A tech giant handed President Donald Trump another win in his ever-evolving revenge tour by agreeing to funnel millions into his White House ballroom to settle a 2021 lawsuit.
Alphabet-owned YouTube will fork over $24.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by Trump over his suspension from the platform following the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection, according to a court document. Of that figure, $22 million will go to the nonprofit Trust for the National Mall “to support the construction of the White House State Ballroom.”
The settlement marks Trump’s third and final victory in his legal battles against three social media giants—Meta, X, and YouTube—over their suspension of his accounts in the wake of the violent Capitol riots.
Trump’s X account was restored in 2022 after the site forme