YouTube Pays $24.5 Million Settlement, With $22 Million Funding White House Ballroom as Trump Secures Victory Over Big Tech

Once again, Big Tech thought it could silence Trump — and once again, they ended up footing the bill. YouTube has agreed to a $24.5 million settlement after suspending Trump’s account in 2021, with a staggering $22 million of that money funding construction of a new White House State Ballroom. That’s right, the same platform that tried to muzzle the President is now helping build a ballroom in his White House. Irony never looked so good.

The remaining $2.5 million from the settlement will go to other plaintiffs, including the American Conservative Union. YouTube, owned by Google’s Alphabet, was the last of the Silicon Valley giants to fold after banning Trump in the final days of his first term under the excuse of “incitement to violence.” Of course, two years later they quietly reinstated his account — because pretending they could keep Trump off the internet forever was laughable from the start.

This win isn’t isolated. Meta already settled with Trump for $25 million earlier this year, directing funds toward his presidential library in Miami. X, formerly Twitter before Elon Musk brought sanity back, settled for $10 million. One by one, these tech companies caved, proving that Trump doesn’t back down — and when you fight him, you lose.

All three lawsuits were spearheaded by Trump’s attorney John Coale, who made it clear why the victories came so swiftly: “If he had not been re-elected, we would have been in court for 1,000 years. It was his re-election that made the difference.” In other words, the American people handed Trump the leverage to beat Big Tech at its own game.

Now, instead of censorship, Zuckerberg, Pichai, and Musk are seated front row at Trump’s second inauguration. From banning him to applauding him — that’s what we call a turnaround. And the best part? Every settlement not only cleared Trump’s name but funded projects that will outlast the very platforms that tried to shut him down.

Trump wins. America wins. And Big Tech gets a reminder that no one silences the voice of the people.