Should We Sue Trump Together for $200 MILLION?!! Ben Meiselas and MeidasTouch Network Aug 2 By Ben Meiselas Hey Meidas Mighty. I had an idea. With Trump and all of MAGA threatening to sue MeidasTouch, should we just sue him first? Should we go on the offense and sue his ass to oblivion? Would you join us if we sued him? I think we hit him where it hurts: The White House. It’s not his house. It’s our house. It’s the people’s house. I was doing research last night and I think his plan to build a $200 million ballroom in the White House East Wing is patently unlawful. And because Trump is a malignant narcissist, blocking the ballroom would make him suffer dearly. I think we have a good case against him to block the $200 million ballroom. Here’s the thing. The White House doesn’t belong to Trump. It belongs to the people of the United States. Under the law, major renovations of the White House require congressional approval. The President doesn’t have the power to initiate major renovations on his own. Trump is trying to get around congressional approval by claiming he will fund the $200 million ballroom himself and with private donors. Donald Trump will likely contribute very little under this plan, and he will hit up billionaires to pay for the construction. Trump was asked yesterday if he’d allow foreign countries to donate for the construction and he said he didn’t see the problem in doing that. Seriously? You don’t see the problem? In my view, private donations to build a grotesque monstrosity of a gold ballroom and tear down the East Wing of the White House is much worse than if it were congressionally authorized. I don’t want a White House hypothetically sponsored by Amazon or Meta or Palantir… or Bezos or Zuckerberg. Worse yet, I don’t want a White House sponsored by Qatar or the UAE or Saudi Arabia. How is this even up for discussion? My legal research reveals that Trump building a ballroom and soliciting private donations violates numerous laws, including the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution. Other laws that could be violated include: 18 U.S. Code § 201 – Bribery of Public Officials Honest Services Fraud (18 U.S. Code § 1346) 40 U.S. Code § 3301 et seq. – Alterations to federal buildings The big hurdle if we sued would be the doctrine of “standing,” since we as a media company have the same standing as any American taxpayer, and the courts sometimes frown on general taxpayer standing. However, I think an ideal plaintiff would be a state like California or New York, or perhaps even someone who makes an appointment to visit the White House whose trip would be harmed as a result of the potential new construction. A union might make a good plaintiff also, especially a union involved with government jobs. This is all food for thought. I know there are many more important lawsuits to be filed regarding immigration, DOJ, trade, reproductive rights, health care, and countless other topics. At the MeidasTouch Network and our sister channels like Legal AF, we amplify the incredible legal work of groups and lawyers who are on the frontlines of fighting for these more important issues. I fully recognize these cases are far more important than my idea of a lawsuit to block the new White House ballroom. But I do hope someone runs with my idea of suing the White House to stop the gold ballroom. Perhaps I’m feeling petty on a Saturday as Trump is scrambling to cover up his Epstein connections. But really, I feel deeply pissed about Trump tampering with the White House like it’s his. It’s not his. It’s ours. He’s already ruined the Rose Garden and made it an ugly concrete deck. I don’t want some ugly gold ballroom paid for by an oligarch or some Saudi prince. Trump interferes with and causes so much pain in all of your lives. Why not fight back and take away something he really wants? Make him suffer. If he wants to go after our rights, we shouldn’t give an inch—and we should block everything he does or wants. I hope a state leader or a union leader or someone who has standing pursues this. We will certainly cover it and report on it. Look, it’s been quite the week. Trump has had one of the worst weeks in modern presidential history between the Epstein cover-up, the awful job numbers, and the market tanking on Friday. It’s going to get worse for Donald. Unfortunately, it’s going to get worse for our country’s economy and standing in the world. Much worse. I want you to remember through it all, we have each other. You’ve built the MeidasTouch Network into the most-watched network in the United States. It wasn’t investors. It was you. Spreading the word and subscribing to this Substack. As Trump gets weaker, he will get more desperate. His capricious and reckless firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner was a trial run for firing the Chairman of the Federal Reserve. He will get more desperate for sure. We have to fight back harder and prepare to take to the streets again in even bigger numbers than the No Kings Protest in due time. I have never felt more confident in the power of the resistance. I have never felt more confident in the demise of Trump and his despicable MAGA movement. I have never felt more proud to be a Meidas Mighty. Thank you for all you do. We would love for you to help the MeidasTouch Network grow by becoming a subscriber now. If you are not a subscriber, please consider becoming one now. It makes the biggest difference in the expansion of this network and helps keep us number one and get in front of as many people as possible by adding subscribers. Thanks for considering and spreading the word. Meidas+ is a reader-supported publication. 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