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womanofthehills

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5. He offered Obama $100 million to fund it in 2010

Reply to maxsolomon (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 24, 2025, 02:43 PM

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Obama declined. Alexrod, Obama’s Senior Advisor, recounts this in his memoir. Trump is quoted as saying “he didn’t like “the shit little tents “ used for events.

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