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Polling on it has been bad even amongst Republicans it isn’t great. https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/devastating-poll-reveals...
The ballroom is scheduled be ready in January 2029 assuming no delays. But by that time Trump will be at the end of his term. So is he doing this for future presidents (would be very much unlike him) or is he planning to stick around after Jan 2029?
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The White House is a pretty significant symbol of this country, so yeah, I think they might care that a big chunk of it was just torn down.
Go to a Walmart in Ohio or Wisconsin and ask. Ask what % will change their next vote because of it
https://upnorthnewswi.com/2025/10/20/wisconsin-soybean-farme...
What do they care about? Price of groceries? Health care maybe?
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Which congress do you want doing that review? The past several congresses have been unqualified to do any sort of constitutional reviewing in my opinion.
The U.S. is running an outdated installation of democracy. The French approach of just rebooting and reinstalling the entire thing seems like a good idea at this point. Except the populace is already badly split into warring camps.
We need ranked or approval voting, elimination of gerrymandering. Strongly prefer elimination of Citizens United and the Senate.
There should be a limit on the number of pardons a president can do during their tenure so that they have to at least think a bit before using it. It is a very powerful tool that actually allows a last resort. But this kind of egregious abuse of it's power means it needs to be kept in check.
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Truly don’t understand the equivalence here.
no equivalence indeed, it's way worse. Biden's son has never contributed to anything, CZ has and had a net positive impact on the Blockchain industry. And I say this as someone who despise Trump. A broken clock can be right twice a day.
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Americans cannot accept they have a corrupt government lead by a corrupt politician who is now corrupting the justice system. They prefer to continue propagating the myth of a "healthy democracy" and "open market".
Even if you accept it, what are you going to do? Violence is not an acceptable option for most people. So, we carry on.
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Polling on it has been bad even amongst Republicans it isn’t great. https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/devastating-poll-reveals...
The ballroom is scheduled be ready in January 2029 assuming no delays. But by that time Trump will be at the end of his term. So is he doing this for future presidents (would be very much unlike him) or is he planning to stick around after Jan 2029?
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That already officially happened a few months ago. In addition to stopping all cryptocurrency fraud investigations, the administration stopped prosecuting white collar crimes under the FCPA: https://www.connecticutcriminallawyer.com/blog/trump-adminis... If you have access to people in positions of government influence, it's a good time to accept bribes from foreigners, especially via cryptocurrency. But if that is y…
> If you have access to people in positions of government influence, it's a good time to accept bribes from foreigners, FCPA addresses bribery of foreign governments...
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I don’t think the majority of voting Americans have problems with any of those acts though. Think Joe you pass in Walmart cares about what happens to the White House ballroom?
They were fed "waste fraud and abuse" in the beginning of the year. and suddenly it happens in broad daylight and people shrug? At this point it's just brainwashing. Some people's principals are clearly less about their own conviction and treating all this like a sports team. Whoever team "wins", even if the stadium burns down around them.
Conflict of interest by attempting to curry favor for his vanity project by making donations? That's a fair criticism.