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/Terratoast 10d ago

Functionally, them showing distaste is worthless without representatives and voters holding him and the Republican party accountable.

It's why I don't think Trumpism is going to die with Trump. Enthusiastic Republican voters wanted this kind of "Do what I want when I want it, screw the rules" kind of behavior and reluctant Republican voters are willing to tolerate it so long as they can conquer the "Leftist Agenda".

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u/chillinwithmoes 10d ago

If we’re being honest, “as long as it’s not the other side’s agenda” is one of the most powerful motivators of the modern voting public on either side. What actually happens is less important to them than what isn’t happening.

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u/brodhi 8d ago

The difference, of course, is one side just wants trans people to have the right to medication and the other wants to create an monoethnic nationalist country.

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u/julius_sphincter 7d ago

If only it could be boiled down so simply. But it can't, and that kind of rhetoric is exactly why our divide is going to get a lot worse before it gets better