Politics & Government
‘$500 Million Dollars’ in ‘Prime Washington D.C. Real Estate is FOR SALE’ – Underused Federal Buildings
Trump Administration is seeking to reduce unnecessary costs identified by DOGE, plus an Update on the so-called POTUS Trump-Elon Musk Fued.
In Part I we will look at the the following from the WND News Center to this writer for MHProNews and for the "Reality Check" series for this Patch. In Part II we'll look at additional information that includes insights into the "Musk-Trump Fued" plus other topics.
Part I
‘$500 Million Dollars’ in ‘Prime Washington D.C. Real Estate is FOR SALE’ – Underused Fed Buildings
Find out what's happening in Lakelandfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
FOR SALE: $500 million in prime D.C. real estate that feds don't use
Planned disposal of properties part of DOGE campaign to save taxpayer money
Find out what's happening in Lakelandfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
By Bob Unruh | June 23, 2025
A plan is being developed by a Senate advocate for the Department of Government Efficiency to sell off multiple federal buildings in Washington, D.C., worth an estimated $500 million.
The buildings are underutilized now, and they just are costing taxpayers a pile of money to keep open and maintained.
The new "For Sale Ace" targets six buildings, including the James Forrestal Federal Building that holds the Department of Energy.
Workers still occupying offices in those buildings will be relocated.
It's part of the DOGE campaign to address the nation's $36 trillion national debt.
The Forrestal Federal Building, known also as the "Little Pentagon," and other buildings were listed following reports from the Office of Management and Budget and the Government Accountability Office about the millions of dollars in costs in keeping and maintaining buildings where only a few of the offices are occupied.
Across the nation, maintenance for federal buildings costs more than $10 billion a year and ridding the government of some of them offers considerable cast savings.
A report at Fox News explained Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, points out in her planning that no layoffs would be part of the sales, as the workers would move.
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, speaks at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020 (RNC video screenshot)Also on the list would be outbuildings for the Agriculture Department, one of which is at 25% capacity and needs nearly $2 billion in upgrades.
The Hubert H. Humphrey Jr. building also is listed. It houses the Department of Health and Human Services. Also the headquarters of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Theodore Roosevelt Building and Frances Perkins Federal Building.
The report notes that safeguards have been written into the legislation so that no unfriendly entities, like China, would be allowed to purchase. Nor would any group in which a foreign national is a "beneficial owner."
The OMB previously reported that taxpayers are charged $81 million to maintain underused federal offices.
"About 7,700 federal office spaces are vacant and 2,200 are majority-empty, according to a Congressional Research Service report," Fox reported.
DOGE already has addressed the sale of the Wilbur J. Cohen Building, with 1.2 million square feet of offices and only 72 people.
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Part II
As part of our "Reality Check" series for this Patch, yours truly shared insights about DOGE.
Not long after that there was a dust up between President Donald J. Trump and Elon Musk. This writer looked at that, mentioned it briefly in a follow up, and decided it wasn't worth the time or effort to do a separate article on. As it turned out, shots were fired from both ends (Musk to Trump and back again) and then an apparent truce was called between the two men. Musk deleted some of his more edgy X-posts.
Elon Musk agreed that he should “make peace” with Trump for the benefit of the country.
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Per Forbes via X.
"@Forbes
Jun 5
Tesla Stock Plunges 8% As Trump Suggests Musk Has ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ https://trib.al/d6taaHo"
A different X-post that same day said this.
"Trump says that Elon only opposes his “big, beautiful bill” because it cuts tax credits for electric vehicles. He says he supported the bill until it went against his own personal interests.
The gloves are off."
Peace (at least publicly) has since broken out and Tesla's stock recovered.
Some have mused that the fued was staged. That remains to be proven.
But whatever it was it may have been to President Trump's advantage, because he came off looking like Elon Musk did not have undue influence over the president or his pending "Big Beautiful Bill" legislation.
Your contributor to this Patch will monitor and report as deemed warranted. But remember, yours truly didn't share click bait, because it looked like - and turned out to be - fairly short lived. We want to use this column to focus on more important subjects or items that reveal insights into more important topics.
Other topics follow and that's a wrap for today's installment of the "Reality Check" series for this Patch. Remember: facts matter. Evidence matters. Reality matters. The good Lord willing, more is coming in the days ahead to feast your eyes, mind, heart, and soul on. Thanks as always for checking in.
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> ‘Endemic Mismanagement of HUD Manufactured Housing Program’ Nom Turner
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> Solution: “Would-Be Homebuyers Need 80% More Income Than 4 Years Ago”
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