The $400 Million Safe Space
When the Supreme Court green-lights your panic room and calls it a ballroom.
Front gate sign: “WHITE HOUSE EMERGENCY BALLROOM PROJECT – TAXPAYER-FUNDED BUNKER / DONOR-FUNDED DJ.” In the background, the half-built mega-ballroom looms over a crumbling, tarp-covered West Wing labeled “ROOF LEAKS, DEMOCRACY LEAKS – PLS IGNORE.” On the construction fence: a neat little plaque reading “Approved for now – U.S. Supreme Court,” with a rubber-stamp graphic. Trump, in a hard hat that says “SITE OWNER,” is gleefully directing cranes lowering a massive golden chandelier shaped like a campaign logo, while workers push pallets labeled “$400,000,000 APPROPRIATIONS” past protestors outside the fence holding tiny, easily-ignored signs: “Healthcare?”, “Schools?”, “Infrastructure?” A MAGA donor in a tux consults a floor plan titled “IMPEACHMENT PROOF VIP LOUNGE,” while a Supreme Court justice’s silhouette peeks from an upstairs White House window, pulling the curtain and saying, “We’re just allowing construction, not endorsing the party.”
Source headline
Supreme Court’s chief justice allows work on Trump’s $400M White House ballroom to continue for now
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By Early 2027, China Will Slash Iranian Oil Imports Below 400k bpd
Trump’s new sanctions blitz is aimed straight at Tehran’s last big customer. By early 2027, I expect China’s visible imports of Iranian crude to be materially lower than today and far below the pre-war binge, not because Trump defeats Iran, but because Beijing decides this fight is not worth a banking crisis.
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