JT Thompson

BREAKING🚨 Senate Republicans just slipped $1 BILLION in taxpayer money into an immigration bill to fund Trump's personal White House ballroom — and they're trying to pass it before anyone notices. Here's what they actually did. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley released draft language yesterday for the Republican reconciliation bill — a massive immigration and border security package that can't be blocked by a Democratic filibuster. Buried inside that bill is $1 billion in taxpayer funding for the Secret Service to make "security adjustments and upgrades" to Trump's White House ballroom. Not for border security. Not for ICE agents. For a ballroom. The ballroom Trump has been building on the White House grounds since 2025 — a project that was supposed to be privately funded by Trump's donors — is now getting $1 billion from American taxpayers. The funding would cover "above-ground and below-ground security features," according to the bill language. Translation: They're billing taxpayers $1 billion to build a private event space for Trump to host fundraisers and state dinners. And they tucked it into an immigration bill so they could claim it's about "national security." Here's the excuse Republicans are using. After a third assassination attempt on Trump at the White House Correspondents' Dinner last month, the Secret Service recommended enhanced security measures for Trump's public appearances. Republicans are arguing the new ballroom reduces security risks because Trump can control and secure it instead of renting hotels. But the ballroom was already being built before the assassination attempt. Trump announced the project in 2025. The attack didn't create the ballroom — it just gave Republicans an excuse to bill taxpayers for it. And $1 billion is an obscene amount of money for a ballroom. The entire Secret Service budget for 2025 was $3.6 billion. Trump is asking for nearly one-third of the Secret Service's annual budget to secure a single building that will be used for private events. The White House Historical Association renovated the entire East Wing in 2021 for $25 million. The West Wing renovation under Obama cost $86 million. Trump's ballroom is getting $1 billion. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer slammed the proposal: "Republicans are using an immigration bill to funnel a billion taxpayer dollars into Trump's personal vanity project while families are struggling to afford groceries." And here's the part that makes this even more corrupt. The ballroom isn't just for state functions. Trump has already announced plans to rent it out for private events — weddings, corporate galas, fundraisers — at premium rates. So taxpayers are funding the construction of a billion-dollar event space that Trump will then charge people to use. That's not security. That's a taxpayer-funded business investment for Trump's personal financial gain. Republicans are trying to pass it through reconciliation — a budget process that only requires 50 votes in the Senate instead of 60 — so Democrats can't filibuster it. If this bill passes, Trump gets $1 billion for his ballroom without a single Democratic vote. Bloomberg News broke the story yesterday. CNN confirmed it this morning. Democrats are now scrambling to strip the ballroom funding out before it hits the Senate floor. But because it's part of a reconciliation package, Republicans control the amendment process. They can block Democratic amendments and force a vote on the bill as-is. Share this everywhere so people know what's happening. Senate Republicans just tried to quietly funnel $1 billion in taxpayer money to Trump's personal ballroom by hiding it in an immigration bill. That's corruption dressed up as national security.

Under Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, only Congress has the power to declare war, as well as to raise and support armies, provide and maintain a navy, and fund and regulate the military. Impeach the SOB.

Trump has tried to destroy any and everything, Obama.

Funny how that works.

A nation that can fund a war instantly but debates funding healthcare has a values problem not a budget problem...

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