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Trump’s billion dollar ballroom vs $6 diesel

Diesel is pushing $6 a gallon, fertilizer is crushing Midwest farmers, and Donald Trump is spending $1.2 billion on a ballroom, a triumphal arch, and a repainted Eisenhower building. Fox News now says corruption is the number one issue in America — and even a quarter of Republicans believe Trump is enriching himself in office. Paul Rieckhoff joins the Media Blitz panel to break down how Iowa, Nebraska, and Ohio quietly slipped into play, and why independents are the ones about to decide it.

October 25, 2026
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Trump’s billion dollar ballroom vs $6 diesel
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Something is cracking in the Midwest. Iowa farmers are staring at $1,000 fill-ups for their tractors, fertilizer costs through the roof…

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→ Four things from today’s episode
01

Why Iowa farmers paying $1,000 to fill a tractor are quietly. Why Iowa farmers paying $1,000 to fill a tractor are quietly breaking with the GOP

02

The $1.2 billion vanity ledger. East Wing ballroom, triumphal arch, Garden of Heroes, Kennedy Center, repainting the Eisenhower building

03

Trump’s $8 billion farmer bailout. and why Mike Nellis calls it the same failed play as the $5,000 “bribe”

04

Dan Osborn, independent mechanic, vs. Pete Ricketts, Cubs luxury-box owner. the contrast that could flip Nebraska

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