The Supreme Court came to agree (5-4)....the ballroom project now continues.
So to lay out the 'problem'.....it was a 100-percent privately-funded project on day one (Corporations stood up and laid down the cash).
Then....a new added-feature came up. This became a ballroom....with a underground bunker, military facilities, hospital/medical complex, and other “secure basement” elements beneath the ballroom, plus rooftop drone-related features.
This second part....required Pentagon-money to some degree...NOT authorized by the House/Senate.
The argument by the Chief Justice in the court case to halt the project? He made the point that the House/Senate has some level of ownership and control of federal facilities. It is a non-valid point....they control funding....NOT facilities.
To imagine McConnell or Sanders have a say over the number of doors, or windows, or toilets in a federal facility....is silly.
What was silly for decades? Every time a Presidential party or ball was held....they either rented a hotel-complex, or put up a rented-tent....hundreds of millions wasted....when the White House should have had a facility on the grounds.
Now things proceed? I would imagine in a week....another delay will be cranked-up.
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At best, the position of President is a part-time cosplay gig:
* Sit at some desk, temporarily sign some temporary docs temporarily authorizing/prohibiting some thus-n-so temporarily, give away the pen.
* At least once weekly, give irsealèès another dozen billion American tax-dollars.
* A couple times daily, walk back-n-forth to some helicopter.
* Every few days, solemnly proclaim 'mission accomplished!'.
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Plenty of time left in the day for partying and balling.
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