Trump’s Ballroom Blitz

Advisory Opinions by The Dispatch

Aug 18, 202670:30Society & Culture

Sarah Isgur and David French return, but with a little bit of a switcheroo as David takes the host’s chair. They discuss President Donald Trump’s appeal to the Supreme Court on the construction of a White House ballroom,...

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