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Katty Kay

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The Rest Is Politics: US
189. Trump’s Secret Slush Fund: His Most Corrupt Act Yet

layering and a whole load of other things that's going to be an underground bunker and it's going to be for security provisions.

The Rest Is Politics: US
189. Trump’s Secret Slush Fund: His Most Corrupt Act Yet

Donald Trump did come back from China saying China has a ballroom and so we should have a ballroom too.

The Rest Is Politics: US
189. Trump’s Secret Slush Fund: His Most Corrupt Act Yet

It clearly clocked that China had a big ballroom.

The Rest Is Politics: US
189. Trump’s Secret Slush Fund: His Most Corrupt Act Yet

But two things are in question.

The Rest Is Politics: US
189. Trump’s Secret Slush Fund: His Most Corrupt Act Yet

The financing is in question.

The Rest Is Politics: US
189. Trump’s Secret Slush Fund: His Most Corrupt Act Yet

Where is it actually going to come from?

The Rest Is Politics: US
189. Trump’s Secret Slush Fund: His Most Corrupt Act Yet

And I don't think anyone would argue that security provisions for government buildings, particularly for the White House, is something that everybody should look at and they should be financed, but they have to be appropriate security provisions.

The Rest Is Politics: US
189. Trump’s Secret Slush Fund: His Most Corrupt Act Yet

But I think it's your question is the bigger one right now, Antony.

The Rest Is Politics: US
189. Trump’s Secret Slush Fund: His Most Corrupt Act Yet

Are we going to be there with some kind of great big hole in the ground until Trump leaves office?

The Rest Is Politics: US
189. Trump’s Secret Slush Fund: His Most Corrupt Act Yet

At the moment, Donald Trump seems as focused on the reflecting pool and painting that American flag blue as

The Rest Is Politics: US
189. Trump’s Secret Slush Fund: His Most Corrupt Act Yet

And there are already questions about that because some of the blue shades are different from some of the other blue shades and are workers getting kind of noxious fumes.

The Rest Is Politics: US
189. Trump’s Secret Slush Fund: His Most Corrupt Act Yet

That seems to be the focus of his attention.

The Rest Is Politics: US
189. Trump’s Secret Slush Fund: His Most Corrupt Act Yet

If you look at his feed, that is what he's sending out pictures of at the moment because I guess he thinks that's getting done.

The Rest Is Politics: US
189. Trump’s Secret Slush Fund: His Most Corrupt Act Yet

But I wouldn't be totally surprised if this whole ballroom project gets so caught up in financing issues and legal issues because should he have actually pulled down the East Wing, which was a historic part of the...

The Rest Is Politics: US
189. Trump’s Secret Slush Fund: His Most Corrupt Act Yet

And then what happens?

The Rest Is Politics: US
189. Trump’s Secret Slush Fund: His Most Corrupt Act Yet

Let's do some role play.

The Rest Is Politics: US
189. Trump’s Secret Slush Fund: His Most Corrupt Act Yet

Mr. 48th President of the United States, Anthony Scaramucci, what would you like to do with the East Wing, the erstwhile East Wing, which is now actually a big hole in the ground?

The Rest Is Politics: US
189. Trump’s Secret Slush Fund: His Most Corrupt Act Yet

You're president.

The Rest Is Politics: US
189. Trump’s Secret Slush Fund: His Most Corrupt Act Yet

Deidre has not been told about this, but you are now president.

The Rest Is Politics: US
189. Trump’s Secret Slush Fund: His Most Corrupt Act Yet

And you're putting what, the ballroom underneath the East Wing or you're putting in the East Wing?