursday of corporations and individuals that will contribute to the ballroom.
The list does not specify exact amounts pledged or paid by each donor, nor has the White House said how much Trump — who’s said he’ll personally use his own funds as well — plans to contribute.
The full list, as provided by the White House:
I'm surprised I don't see AT&T and Verizon on that list.
The list does not specify exact amounts pledged or paid by each donor, nor has the White House said how much Trump — who’s said he’ll personally use his own funds as well — plans to contribute.
The full list, as provided by the White House:
- Altria Group Inc.
- Amazon
- Apple
- Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
- Caterpillar Inc.
- Coinbase
- Comcast Corporation
- J. Pepe and Emilia Fanjul
- Hard Rock International
- HP Inc.
- Lockheed Martin
- Meta Platforms
- Micron Technology
- Microsoft
- NextEra Energy Inc.
- Palantir Technologies Inc.
- Ripple
- Reynolds American
- T-Mobile
- Tether America
- Union Pacific Railroad
- Adelson Family Foundation
- Stefan E. Brodie
- Betty Wold Johnson Foundation
- Charles and Marissa Cascarilla
- Edward and Shari Glazer
- Harold Hamm
- Benjamin Leon Jr.
- The Lutnick Family
- The Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Foundation
- Stephen A. Schwarzmann
- Konstantin Sokolov
- Kelly Loeffler and Jeff Sprecher
- Paolo Tiramani
- Cameron Winklevoss
- Tyler Winklevoss
I'm surprised I don't see AT&T and Verizon on that list.
It might not have been him. Could the board be telling Apple to contribute the money?
He personally donated a million bucks of his own money to the inauguration. It absolutely was him.
That's a good question. Why bother with something like this. Are they doing it just because they can and are simply flexing to prove a point? Is it a distraction to keep people busy?
Apple could have asked Tim to contribute personally and offered to reimburse him later. It feels like a Game of Thrones "bend the knee" moment. If so, that's pretty scary.
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This is the last straw. All things Apple are officially dead to me now.
That's just a number that popped into his head yesterday. A week ago, it was $200M. Who knows what the actual total cost will be?
I think it’s hilarious that the people screaming at the removal of confederate statues, are perfectly fine with part of the White House being bulldozed.
Do you mean like he's never going to leave, just like the last 9 presidents have had said about them?
Even when he thought he won the 2020 election, he left.
I don't think him leaving is going to be an issue.
A whole basketball court
How much do you think the basketball court cost versus a ballroom?
whatever it was it was more than trumps free ball room!
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Okay two things here. One Apple-related, another not.
1. As much as I want to be angry at Apple, every other mega conglomerate is bending the knee to avoid prosecution here.
2. I hope the next Democrat bulldozes this ridiculous ballroom. This is house is supposed to be for The People.
1. As much as I want to be angry at Apple, every other mega conglomerate is bending the knee to avoid prosecution here.
2. I hope the next Democrat bulldozes this ridiculous ballroom. This is house is supposed to be for The People.
Next president should knock it down without consulting anyone.
They might think they're "owning the libs" right now, but this is setting precedent.
So, the next Democratic Congress + Democratic President can rescind funding to SpaceX or ICE. Heck, the next President can just disband ICE since the Supreme Court said USAID can be shut down. The next Democrat could go after Fox News demanding a settlement or send the FCC after Fox affiliates.
No one wants to see the forest through the trees here.
I don’t mean to flame you, but you need to bone up on your history.
From Truman to Trump: A Tale of Two White House Renovations (Gift Article)
President Harry S. Truman consulted Congress, architects and a fine arts commission on everything from construction plans to fabric samples. President Trump is taking a different approach.
It's "free" but he's also demanding hundreds of millions from the DOJ because his feelings got hurt during those investigations.
So yeah, the ballroom is "free", but taxpayers pay the same amount to his pocket via the DOJ.
I don’t mean to flame you, but you need to bone up on your history.
From Truman to Trump: A Tale of Two White House Renovations (Gift Article)
President Harry S. Truman consulted Congress, architects and a fine arts commission on everything from construction plans to fabric samples. President Trump is taking a different approach.www.nytimes.com
Smithsonian or any museum would've GLADLY taken anything from the East Wing.
But NOPE! Just bulldoze it to rubble.
Is your side the only “we the people”? Sounds like you think that’s the case.
Please cite literally one instance of anyone speculating that any of the “last 9 presidents” wouldn’t peacefully transfer power.
And yeah he left, begrudgingly, after whipping his cultists into a frenzy and setting them loose on the Capitol. He was disgraced and even he saw the writing on the wall at that point; by 2028 he’ll have a well-armed paramilitary force (ICE, DHS, CBP) loyal only to him and have nothing to lose.
No, “the people” is everyone, and typically politicians would understand when they got elected by the skin of their teeth with less than 50% of the votes and act accordingly. Not to mention that his approval currently stands at < 40%.