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The State Department planned, for instance, to purchase a $650,000 “triple-height suspended sculpture” for its embassy in Brasília. It had designs on a $55,000 “wall installation” in Malawi

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-cut-lifesaving-foreign-aid-as-state-department-planned-to-buy-expensive-art-for-embassies

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sethlansdale.bsky.social•8 days ago

One of Trump's new gold cards pays for it... what's the problem.....

trailwalkerme.bsky.social•9 days ago

The money that would have been spent on art is far less than what has been spent on "presidential golf weekends."

theangrydonkey.bsky.social•9 days ago

The official spoke on the condition of anonymity, for fear of retribution. I verified the planned acquisitions by reviewing a government document—dated earlier this month, weeks after Donald Trump took office—with itemized descriptions of the artwork.

theangrydonkey.bsky.social•9 days ago

A “textile work” that costs $105,000 and a $94,000 “suspended sculpture that would span two levels” were on the books for Mauritius. And $550,000 was set aside for “three ceiling suspended sculptures” that would hang in the “main atrium space” of the American embassy in Riyadh.

strontiumdredd.bsky.social•9 days ago

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-took-art-us-ambassador-france-home-canceling-wwi-event-2020-9?utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=topbar
Remember when he stole $75,000 worth of replica art from the home of the US ambassador to France?

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