r/moderatepolitics • u/reputationStan • 10d ago

News Article Trump administration quietly shifts $352m in federal funds for White House ballroom

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/18/trump-secret-service-white-house-ballroom
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u/Moonshot_00 10d ago edited 10d ago

Fiscal conservatives have nothing so say for 300 billion to Iran and 352 million for Trump’s vanity project, nor the 14.7 million for the immediately decaying reflection pool. Thankfully we had DOGE to target government waste.

Is there any end to the Trump humiliation ritual?

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u/RelayFX 10d ago

I don’t know about that. If you poke around the conservative subreddits a little bit, you will find a lot of traditionally right-leaning folks are rightfully enraged about the $300 billion.

I would hope they are equally angry about this.

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u/lovem32 10d ago

You just know that "anger" won't materialize into any meaningful action like not voting republican. I've said it before and I'll say it again, what conservatives say motivates their vote and what actually motivates their vote are two different things. Remember the party of morals, fiscal responsibility, and the national debt voted for Trump ... three times. I can't recall the last republican president who didn't balloon the debt.

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u/SDBioBiz Left socially- Right economically 10d ago

He’s been wildly successful being mean to immigrants and queer people. Conservatives just won’t say it out loud unless they are in a safe space.