1. Origen de los Fondos: ¿Donaciones o Dinero Público?
El debate central giró en torno a la fuente de financiación del proyecto. Mientras la administración afirmaba que se utilizaban fondos privados y donaciones, una gran parte del público y los críticos creían firmemente que el costo recaería en los contribuyentes, a menudo vinculando el proyecto a la demanda de $230 millones al Departamento de Justicia (DOJ).
- Guess whos paying for trumps bogus bullshit golden ballroom.us, the taxpayers.
- How is the president building a larger ballroom not fair? who feels that this isnt fair to them? yes, the president is an egomaniac and he has money. Hes spending his and some of his friends money to build this ballroom. None of the money is coming from the federal govt.
- This money wont be coming from private investors, but out of the pockets of americans.
- Trump never pays. The ballroom will not be paid by trump and his rich donors, trump will pocket that money. The ballroom will be paid by hard working american taxpayers.
- Trump says we got the ballroom for free because billionaires donated the money. Bs. Were paying for it - we just dont know the price.
2. Acusaciones de Soborno y Blanqueo de Dinero (Grift).
La falta de transparencia sobre los donantes y el historial empresarial de Trump alimentaron las sospechas de que el salón de baile era un vehículo para el soborno corporativo (pago por acceso) y un esquema de blanqueo de dinero, donde los costos inflados permitirían a Trump embolsarse la diferencia.
- Trumps new ballroom will be a monument to bribery.
- This invasive, gaudy and needlessly extravagant trump branded ballroom is just another way for private donors to curry favor with trump and fund his narcissistic whims in exchange for political favors.
- The ballroom will be as built as his big beautiful wall. The money will disappear. We keep falling for trumps grifts.
- I wonder if anyone is talking about how fucking easy it would be for him to launder money through this ballroom project?
- The ballroom is a money laundering project, and non of those guys will get paid.
3. El Costo y la Destrucción del Ala Este.
El proyecto fue criticado por su escala excesiva, con estimaciones de costos que aumentaron rápidamente (de $200M a $350M), y por la demolición del Ala Este, una parte histórica de la Casa Blanca, realizada sin la aprobación de los organismos de planificación necesarios.
- Demolishing part of east wing wh for his 250 million ballroom. He must see our tax money as his personal checkbook.
- A quarter billion dollar ballroom?! bull fucking shit.
- Trump is building a ballroom that will dwarf the white house.
- The ballroom will be nearly twice the size of the actual white house.
- He has now demolished the entire east wing, without approval from the national capital planning commission to make way for it.
4. Prioridades Nacionales vs. Proyectos de Vanidad.
La indignación se intensificó al contrastar el gasto en el salón de baile con la falta de fondos para programas sociales y el impago a trabajadores federales durante el cierre de gobierno, lo que fue visto como un símbolo de crueldad y egoísmo.
- Government workers should be getting paychecks if private donors can afford to build a gaudy ballroom, that is absolutely not needed.
- If the money is there to build a ballroomthe money is there to feed our hungry.
- He is taking the money you need to feed your kids to build a ballroom most americans are never going to step foot in over the course of their lifetime.
- No money for healthcare and kids with cancer. But money for all the projects trump wants.
- This is outrageous. What happened? is he not getting enough money from his donors to build his ridiculous ballroom?