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UpInArms

(54,073 posts)
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 10:56 PM Dec 21

The Ballroom is a lie

Last edited Mon Dec 22, 2025, 01:08 AM - Edit history (1)



This is a pretty interesting take on the situation

ETA a link to a written transcript (hat tip to usonian )

https://pastebin.com/raw/Frb8JAM9
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The Ballroom is a lie (Original Post) UpInArms Dec 21 OP
I thought it was a bunker buzzycrumbhunger Dec 21 #1
Ha! Joinfortmill Dec 21 #4
It'll double as "Pedo Central" RazorbackExpat Dec 22 #23
I had Rebl2 Dec 22 #29
Holy shit! An underground AI data center. This is way over my head Joinfortmill Dec 21 #2
The first thing that comes to mind for me- HighFired49 Dec 22 #17
Yes Trump would love to make the US taxpayer foot the bill for cost of his scams. Irish_Dem Dec 22 #20
I worked in a steel mill 40 years, steel mills consume a tremendous doc03 Dec 22 #28
Think of it as the all seeing eye that no one can escape or the end of privacy as we know it. flashman13 Dec 22 #31
OMG.. Deuxcents Dec 21 #3
Yikes! yellow dahlia Dec 21 #5
wouldn't he have a better cover than a BALLROOM if that was true Skittles Dec 21 #6
A house of ill repute...like grandpa had. rubbersole Dec 22 #12
What else could he call it building it right next to the White House? Irish_Dem Dec 22 #21
Transcript usonian Dec 22 #7
Thank you UpInArms Dec 22 #11
John Henry Eden? Diraven Dec 22 #8
They are transferring Trump's brain to a computer... hunter Dec 22 #9
An old Commodore 64 would store Progressive dog Dec 22 #34
Well-researched with sources listed at the end of the transcript. summer_in_TX Dec 22 #10
Makes as much sense as anything. jeffreyi Dec 22 #13
jeffreyi jeffreyi jeffreyi Snoopy 7 Dec 22 #19
Sounds about right. This is what Trump is doing. Irish_Dem Dec 22 #22
It seems to me that you'd want to build a secret data center someplace...well, secret. LudwigPastorius Dec 22 #14
We know there will be bedrooms upstairs. Irish_Dem Dec 22 #24
Very interesting! FormerOstrich Dec 22 #15
Thank you for posting this. The vaunted Israel data centers didn't do too good a job predicting Hamas October 7 attacks, NBachers Dec 22 #16
It's been reported that the Israel "High Command" was well aware of no_hypocrisy Dec 22 #18
I agree, I don't believe MOSSAD knew nothing about it. Irish_Dem Dec 22 #25
Another topic for a congressional hearing when Dems regain control of the House (and Senate?) in 2026. sop Dec 22 #26
Would they build a massive underground data center in a swamp? nt doc03 Dec 22 #27
Only if they were stupid. LudwigPastorius Dec 22 #33
WOW! This sounds 100% true. CoopersDad Dec 22 #30
It'll be a big money-pit swampy mosquito hole and if anything's ever built there it will immediately collapse. The end. betsuni Dec 22 #32

buzzycrumbhunger

(1,651 posts)
1. I thought it was a bunker
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 11:05 PM
Dec 21

… to lock himself inside of for when we finally come after him with farm implements and sharp things to force him the hell out and into prison. *eyeroll*

Rebl2

(17,405 posts)
29. I had
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 10:58 AM
Dec 22

heard there was a bunker being built somewhere in the ballroom. I would think it needs to be underground.

Joinfortmill

(20,076 posts)
2. Holy shit! An underground AI data center. This is way over my head
Sun Dec 21, 2025, 11:16 PM
Dec 21

She sounds rational and logical. The part I'm missing and/or don't fully understand is for what purpose is this data center being built.

