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Steve Herman
Steve Herman
@newsguyusa@flipboard.social  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

President Trump selects his executive assistant, who is 26, as a member of the commission that will likely vote to approve his White House ballroom project. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/02/17/trump-ballroom-fine-arts-panel/

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Finitum
Finitum
@Finitum@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

@newsguyusa I wouldn't trust a 26 year old to decorate a bathroom.

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Nicole Parsons
Nicole Parsons
@Npars01@mstdn.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

@newsguyusa

#TranslatedFromTheRepublican

"Trump tells 26 year old personal assistant to coordinate public corruption scheme.

She will be thrown under the bus later."

https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/white-house-ballroom-donations-should-be-disclosed-on-lobbying-disclosure-reports/

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-white-house-ballroom-donors-amounts-secret-republicans

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/24/who-are-the-private-donors-funding-trumps-white-house-ballroom

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_State_Ballroom

White House State Ballroom - Wikipedia

Al Jazeera

Who are the private donors funding Trump’s White House ballroom?

White House releases list of donors funding $300m construction on the site of the demolished East Wing.

A White House Ballroom Fit for a Bribe

GOP lawmakers don’t mind that the full list of donors and amounts given is under wraps.
CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

White House ballroom donations should be disclosed on lobbying disclosure reports - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

At least 23 reported contributors to the White House ballroom should have disclosed those donations as part of their regular lobbying disclosure filings.
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huntingdon
huntingdon
@huntingdon@mstdn.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

@newsguyusa

Trump hires rubber stamps, like his whole Cabinet.

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Greg
Greg
@gregalotl@c.im  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

@newsguyusa
On the one hand, I'd like him to live long enough for a new POTUS, with some sense of aesthetics and proportion to rip it down or convert it into social housing for immigrants. Then... on the other hand...

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Jess👾
Jess👾
@JessTheUnstill@infosec.exchange  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

@newsguyusa Umm "longtime Executive Assistant"? The guy's 26.

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T2R
T2R
@T2R@infosec.exchange  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

@newsguyusa And we're still going to tear that garbage down in 2029 if it does get built and rebuild the East Wing.

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David Croyle
David Croyle
@croyle@wandering.shop  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

@newsguyusa Because of course he would.

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Fritz Adalis
Fritz Adalis
@FritzAdalis@infosec.exchange  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

@newsguyusa
Isn't everyone in the executive branch technically his executive assistant?

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T2R
T2R
@T2R@infosec.exchange  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

@newsguyusa C-O-R-R-U-P-T-I-O-N. What does it spell? Trump!

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