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Trump Steals National Park Service Money for Vanity Projects in DC

Photograph Source: G. Edward Johnson – CC BY 4.0

The most corrupt president and cabinet in U.S. history are now stealing fees from national parks and federal recreational lands and waters to fund Trump’s D.C. vanity projects.  These fees were never intended to be used to turn the White House and Capitol grounds into a Mar-a-Largo billionaires club – especially as federal parks, lands, and waters in Montana and across the nation continue to degrade.

The Washington Post broke the news this week showing where these narcissistic miscreants will spend the funds intended for maintenance of our national parks and federal recreation sites.

Here’s a partial list: White House – $330 million; East Wing (that no longer exists) “modernization” – $300 million; National Mall fountains – $47 million. White House helicopter landing pad on the South Lawn – $5 million; Fountains in front of White House – $12.9 million; Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool (now being litigated as an illegal renovation) – $9.2 million.

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