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Trump's cartoonish devotion to gold backfires in ballroom argument
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August 15, 2026
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2:47Now PlayingDonald Trump is trying to get around restrictions on the construction of his White House ballroom by arguing that the facility is a military necessity. But as Jen Psaki points out, it's hard to argue the national security purpose of covering everything in gold.
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