Trump administration includes nearly $400m to remodel West Wing in coronavirus relief bill

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The Trump Administration wants to include $337m in its next coronavirus relief bill to pay for a renovation of the White Houses’ West Wing.

The administration says the work would “increase the White House campus’s ability to detect, mitigate and alleviate external security and pandemic threats.”

The nearly $400m sum, included in the draft aid legislation from Senate Republicans, would cover a new security screening facility for the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House complex.

Officials said other necessary work includes renovations to electrical and information technology infrastructure and unspecified security improvements.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-includes-nearly-400m-172605990.html

Shouldn't cost that much for any improvement.

[torius]

1. In other words, a Wall

and enhanced, multi-disease testing for Trump and anyone who comes near him.

[Freethinker65]

2. Some improvements/maintenance costs may be valid, but they do not belong in this bill

Put it out to competitive bidding and get some estimates from trusted reliable contractors (not friends/donors of Trump).

[dhol82]

3. Start looking for the grift.

It’s gotta be there somewhere.

[OAITW r.2.0]

7. Can't help himself.

Executive budget is his personal checking account.

[dhol82]

8. That's what I'm talking about.

[stillcool]

4. bottom-feeder..

always has his tiny hands in someone else's till.

[spanone]

5. $400 MILLION?

WTF?

[TexasTowelie]

6. Maybe we should support this?

It will provide a great excuse for the Secret Service to disguise themselves and infiltrate the White House to remove Trump in January 2021 if he is reluctant to leave otherwise.

[NYC Liberal]

9. I don't trust any of them one bit.

When Biden takes over, he ought to have the entire place swept from top to bottom for any kind of bugs.

I would not put it past them to be doing something nefarious here.

[Totally Tunsie]

21. Absolutely!

[MFM008]

10. Not needed

especially with 92 days until his ass is out, forced or otherwise.

[LuckyLib]

12. Exactly. McConnell set the precedent -- sorry, we're too close to an election and possible

change in government to approve such spending.

[highplainsdem]

11. I'd expect any "security system" installed by the Trump admin to allow spying by the GOP and Putin.

I wouldn't advise Democrats to trust it for a second.

And you can bet a lot of the $337 million total renovation budget would go to the Trump family, too.

[smirkymonkey]

13. They're up to something. I don't know what it is, but it's not good.

[Hekate]

19. Russian spyware

[progressive nobody]

14. Why remodel? Is he going to have a chance to enjoy it

don't think so.

[dreamland]

15. Grifters! They're "remodeling" with stuff they can filled their own homes with after he moves out.

If they buy a Persian carpet that's all "wrong" they'll just "throw it " out in Iwanka's home.

[kentuck]

16. Sounds like another money-laundering scheme?

Every action of a liar and a criminal should be questioned.

[2naSalit]

17. Yeah, no MFer...

You're LEAVING in January. You don;t have time to remodel anything. In fact, you might start packing to avoid the rush.

[Hekate]

18. Gods NO. It will end up looking like Trump Tower, iow a tacky Versailles knock-off....

If anything needs doing, leave it to Joe, Jill, and the Secret Service. Anything Trump does will be filled with Russian bugs.

[Tech]

20. Best we give it to Joe to debug and fumigate after the trumps are carried out.

[Thekaspervote]

22. Total low life SOB!!! Oh I do hate that man