The East Wing is rubble, the donors are rolling in, and the "People's House" just got a private upgrade. Alphabet's $22 million contribution, routed through a YouTube settlement, will cover roughly a tenth of Trump's 90,000-square-foot Banquet of Alternative Facts, a ballroom for the fragile ego masquerading as legacy architecture. The only thing more reflective than its golden trim will be the self-regard polished into every panel.

Under the Oakland, California, federal court settlement, nearly 10% of the ballroom's estimated construction costs will now come from Alphabet. CNBC reports the money will be donated on Trump's behalf "to the Trust for the National Mall, a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt entity dedicated to restoring, preserving, and elevating the National Mall, to support the constructi

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