Posted on 09/29/2025 3:09:05 PM PDT by dennisw
Google executives were eager to keep their settlement smaller than the one paid by rival Meta, according to people familiar with the matter. Trump’s share of the settlement—$22 million—will go to the nonprofit Trust for the National Mall,
earmarked for the construction of a Mar-a-Lago-style ballroom Trump is building at the White House, according to the court documents. The White House has said the ballroom, expected to cost $200 million, would be funded by donations from Trump and “other patriot donors.”
YouTube agreed to pay President Trump a $24.5 million settlement in his lawsuit against the tech giant for banning his account in January 2021.
President Trump previously filed a lawsuit against YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook after the tech giants banned his accounts following the January 6 Capitol riot.
“We’re demanding an end to the shadow-banning, a stop to the silencing and a stop to the blacklisting, banishing and canceling that you know so well,” Mr. Trump said in July 2021.
Trump’s lawyers asked the Court to prevent the tech giants from “exercising censorship” or “editorial control” over the posts of a US president.
According to The Wall Street Journal, YouTube agreed to pay a $24.5 million settlement after Meta agreed to pay Trump $25 million and Twitter/X paid $10 million.
YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a 2021 lawsuit that President Trump brought against the company and its chief executive over its suspension of Trump’s account after that year’s riot at the U.S. Capitol, according to court papers.
The settlement makes YouTube, which is owned by Alphabet’s Google, the final Big Tech company to settle a trio of lawsuits Trump brought against social-media platforms in the months after he left the White House.
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With the $16 million he has already collected from the CBS parent company, he is going to have a beautiful presidential library in Miami.
Another posting says META will settle with President Trump for $25m ... is this separate? This $24.5m settlement from YouTube brings the total to $49.5m ... at this rate the President doesn’t need a salary!
It’s shaping up nicely.
Every account that was suspended for Covid and questioning the elections need to sue these companies for billions of $.
And the execs behind it should be indicted for human rights’ violations.
We’re gonna need a bigger library.
2% discount for cash?
Google who owns Youtube is valued in the trillions. They can afford billions.
Let that be a lesson to YouTube.
Censor with great care.
President Trump has accomplished so much more than any other President, during unprecedented times in world history, so he will have to build one mighty big library unless it's all stored on microchipI asked AI about the cost of Presidential libraries:
Building presidential libraries can cost millions of dollars, often ranging from $200 million to $300 million for recent projects. Funding typically comes from private donations, with some contributions from state and local governments as well.
The Week
Costs of Building Presidential Libraries
Presidential libraries are significant undertakings that require substantial financial investment. The costs can vary widely depending on the location, design, and features of the library.
Estimated Costs
President Estimated Cost Notes Joe Biden $200 million - $300 million Expected cost for his future library. Barack Obama Approximately $500 million Includes construction and operational costs. George W. Bush Over $250 million Total cost for the library and museum. Ronald Reagan Estimated $60 million Initial construction costs. Funding Sources
- Private Donations: Most presidential libraries are primarily funded through private donations.
- Government Contributions: State and local governments may also contribute to the costs.
- Endowments: A 1986 law requires private foundations to set up endowments to help cover operational expenses, though this has not fully alleviated taxpayer burdens.
Operational Costs
In addition to construction, maintaining a presidential library can cost millions annually. For example, the George H. W. Bush library costs over $3 million each year to operate.
Building a presidential library is a complex process that involves significant financial planning and community support.
fredbernstein.com
Wikipedia
Wow. Where’d you get that info? Who knew?
That’s interesting. Thank you.
You Tube 25 mil, Meta 24 mil and Twitter 10 mil. That is 60 million of the 200 million for his grand ball room. All paid by his haters, or whose men there is plenty of ball room in their pants. Such small balls and all. LOL Pay up.
Settling so no discovery of the communications that ordered the suspension will surface.
just a quick google search heh.....current market capitalization of Alphabet which is Google is $2.951 trillion.
The Biden lieberry will likely be just his beach house. Donors are lacking in enthusiasm.
Of course and compared to what these tech giants are worth it’s simply cost of business.
Yes.
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