Barack Obama
Mocks Pricey Trump Ballroom
… If You are Sick, He’ll Save You a Dance!!!
Revealed
LiveNOW from Fox
Former President Barack Obama went proper at President Donald Trump over his costly renovations to the White Home whereas some Medicare sufferers wrestle to search out therapy amid the federal government shutdown.
Chatting with a crowd in Virginia over the weekend, Obama quipped, “He has been focused on critical issues like paving over the Rose Garden so folks don’t get mud on their shoes. And gold-plating the Oval Office and building a $300 million ballroom.”
He added sarcastically, “Here’s the good news — if you can’t visit a doctor, don’t worry … he will save you a dance,” to uproarious laughter from the Virginia crowd.
In response to PBS, the federal government shutdown halted funding for the Medicare telehealth program that enables sufferers to have digital appointments from the consolation of their properties — essential for individuals who discover it troublesome to journey to a brick-and-mortar workplace.
Obama was in Virginia over the weekend, supporting Abigail Spandberger in Virginia’s governor race forward of Tuesday’s gubernatorial election.
Trump acknowledged his new ballroom would be capable to maintain as much as 900 individuals, although the preliminary plans solely accounted for a most capability of 650, in accordance with NBC Information. The development started even with out approval from the Nationwide Capital Planning Fee, which approves building and renovations to D.C. authorities buildings, NPR studies.
DT now owns the two longest shutdowns in U.S. historical past. The longest one got here throughout his first White Home stint when the federal government shutdown for 35 days from December 22, 2018, till January 25, 2019. The present shutdown has reached day 33.