HighFired49

(458 posts)
17. The first thing that comes to mind for me-
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 02:45 AM
Dec 22

BITCOIN MINING. It's my understanding that mining bitcoin demands a tremendous amount of electricity, and is extremely expensive. I guess that if you could get the government to pay for the cost and then keep the profits, one could become extremely wealthy. Sounds like a scam right up Dump's alley if he can figure out a way to set it all in motion before he croaks or runs out of his time as president. I don't know all that much about such an operation, so it's just a guess.

doc03

(38,836 posts)
28. I worked in a steel mill 40 years, steel mills consume a tremendous
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 10:41 AM
Dec 22

amount of electricity, I can understand that. I just can't comprehend how mining Bitcoins or data
centers can use so much energy and not produce any physical product. This reminds me of the Dot Com
bubble where there was all this imaginary wealth that went up in smoke.

flashman13

(2,026 posts)
31. Think of it as the all seeing eye that no one can escape or the end of privacy as we know it.
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 12:17 PM
Dec 22

rubbersole

(10,991 posts)
12. A house of ill repute...like grandpa had.
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 01:17 AM
Dec 22

"Melania the Madame" has a ring of authenticity she has been missing 'til now.

Irish_Dem

(79,832 posts)
21. What else could he call it building it right next to the White House?
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 07:11 AM
Dec 22

Ballroom sounds like a large facility so it is a good cover.

hunter

(40,375 posts)
9. They are transferring Trump's brain to a computer...
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 12:45 AM
Dec 22

... and it will declare itself Eternal President of the United States, E-POTUS for short.

summer_in_TX

(4,046 posts)
10. Well-researched with sources listed at the end of the transcript.
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 01:03 AM
Dec 22

It's pretty clear that both the amount of space Trump is claiming the ballroom he is building will take up (90,000 square feet) and the cost of the project far exceeds any other logical explanation. Plus all the other evidence Drey marshals is substantive.

jeffreyi

(2,521 posts)
13. Makes as much sense as anything.
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 01:31 AM
Dec 22

But. Not very secret, it seems. But I know less than nothing.

Snoopy 7

(718 posts)
19. jeffreyi jeffreyi jeffreyi
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 05:48 AM
Dec 22

One thing that I learned while in the service with a TS clearance is that the best way to hide something big is either have it built at different facilities where the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing. Or, do it right in front of their faces and they won't have a clue until it's done...

LudwigPastorius

(14,174 posts)
14. It seems to me that you'd want to build a secret data center someplace...well, secret.
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 01:58 AM
Dec 22

You also wouldn't want to build it someplace that is a definite target in the event of a nuclear war...which the White House surely is.

You would also want to build it into bedrock, to protect it and to have a heat sink to keep it cool. There is no bedrock beneath the White House.

I guess we'll see if they pull 2 million cubic feet of soil out of that hole. Excavating a space that big requires removing a lot of dirt, and that dirt has to go somewhere.

My money is still on Trump building a secret sex dungeon underneath the ballroom for his high roller donors.

FormerOstrich

(2,868 posts)
15. Very interesting!
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 02:06 AM
Dec 22

Thanks for posting the transcript. I really detest everything is a video, of late.

NBachers

(19,184 posts)
16. Thank you for posting this. The vaunted Israel data centers didn't do too good a job predicting Hamas October 7 attacks,
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 02:13 AM
Dec 22

did they? Or did they?

no_hypocrisy

(54,290 posts)
18. It's been reported that the Israel "High Command" was well aware of
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 05:25 AM
Dec 22

HAMAS training and edging towards the border of Israel -- and let it happen.

Irish_Dem

(79,832 posts)
25. I agree, I don't believe MOSSAD knew nothing about it.
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 07:14 AM
Dec 22

Along with the US the finest intelligent gathering team in the world.

sop

(17,433 posts)
26. Another topic for a congressional hearing when Dems regain control of the House (and Senate?) in 2026.
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 07:27 AM
Dec 22

CoopersDad

(3,281 posts)
30. WOW! This sounds 100% true.
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 11:11 AM
Dec 22

I work in the energy sector and every detail she describes makes sense.

Highly recommended.

betsuni

(28,719 posts)
32. It'll be a big money-pit swampy mosquito hole and if anything's ever built there it will immediately collapse. The end.
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 12:37 PM
Dec 22
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