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Trump’s Ballroom SCAM Exposes the REAL Problem | TMP #1043
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Trump’s ballroom scam exposes the real problem: Congress keeps surrendering power to the executive branch, and working Americans keep getting the bill.
Trump said private donors would pay for his White House ballroom. Now Senate Republicans are trying to pack $1 billion in taxpayer money into a reconciliation bill for Secret Service security upgrades tied to the ballroom project — while stuffing billions more into ICE, CBP, and federal enforcement power.
But this is bigger than Trump’s ballroom.
In this episode of The Tony Michaels Podcast, Tony breaks down how Republicans are stuffing the bill, how Democrats helped clear the runway, and why the real fight is Article I versus Article II. Congress is supposed to control the purse. Congress is supposed to check the president. Instead, both parties keep helping the presidency become too powerful.
Trump did not invent unilateral executive power. He exposed what happens when Congress lets presidents govern by signature instead of law.
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Topics covered:
Trump ballroom
$1 billion Secret Service security funding
ICE and CBP reconciliation spending
Democrats and TSA funding
Article I vs Article II
executive overreach
Congressional accountability
unilateral executive power
working people paying the bill
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