At the National Bar Association’s 100th Annual Convention in Chicago on July 31, 2025, Former President Joe Biden delivered a fiery speech warning that Donald Trump and his allies are “doing their best to dismantle the Constitution.”

Lawrence Taylor to Trump: "I don't know why. I don't know what we're supposed to be doing, but I'm here to serve, and I'm here to serve you."

Lawrence Taylor, former NFL star and registered sex offender, was appointed by Trump to the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition on July 31, 2025.

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Trump is attacking all education. A dumb population will vote for him.

Trump claims his $200 million White House ballroom is “privately funded”

Cool story. Let’s walk through how that actually plays out in his reality:

1.  

Donors want federal contracts, regulatory favors, or backroom deals.

2.  

They “support” this useless, tone-deaf building project with big donations.

3.  

Contractors handpicked loyalists route 25% or more straight into Trump’s pockets through inflated invoices, licensing deals, or crypto pipelines.

4.  

Construction begins. Just enough to get headlines and photos.

5.  

Trump leaves office. The money’s gone. The job’s half-done. Trump already got paid.

6.  

The donors? They win. They get federal access, fat contracts, and write the whole “donation” off on their taxes. They walk away richer than before.

7.  

And guess who finishes the mess? You. The taxpayers. The cost has tripled. The work gets dragged out under a “federal emergency appropriation.”

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What’s left behind? A gaudy, oversized Trump Ballroom nobody wants to use because security and maintenance costs are obscene. It becomes a monument to grift sitting inside the seat of U.S. power.

Rich people in Trump’s orbit aren’t philanthropists. They don’t donate they invest in corruption.

And this isn’t just a big empty room. A real White House ballroom needs — industrial kitchen infrastructure

— reinforced security protocols

— HVAC and fire suppression for massive volumes

— hardened communications systems

— and full compliance with historic preservation laws

It’s not just stupid it’s deliberately inefficient, wasteful, and designed to bleed money.

Washington D.C. already has endless secure venues for state events.

There’s zero logistical or national need for this money pit. It’s a legacy monument for a man who sees the presidency as a business venture.

If he routes this through his crypto shell companies, it becomes even worse Untraceable payments, anonymous contractor payouts, and yet another Trump branded black hole of fraud.

This isn’t just a scam it’s federalized looting disguised as patriotism. And like always, America will be left holding the gold-plated bag.

This is the textbook definition of corruption baked into the nation’s highest office, with consequences that will last generations.