Althouse: "Under the agreement, $22 million will be paid on Trump’s behalf to the Trust for the National Mall, a nonprofit organisation dedicated to constructing a $200 million ballroom that Trump is building at the White House."

September 30, 2025

"Under the agreement, $22 million will be paid on Trump’s behalf to the Trust for the National Mall, a nonprofit organisation dedicated to constructing a $200 million ballroom that Trump is building at the White House."

From "YouTube forced to pay Trump $22m for new White House ballroom/The settlement with the Alphabet-owned company totalled $24.5m and was related to suspending the president’s account following the US Capitol riot" (London Times).

27 comments:

Peachy said...: Youtube-Google also scrubbed anyone not towing the Biden-Democrat/Soviet party line.; 9/30/25, 9:23 AM
Aggie said...: And nowhere in the new ballroom will the Google logo appear.; 9/30/25, 9:26 AM
narciso said...: there was no riot, just a 'mostly peaceful protest'; 9/30/25, 9:29 AM
n.n said...: Resident [No] Evil; 9/30/25, 9:30 AM
Achilles said...: Trump ending the Biden Regime policy of censoring their political opponents proves he is a fascist and should be killed just like Charlie Kirk.; 9/30/25, 9:37 AM
Wince said...: Will the Big Beautiful Ballroom be complete before Obama’s library?; 9/30/25, 9:40 AM
Peachy said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 9/30/25, 9:41 AM
D.D. Driver said...: How is building a guilded age ballroom for swampthings to get drunk and finger each other's wives "draining the swamp."

Inquiring minds.; 9/30/25, 9:41 AM
Peachy said...: ah yes - the Jan 6th Riot.
All the Federal Agents wearing full-tactical gear and masks.

Ray Epps - "You must GO INTO the capitol."

Comey -
Promised to hang US Citizens who walk thru an open door. Doors held open in some cases - by Capitol Police.; 9/30/25, 9:43 AM
D.D. Driver said...: The billionaires on the Epstein list will get to dance and shout and carry on in the new Trump Ballroom and we will get to watch. 👀

Drain the swamp. Flush Trump.; 9/30/25, 9:45 AM
mccullough said...: A settlement isn’t “forced.”; 9/30/25, 9:48 AM
FormerLawClerk said...: This would be the finding out part of the fucking around.; 9/30/25, 9:59 AM
Kakistocracy said...: I can't tell if this is more extortion or bribery. Maybe extorting a bribe?

Trump’s made more money as president than he did as a “businessman”

Like the classic "prisoner's dilemma", Big Tech are surrendering individually even though Trump would go away if enough people were to stand firm. (Kimmel is back on air, even with Sinclair and Nexstar.); 9/30/25, 10:11 AM
bagoh20 said...: Pretty insufficient settlement if you ask me. The Democrats would have paid 10 times that to get it done, but they didn't have to spend a dime.; 9/30/25, 10:12 AM
bagoh20 said...: It's going to include fingering? Tickets are going to be hard to get.; 9/30/25, 10:14 AM
bagoh20 said...: "Trump’s made more money as president than he did as a “businessman”
Like every other President before him.; 9/30/25, 10:15 AM
bagoh20 said...: "Kimmel is back on air,"
At least Kimmel is better off.; 9/30/25, 10:18 AM
bagoh20 said...: If they felt they owed Trump money, what about the rest of us? Well, half of us. The other half got a free political donation worth quite a bit.; 9/30/25, 10:21 AM
narciso said...: yes they got off easy, to prevent discovery, one recalls what that data scientist robert epstein revealed,; 9/30/25, 10:23 AM
D.D. Driver said...: "It's going to include fingering? Tickets are going to be hard to get."

You will never be invited so don't worry about tickets. Seeing grown men and women get excited about a Billionaire's Ballroom that they will never see the inside of is truly sad and pathetic.; 9/30/25, 10:30 AM
narciso said...: that doesn't even qualify for double, much less treble damages,; 9/30/25, 10:31 AM
cacimbo said...: I may be the minority, but I feel these tech platforms are getting off light. There was clearly a conspiracy to silence half the country. Removing the leader of the Republican party from all platforms was just the tip. They have also promised to restore the many other accounts that were permanently banned for "misinformation". While legacy media screams over Kimmel they celebrated as big tech silenced thousands.; 9/30/25, 10:31 AM
Beasts of England said...: I’ve been told that Trump is only in this for self-enrichment. Crazy that most of the settlement will be spent on a public building. lol; 9/30/25, 10:44 AM
WhoKnew said...: I don't think they are necessarily getting off easy. The true architects of the problem are Joe Biden and the cabal that ran his presidency. The tech platforms did this at the request of and under pressure by the old regime and they are the ones who should be financially ruined for their actions. Unfortunately, they won't be.; 9/30/25, 10:49 AM
PM said...: gilded
enquiring; 9/30/25, 10:51 AM
john mosby said...: DD Driver: "Seeing grown men and women get excited about a Billionaire's Ballroom that they will never see the inside of is truly sad and pathetic."

Yes, just like it was pathetic to see 13% of the population soak their panties over Obama turning the WH into a black arts pavilion for eight years, or .001% of the population tighten their panties over trans boob flashing on the WH lawn during Biden.

Except Trump represents a much bigger chunk of the people and shares their tastes, so the idea of him making a permanent change to the WH in our name really does excite us. And doing it in part with settlement money from the tech bosses is just a delicious frosting on top. CC, JSM; 9/30/25, 11:03 AM
FormerLawClerk said...: "I can't tell if this is more extortion or bribery."

It's extortion, Kak. Pay-to-play.

Very effective extortion.

We learned how to do this from the Democrats - a political party run by the US-based Mafia. What you do see is you tax your political opponents. You take their money from them, and you spend it on stuff you want.

This is why we elected Donald Trump. To take their stuff.; 9/30/25, 11:10 AM