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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
buzzycrumbhunger
(1,791 posts)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*
Joinfortmill
(20,811 posts)RazorbackExpat
(923 posts)now that Epstein Island is off limits
Rebl2
(17,604 posts)heard there was a bunker being built somewhere in the ballroom. I would think it needs to be underground.
Joinfortmill
(20,811 posts)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
(473 posts)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.
Irish_Dem
(80,638 posts)doc03
(38,994 posts)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
(2,262 posts)Deuxcents
(26,378 posts)yellow dahlia
(5,420 posts)Skittles
(170,663 posts)rubbersole
(11,141 posts)"Melania the Madame" has a ring of authenticity she has been missing 'til now.
Irish_Dem
(80,638 posts)Ballroom sounds like a large facility so it is a good cover.
usonian
(24,502 posts)Last edited Mon Dec 22, 2025, 01:30 AM - Edit history (1)
https://pastebin.com/raw/Frb8JAM9Cancel comment. It's already in GD.
I have added your transcript link to the OP
Diraven
(1,862 posts)Sounds like their actually building the villain from Fallout 3
hunter
(40,566 posts)... and it will declare itself Eternal President of the United States, E-POTUS for short.
Progressive dog
(7,596 posts)more data than Trump.
summer_in_TX
(4,085 posts)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
(2,551 posts)But. Not very secret, it seems. But I know less than nothing.
Snoopy 7
(726 posts)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...
Irish_Dem
(80,638 posts)LudwigPastorius
(14,493 posts)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.
Irish_Dem
(80,638 posts)For the purpose you state.
FormerOstrich
(2,882 posts)Thanks for posting the transcript. I really detest everything is a video, of late.
NBachers
(19,350 posts)did they? Or did they?
no_hypocrisy
(54,693 posts)HAMAS training and edging towards the border of Israel -- and let it happen.
Irish_Dem
(80,638 posts)Along with the US the finest intelligent gathering team in the world.
sop
(18,196 posts)doc03
(38,994 posts)LudwigPastorius
(14,493 posts)but, you know Trump, so its possible.
CoopersDad
(3,302 posts)I work in the energy sector and every detail she describes makes sense.
Highly recommended.