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Republicans hand Trump a billion dollars. for his new ballroom. Guess that whole. fiscal conservatism thing was more of. just a fad. This is just another day. >> [music]. >> If you're one of those people who's. worried that our Republican-led Congress. isn't doing much to help with our. nation's affordability crisis, then you. might want to listen to this. >> Senate Republicans are requesting a. billion dollars to fund security. improvements for President Trump's White. House ballroom. >> See, populism. That's right. The GOP has.

decided to allocate a billion dollars. for Donald Trump's ballroom because. what's a party at the people's house. without a golden chandelier wrapped in. cash? Now, to be fair, the language in. this very decent proposal says it also. bars any of the funding being spent on. non-security elements. So, rest easy, America, because that right there is. airtight legalese. And if there's one. person in the world who truly respects. the verbage of laws, it's Donald J. Trump. The last person on Earth who.

would try and undermine the law by. leaning on petty semantics. >> Uh military operation. I don't call it a. war. >> Okay, maybe the second-to-last person on. Earth. But truthfully, I don't even know. how Republicans arrived at this. billion-dollar price tag considering. just 1 month ago the world's most. trusted builder gave us a very different. estimate. >> You have. right here 300 to 400 million dollars. depending on finishes. If I use.

very expensive marble, if I use very. expensive wall coverings, if I I could. bring it up to 400. Otherwise, we're. right now ahead of schedule and we're. under budget. But depending on finishes. from 300 to 400 million dollars. >> Hear that? If Donald Trump decided to. divert from his usual decor style of. frat house chic and instead went with. the very expensive finishes, the. ballroom price tag would be 400 million. or less than half what the GOP is. proposing here. I guess showering the.

man with praise at every single one of. their press conferences wasn't enough. for Republicans, so they had to hand him. a gift card to really get their. adoration across. On second thought, that should really say grift card. because that's exactly what we're. witnessing. Remember, when Donald Trump. announced his ballroom over the summer, we were told that Americans wouldn't. have to cough up a dime. >> Trump says the project is being funded. entirely by private donors. The White. House reportedly millions from Lockheed. Martin and Google. Microsoft, Apple, and. Meta also reportedly listed as potential.

donors. >> What happened? Did these multi-billion. and trillion-dollar companies suddenly. forget their wallets? Hey, uh you guys. cool picking up the check for this. ballroom? We'll totally spring for the. next one. For months, fiscally conservative. Republicans applauded this extravagant. expenditure expressly because it was. being paid for by their favorite people. and not us. >> It has no appropriations, no taxpayer. expenditure. >> President Trump has gotten private. funding to give a gift to this country,

a new ballroom, not a single dollar of. taxpayer money. And so I think we should. get it done. >> The ballroom is going to be paid for. with private money. Uh to me, that's a. win. >> Well, if that was a win, then one would. have to assume that the use of taxpayer. money is a not win. The point is, here we are again. Donald. Trump promises the American people that. we're getting something for free only to. find ourselves completely on the hook. for said thing. First it was the wall.

>> We're going to build the wall. We have. no choice. We have no choice. >> And Mexico's going to pay for the wall. >> And Mexico will pay for the wall. >> WHO'S GOING TO PAY FOR THE WALL? >> 100%. >> Everyone knew about this wall. Next to E. and Berg, this was America's most famous. wall. And even better, Mexico was. picking up the tab. >> When you say Mexico's going to pay for. the wall, you never expected that they. would write you a check. But during your. campaign. >> expect When I say Mexico, excuse me,

when I say Mexico's going to pay for the. wall, do you think they're going to. write a check for 20 billion or 10. billion or 5 billion or 2 cents? No, they're paying for the wall in a great. trade deal. >> Yeah, you idiots. When he said. Mexico is going to pay for the wall, he. didn't mean Mexico, he meant Mexico. You. know, like how he says he doesn't want. to his daughter. And then there was that generous piece. of aviation equipment from Qatar. >> They're giving us a free jet. I could.

say no, no, no, don't give us I want to. pay you a billion or 400 million or. whatever it is. Or I could say thank you very much. I. could be a stupid person and say, "Oh, no, we don't want a free plane.". >> Yes, that would make Trump a stupid. person if he said that. I mean, he would. look so foolish if he said that he. didn't want a free plane as opposed to. how he looks now. >> Well, Errol, some estimates put this. retrofitting, as they call it, to up to.

a billion dollars. So, the the aircraft. may be 400 million dollars. It's going. to cost a billion dollars, estimated, because they have to strip it right down. to the cables. >> [laughter]. [gasps]. >> Classic mistake. He was just off by the. price of. one ballroom. And I know what you're. thinking. This new influx of taxpayer. dollars into the ballroom really makes. it look like Donald Trump doesn't care. about Americans who are struggling. But. the truth is, he doesn't need those. dollars to get that point across. >> The ballroom will be just like that. I.

saved the ramp because it's in honor of. FDR. FDR right up there. He had that. built as a ramp. I They said, "Oh, sir, we'll straighten it." I said, "No, you. have to leave the ramp. It was built. That ramp was built for FDR with a. wheelchair because, you know, it's a not. It's pretty pretty good slope, but a lot. of people say, "Why isn't a ramp?" They. say, "Because of FDR." They say, "Ah, I. get it." But we said that. >> Yes, the ramp is there for FDR, but as. luck would have it, it'll also come in.

handy for those other millions of. non-FDRs who use wheelchairs. Like, Trump knows that there are people out. there who do use wheelchairs, right? Or. does he watch the Paralympics and think. that half of the athletes are just doing. their own rendition of their favorite. president from the late '30s? The reality is Republicans currently. hold majorities in Congress, so through. this reconciliation package, they will. likely succeed in handing Donald Trump. his billion. Or maybe this was merely.

their opening salvo, and when the number. gets knocked down to a cool half. billion, they'll claim it as a win for. hardworking Americans. But if even one. cent, one cent of our tax dollars go. toward this palatial parlor room, it'll. be just another example of how little. the GOP gives a about Americans who. are struggling. This is a party with. complete control, and what are they. doing with their immense power? Are they. allocating a billion dollars to help the. hungry, the sick, the poor? Nope. Instead, they've chosen to earmark those.

dollars for a convenient place that is. of, for, and by the rich, and that will. not benefit a single person who actually. needs the help. And this lavish, taxpayer-funded ballroom would be bad. enough on its own, but it is coming from. the man who ran around the country. beating his chest as a populist. >> It's time for the working [music] man. and woman to finally catch a break. We. are going to bring back the American. dream bigger, better, and stronger than. ever. >> Under Trump, every policy is about. making life better and more affordable.

for hardworking American families. To. all of the forgotten men and women who. have been neglected, abandoned, and left. behind, you will be forgotten no longer. >> To be fair, he said he wouldn't forget. you, which is different from saying he. gave two shits about you. The sad fact. is, Donald Trump doesn't need taxpayer. dollars to pay for his ballroom, nor. does he need private donors. He could. fund this entire monstrosity himself by. simply shaving off a quarter of what. he's personally taken in since the start.

of his second term. Or better yet, he. could use his legendary deal-making. skills to get those rich donors to cough. up all the cash he needs for his. ballroom, and then use his own billion. to retrofit that totally free plane he. scored. This way, the people who are. already struggling to afford their gas, groceries, and healthcare wouldn't have. to foot the bill. But we all know that's. never going to happen because Donald. Trump, at his core, is a con man, a. power-hungry grifter who lied his way to. the top all in an effort to take money. out of your pocket and put it in to his.

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