Donors for Trump's $300M White House Ballroom Include Google, Apple and Palantir

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/23/trump-white-house-ballroom-donors

by beardyw • 9 months ago

48 17 9 months ago

Tech and AI is acting like there will totalitarian rule and right wing will rule forever. Maybe so, but we aren't there yet. Setting themselves up to reap the whirlwind when another party takes power.

cool_man_bob• 9 months ago

Setting themselves up to reap the whirlwind.

Reap what? The second your side gets power again, your politicians will tuck their tails between their legs and let them off with a light scolding.

zerosizedweasle2• 9 months ago

Nah, not this time, they've gone way too far for that. I think Democrats will make a real big effort to make peace with the average GOP / Trump supporter, but not the elite enablers.

thebruce87m• 9 months ago

When do we accept it? Trumps third term?

wturner• 9 months ago

All the right wingers yelling about elite conspiracies, pedo's etc. Trumpism is a group of them wallowing in plain site. Right wingers sure got quiet. It's called white identity politics and big tech sure flocked to it when the door opened. DEI for wealthy white sociopaths

duxup• 9 months ago

People in power tend to like totalitarianism, it's an easy pathway to buddy up to whomever is in power and get around all those pesky issues like competition, rules, etc.

The masses shouldn't, but sometimes they do, foolishly.

lithos• 9 months ago

They aren't. House reps and Senators both spend over half their time fundraising, they're gonna behave perfectly normally and ignore whatever they need to for fundraising purposes.

insane_dreamer2• 9 months ago

we aren't there yet

we're getting pretty darn close; all we need is a subverted election -- if it almost succeeded in 2020 you can be sure it's going to succeed in 2028 -- to close the circle

elheffe80• 9 months ago

Sweet! Can we get advertising on the inside of the WHB for all the sponsors? Maybe some cameras connected to AI to ensure people are enjoying themselves...

shepik• 9 months ago

"brought to you by Carl's Jr"

insane_dreamer2• 9 months ago

Maybe those who are losing food stamps or healthcare because there isn't enough money for that, can get a free tour?

foxyv• 9 months ago

We are going to have so many security holes to patch in the constitution if we all get out of this alive.

ferrouswheel• 9 months ago

Good time to purge these slop fascists from your digital life.

When people show you who they are, believe them.

stopbulying• 9 months ago

Is Truth Social Mastodon donating to this project, too? Because they don't understand their Section 230 liability like YouTube?

jfengel• 9 months ago

So... if the building is being paid for by Trump (sourced from these donors), does that mean he continues to own it even after he leaves office? Or is he donating these White House improvements to the American people?

Perhaps he would choose to knock it down at the end of his term. I'm not sure under what terms the President is given the White House. It doesn't sound like there's any requirement to return it in the condition they find it.

aljgz• 9 months ago

The end of the term? Let's hope that exists.

Donors for Trump's $300M White House Ballroom Include Google, Apple and Palantir

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