Donald Trump the Megathread part II - Mod Warning updated in OP 12/2/26

Trump wants to railroad the ballroom through any planning objections and get it done quickly.

He is constantly now saying the military want this, that and the other will lead him to stick the Federal Govt with the $400m construction bill and meanwhile he will grift the $400m private donors have been lined up for, somehow trouser it for himself and the mafia family.

It's just pure narcissism. If you look at that famous photo of him and the family in their gauche apartment, you can see what he thinks is classy. He's just going for that.

He has to pay out almost $100M to E Jean Carroll for rape:

A New York federal jury found Donald Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation against writer E. Jean Carroll in May 2023, awarding her $5 million in damages. While the jury did not find him liable for rape under New York's narrow legal definition at the time, the presiding judge later clarified that the act of sexual abuse—which the jury found occurred—met the common definition of rape. In 2024, a second jury ordered Trump to pay an additional $83.3 million in a defamation lawsuit related to his comments about her allegations.

Here trump calls a female reporter a horrible person as he doesn't like the question…

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0sdNobSpZJI

full interview here:

I think you're missing the bigger picture. This eroding of the wealth and confidence of the middle class was going on long before Trump, he just turbo charged it. It no longer works in the shadows, its displayed proudly front and centre.

It might slink back into the shadows if the next admin decides its not such a great idea but the same faces will still run the shows and the money will continue to siphon upwards at an unsustainable rate.

The cult will die but the puppet masters will remain. Until thats dealt with head on we'll continue down the same road.

Soooo ... is Operation Epstein Fury over now? We can all get back to freely paddling our canoes in and out of the Straits of Hormuz like it was Jan 2026?

Well, in fairness, I have a US Polo Association cap. But I've never played the game in my life.

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I wonder has he actually paid out that money?

If Trump is still living, he will still want to be POTUS. One hundred percent. If you think one of the world's most malignant narcissists will walk away from the most powerful political office in the world (well, arguably), you're dreaming. How did it go the last time he was asked to do that?

Firstly, he will try to concoct some contrived plan to stay in office outright, be that through some fringe reading of the American Constitution or just by declaring an 'emergency'. And if you think that is beyond the pale, just remember how much anti-democratic language Trump has already effectively normalised, plus the fact the he controls the US DOJ and the US military, plus loyalists installed in many other powerful positions.

If he cannot get that, he will move to plan B, which will be essentially making it known that he will control whoever is on the Republican ticket. In fact, he will threaten to remove his endorsement if there is resistance to this idea. And since the Republican party is effectively the cult of MAGA, any Republican ticket without his endorsement or even facing his opposition is dead in the water. The party is so wrapped up and in bed with Trump that they cannot extricate themselves. And if this ticket is elected, he will have them create a special advisor position just for him called something horribly dystopian like 'Real President', 'President Emeritus', 'Leader' or simply 'Daddy'. He will have his desk in the Oval Office, most likely. Whether he lets the 'President' stay in that office with him, I don't know.

But I would be surprised if this ticket included Vance. Trump recognises him as a climber and a schemer, and I think pundits have already mentioned reports of Trump chewing him out behind the scenes for some perceived faux pas or slights against him, particularly over the Iran stuff where he sees Vance as trying to distance himself from the decision to attack.

there are very strong and very powerful rumors online that Donald was wearing a very large adult diaper during his 60 minutes interview. He can no longer control his emotions or his bowels.

It's in a more secure location. Don't worry Trump won't get to use it much if at all by the time it's built. Hopefully a democract wins the next election and gets the first full term with it.

And they already have secure locations in the white house. The East Room is already used for such purposes. Realistically though, the president will continue to attend events outside of the White House. So the ball room continues to be a vanity project and is likely to be rarely used.