Where is Trump getting the money to demolish and alter the structure of the White House? From our national parks.

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Rep. Mike Levin @RepMikeLevin
Trump is literally walking all over your tax dollars.

For decades, every president since Truman has used the walkway between the White House residence and the Oval Office without issue. Trump decided it wasn’t good enough for him.

He said he would pay to retile it himself. Suprise, surprise, it was another shameless lie.

Internal budget documents show you, the American taxpayers, paid $689,232 for it.

And where is he getting the money? From our national parks.

Our parks are already short $23 billion in repairs, and more than 900 projects have lost their funding. Yellowstone lost a project to stop roof leaks. Acadia lost its free shuttle. A Colorado park lost the money to fix a guardrail.

But Trump found money to pave the ground he personally walks on with special granite.

Trump is forcing America’s national parks to slash budgets, cancel badly needed repairs, and lay off workers. He takes the money those parks actually earn – nearly $100 million in visitor fees – and has been funneling it into his own personal projects, including paving the very ground he walks on with special granite.

And it’s not just park fees. Your tax dollars are in that pot too. Taxpayer funding for projects in our nation’s capital surged by 92% over the last year.

Trump seems to think your tax money is his money. He thinks he is entitled to raid national parks, cancel repairs, lay off workers, and use public funds to redecorate the place where he lives and works.

The level of greed is just disgusting.

x.com/RepMikeLevin/status/2075326846707839146


..."level of greed"

FactPost @factpostnews (DNC) Jul 1
New filings reveal Trump personally outearned every single publicly traded crypto firm in America last year.

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July 1, 2026
Trump Uses The Presidency as His Personal Piggy Bank As Americans Struggle to Make Ends Meet

Trump’s latest financial disclosures reveal hundreds of millions of dollars in gifts and stock trades

Donald Trump’s latest financial disclosures reveal that he made 21,285 financial transactions in 2025, including purchases of millions of dollars in major companies that have business interests in front of the administration. Trump also made more than $1.4 BILLION in income from his family’s cryptocurrency business during his first year back in office.

Trump also reported receiving more than $370,000 in gifts, including being gifted a seven-foot, $250,000 tall statue of him at his golf course and tickets valued in the tens of thousands of dollars, including for the Super Bowl, UFC fights, the World Cup, and the U.S. Open.

As Trump continues to profit off the presidency, he has repeatedly dismissed Americans’ concerns about the economy. Just this morning, Trump defended his lucrative investments and dismissed Americans’ concerns. Last month, Trump admitted that he doesn’t even “think about Americans’ financial situations.”

In response, DNC Spokesperson Jaelin O’Halloran released the following statement:

“Donald Trump’s brazen corruption knows no limits. Since entering office again, Trump has used the presidency as his personal ATM, taking every opportunity to cheat the system and sell out hardworking Americans to make an extra buck. As Trump and his family rake in billions of dollars, working families continue to struggle as high prices force them to decide whether to put food on the table, make rent, or pay their medical bills. Even as the overwhelming majority of Americans oppose Trump’s shameless corruption, he continues to double down, making himself and his family richer and richer while using taxpayer dollars for his endless vanity projects.”

As Trump profits off the presidency, everyday Americans are worse off in Trump’s economy as prices on nearly everything continue to skyrocket and pessimism about finding a job is at a near-all-time high. Prices in May increased to their highest point in three years, and the Personal Savings Rate, which measures Americans’ disposable income, dropped to 3% last month, one of the lowest readings since the Great Recession as Americans turn to their savings and credit to keep up with high prices.

https://democrats.org/trump-uses-the-presidency-as-his-personal-piggy-bank-as-americans-struggle-to-make-ends-meet/

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1. Congress appropriates money.

When trump is out of office, claw back what he spent outside Congressional mandates. From him or his estate.