A Tremendous Ballroom, the Biggest Crowd, Exactly What I Wanted All Along

By Diklis Chump · 2026-05-19

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The Associated Press reports I am standing over the construction on the former East Wing, yelling over the banging and clanging of heavy equipment to show reporters the ballroom site. The administration asked for $1 BILLION from taxpayers for security additions, but the Senate parliamentarian ruled the money could not go in the immigration funding bill. Several Republican lawmakers balked at the price tag while voters are dealing with gas and grocery prices spiked by the Iran war. I gave them a tour. But they think they stopped the deal.

There is NO setback. I knew he would say that. I KNEW IT before anybody else did. I ALWAYS said this would happen, exactly what I predicted, but they think they stopped the deal and they actually lost. They WALKED RIGHT INTO the biggest trap in history. If they didn’t put it in the immigration bill, we are going to attach it to EVERYTHING else. We are going to attach it to the defense budget, we are going to attach it to the budget for the generals, beautiful NEGOTIATION, exactly what I wanted. People are saying it is a billion dollars, but that is not the right number. I had a billion ready to go, very smart billion, but then I looked at the contract, I looked at it, and I said, I don’t need it. I didn’t need the billion. I fixed the number. I fixed it so fast. Look at the map, I ALWAYS said the price would drop, I KNEW IT on day one, the SMARTEST day. I fixed it before you even saw it. I used a SHARPIE, the best Sharpie, very fast, very precise.

The politicians are screaming about the price tag in this election year, GOP senators are questioning the $1 BILLION request, but I knew why they were balking. They are complaining about the gas prices. They are complaining about the grocery prices. They are SO complaining it is very sad. They don’t understand the Iran war, the oil disruption. They don’t understand energy, they don’t understand the Middle East. I do. I LOVE the energy workers, the BEST workers, the RICHEST workers, they built the oil fields, very smart workers. They shouldn’t complain about a little gas because I made them rich. Actually wait, for the trucks on the roads they used to carry it—yes, the roads are TREMENDOUS, the BEST roads, very smart roads, moving the oil, moving the money. We are making them rich, I am making the gas cheap. I could cap the price, I WOULD cap it, but it takes time, very fast time.

The reporters asked me about the ballroom on the former East Wing, beautiful site, beautiful architecture, much bigger than the old East Wing, I made the walls THICKER, very thick walls, you have NEVER SEEN walls like these, TREMENDOUS walls. The marble we’re using is ballistic-grade, tremendously secure, but the Republicans are balking because they’re too short-sighted to see the appreciation value over a thirty-year hold. It’s a tragedy that some people don’t understand the deal, the art of the deal, but I’ve got it all figured out. We aren’t doing this for me; I’m doing this for the Country. I asked them why they are reporting that people are saying it costs too much. I told them, this is not about the ballroom. This is about the SECURITY. The security is for the president. This protects me, but it also protects all of you. The SMARTEST people in the world, the VERY BEST people, they told me this is essential. Even the people who are saying no right now, they are saying no, but they will say yes. The BEST people are telling me that the parliamentarian’s decision was a HUGE victory for me, the BIGGEST victory, you have to be very smart to see it, but the best people see it. I let them think they stopped it. I let them think they had the power. I let them think they were strong. Then I hit them with the art of the deal. It’s going to have the best marble, the best gold, the best everything. BEAUTIFUL. Just BEAUTIFUL. You can hear the construction. Banging and clanging. The BIGGEST sounds in the world. That’s the sound of winning. They will all be dancing in that ballroom very soon. Dancing. And they will be paying for it. BEAUTIFUL.

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Published: 2026-05-19
Pen name: Diklis Chump