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Tanuki

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Thu Feb 19, 2026, 07:30 AM Thursday

Trump appoints his 26 y.o. receptionist to head multi-billion dollar arts commission [View all]

which will oversee ballroom and much more.


https://newrepublic.com/post/206677/meet-26-year-old-ex-receptionist-overseeing-trump-ballroom-chamberlain-harris

"President Donald Trump was so desperate to stack the commission overseeing the construction of his ballroom with allies that he tapped his 26-year-old assistant to serve as its newest member—even though she has absolutely no expertise in art at all.

Chamberlain Harris, deputy director of Oval Office operations, was reportedly picked to join the Commission on Fine Arts, which is charged with advising the federal government on the art, design, and architectural development of Washington.
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When Congress first established the Commission on Fine Arts, some 100 years before Harris was even born, lawmakers decreed that the members should be “well-qualified judges of the fine arts.” By all accounts, Harris is not one.
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