Trump wins $24m YouTube payout… and infuriates liberals with extravagant plans for the cash

Donald Trump has won a $24million settlement from YouTube after it suspended his account — and announced plans to spend the funds on his lavish White House ballroom.

The Google-owned video-sharing platform on Monday agreed to settle a 2021 lawsuit brought by the president against the company for suspending his account following the January 6th Capitol riot.

The total settlement amounts to $24.5million with approximately $22million going towards Trump’s nonprofit Trust for the National Mall.

Those funds will be used to pay for construction of the new White House ballroom, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Liberals reacted furiously online. One commenter said on X: ‘Lol, a new ballroom? Really scraping the bottom of the barrel.’

Another stated: ‘Not even close to what taxpayers are on the hook for all of his golf excursions.’

And a different left winger raged: ‘Guess those soon bankrupt farmers don’t quite mean as much as a BALLROOM.’

Following the announcement, Trump wrote a post on Truth Social bragging about his latest pay day from another big tech platform.

Trump’s post features an AI-generated cartoon picture of a downtrodden YouTube chief executive Neal Mohan giving a giant check to the president

Trump has raked in over $80million from settlement payouts from big tech companies

As part of the settlement, YouTube did not have to admit any wrongdoing for banning Trump’s account in 2021

Trump’s post features an AI-generated cartoon picture of a downtrodden YouTube chief executive Neal Mohan giving a giant check to the president outside the White House.

‘YouTube SURRENDERS!’ Trump’s caption reads. ‘This MASSIVE victory proves Big Tech censorship has consequences.’

‘Every shadowbanned patriot deserves justice! Trump fought for free speech and WON!’

As part of the settlement, YouTube did not have to admit any wrongdoing and is not changing its policies.

The video-sharing platform joins a large list of social media companies that have paid Trump large settlements over the last few months.

Back in January, Meta agreed to pay $25million to his presidential library in order to end their ongoing litigation. Meanwhile, Elon Musk’s X handed Trump $10million over a lawsuit for banning his account in 2021.

WSJ reports that executives at Google wanted to pay a small fine to Trump but ultimately settled on the $24.5million figure.

The remaining $2.5million will be handed towards other plaintiffs in the case, including the American Conservative Union and writer Naomi Wolf.

The total cost for Trump’s luxurious ballroom in the heart of DC is expected to cost $200million. Trump has promised to fund the construction for the ballroom alongside ‘other patriot donors.’

Over the last year, Trump has made more than $80million in settlements from large tech companies and media conglomerates bending the knee to the president.

In July, Paramount Global paid Trump a $16million settlement to end a lawsuit he brought forward over a 60 Minutes interview with former Vice-President Kamala Harris.

The total cost of the new White House ballroom is estimated at $200 million

Trump has vowed to handle the full cost of the ballroom along with ‘other patriot donors’

Trump’s lawyer John P Coale told WSJ that the president’s return to power was critical in pressuring companies to settle.

‘If he had not been re-elected, we would have been in court for 1,000 years,’ Coale said. ‘It was his re-election that made the difference.’