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Tanuki

(16,092 posts) Mon Sep 22, 2025, 08:17 AM Sep 22

WH weighs engraving donors' names on ballroom wall. [View all]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-weighs-etching-corporations-names-into-new-trump-ballroom/

"Corporations donating millions to President Donald Trump’s new ballroom project at the White House may be rewarded by having their name etched into the historic building, a report claimed Friday.

Sources told CBS News that donors so far include Google, R.J. Reynolds, Booz Allen Hamilton, Palantir and NextEra Energy. Lockheed Martin, the aerospace and defense company, contributed $10 million to the project.
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Three sources told the network that Trump has personally lobbied businesses for donations. It is unclear how many donations came about from that lobbying.

The donations are not limited to just companies. CBS News reports that Blackstone Group CEO Stephen Schwarzman has personally pledged money to the project.".... (more)

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WH weighs engraving donors' names on ballroom wall. [View all] Tanuki Sep 22 OP

I can see it now... Trueblue Texan Sep 22 #1

Engrave it on the bathroom stall walls. You know, where the classified documents are stashed. . . . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 22 #2

Where they go to snort cocaine. Irish_Dem Sep 22 #14

It's going to take a generation to de-trumpify the White House aeromanKC Sep 22 #3

Gonna take a lot of exorcists to do the job. Irish_Dem Sep 22 #15

Tacky, tacky, tacky. nt Dulcinea Sep 22 #4

A wall of shame. Irish_Dem Sep 22 #17

What a fantastic idea, gab13by13 Sep 22 #5

+1 dalton99a Sep 22 #9

We will have a list of traitors to prosecute. Irish_Dem Sep 22 #16

They make donations expecting to get something back in return. Pure corruption. Doodley Sep 22 #6

They are so proud of themselves for bribing a sitting president. Irish_Dem Sep 22 #18

Give each one a presidential Sharpie and let them write their names on a wall. Buns_of_Fire Sep 22 #7

A rogue's gallery documented for the future? OK. tanyev Sep 22 #8

Right, they are too rich and stupid to know they are shaming themselves. Irish_Dem Sep 22 #19

No matter how many times I read the headline I see bathroom. Hugin Sep 22 #10

Remember that time Joe Biden's son told a business in Ukraine his dad was the VP Takket Sep 22 #11

A nice fresco, like in the middle ages, and it becomes part of the wall! Leonardo da Vinci would love it! CTyankee Sep 22 #12

All of Trump's Barbie Doll Ho's could engrave their bra sizes too. Irish_Dem Sep 22 #13

They're actually gonna document something? WestMichRad Sep 22 #20

That's where their name belong. Martin68 Sep 22 #21

And then, when the next Democratic president is elected... jmowreader Sep 22 #22

Oh, for crying out loud... trumpet the corruption everywhere! nt slightlv Sep 22 #23