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Historian Reveals White House Ballroom Will Cost $600 Million, Half From Taxpayers
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Heather Cox Richardson on Trump’s 250th Celebrations
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"When he was out there saying private funds are gonna pay for this, which by the way is not okay either, they already had cut checks off the public treasury. And you know, I just, again, when I see these people out there talking about waste, fraud, and abuse, and what they mean by that is we're tossing people off Medicaid, and then they're turning around and spending, I believe the number, I believe, don't quote me on this, is $352 million of taxpayer money on that."
Heather Cox Richardson disclosed that Trump's proposed White House ballroom will cost approximately $600 million, with roughly half funded by taxpayers despite public claims it would be privately funded. She connected this spending to simultaneous cuts to SNAP and Medicaid, framing it as a stark contrast between authoritarian spending and democratic accountability to citizens.
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