It’s Wednesday…
Delusion is traveling today to deliver a commencement address to Coast Guard graduates, but before heading out, he stopped for a tarmac press gaggle where reporters attempted to decode whatever fresh chaos was rattling around in his head this morning.
He says he’s “not worried” about the funding issues surrounding his vanity ballroom project.
The same ballroom that was supposedly going to be funded entirely through donations but has now somehow morphed into a ballroom/military complex hybrid because apparently every boondoggle just needs the words “national security” sprinkled on top like parsley at a bad steakhouse.
Roll tape.
Punchbowl News (05/20/2026):
As Senate Republicans eye final passage of their ICE and Border Patrol reconciliation bill soon, the push to include security funding for Trump’s ballroom project is facing political and parliamentary hurdles that now appear insurmountable.
— Punchbowl News (@PunchbowlNews) May 20, 2026
Full story:https://t.co/xqtFsa9Shv pic.twitter.com/BOZogP6Wxp
Senate Republicans are eyeing final passage of their $72 billion ICE and Border Patrol reconciliation bill within the next 48 hours.
That likely means GOP leaders are getting close to ripping off their “Ballroom Band-Aid.”
Republicans’ push to include security funding for President Donald Trump’s East Wing ballroom project is facing both political and parliamentary hurdles that now appear insurmountable.
GOP senators expect the $1 billion in Secret Service funding to be eliminated entirely or modified to remove any references to the controversial ballroom project, one of Trump’s favorites. Their next problem will be to manage Trump’s anger at their defiance.
[snip]
The parliamentarian has advised Senate Republicans that the ballroom-related language falls outside the jurisdiction of the two committees included in the budget resolution, Judiciary and Homeland Security.
For the purposes of budget reconciliation, anything related to the White House grounds falls under the jurisdiction of the Energy or Environment and Public Works committees.
Punchbowl News (05/20/2026).
After someone in the room apparently explained that the numbers behind funding his ballroom/military complex fantasy weren’t exactly adding up, Delusion took to “Lies” Social to rant about how government works.
A tale as old as time: man promises something will magically pay for itself, reality arrives with spreadsheets, man becomes furious at math.
Someone in the media needs to ask how come the ballroom needs to be a military complex. Just saying.
The rest of the clips are random nonsense he said on the tarmac…
If Jesus Christ counted ballots in California…
Talarico wore a mask six months ago…
I was more popular in China than Russian President Putin.
He could be Prime Minister of Israel…
I admit I did google this and found according to the AI overview he is popular in Israel but not to be PM. I also found Fox News’ instagram that said “NEW: President Trump jokes that he could run for Prime Minister of Israel after his current term since he’s so well-liked”
It was Obama…
He’s currently addressing the US Coast Guard grads…
Overall the speech is his typical rally speech…
He hates good looking men.
He might be there in 2032…
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