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Big Inaugural Balls: Trump Plans to Dance While California Burns…

Saturday, January 11, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Juxtaposing Trump inaugural balls with California wildfires

President-elect Trump: Scrap your inaugural balls. Instead, redirect the hundreds of millions your billionaire donors gave for this occasion to aid Californians left homeless by wildfires. Then, challenge them to donate 10 times more to relief efforts than they did to your balls. Because nothing says ‘let them eat cake’ quite like Americans dancing in… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: California wildfires, disaster aid and relief, King Louis, let them eat cake, Marie Antoinette, Trump inaugural balls

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