US EditionWhite House releases donor list for Trump ballroom amid East Wing demolition
The $300 million ballroom project replaces much of the East Wing and is funded by about three dozen donors, including major corporations with extensive federal contracts, watchdogs say.
- The White House is demolishing the East Wing to build a 90,000-square-foot ballroom, as claimed by Trump, who stated the project will cost "about $300 million" and be privately funded, costing taxpayers nothing.
- Hakeem Jeffries of New York criticized the construction, saying the White House is more focused on Trump's ballroom than on rising living costs and health care.
- The National Trust for Historic Preservation expressed concerns that the proposed new construction will overwhelm the White House and disrupt its classical design.
- Major companies, including Apple and Amazon, are reportedly donating funds for the ballroom project, which Trump says costs nothing to taxpayers.
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Donors to Trump’s White House Ballroom Have $279b in Federal Contracts
Most of the publicly identified donors to President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom have high-stakes business before the administration, ranging from billions in government contracts to federal investigations into their companies, according to a report released Monday by a government watchdog group.
Trump's White House Ballroom Donors: Google, Palantir and More - Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR)
President Donald Trump's $300 million White House ballroom project marks the most ambitious structural addition to the presidential residence in over seventy years— and it won't cost taxpayers a dime. PLTR stock is nearing all-time highs. See the details here. The construction project involves demolishing the East Wing to make way for a 90,000-square-foot ballroom designed for state dinners and events, seating nearly 1,000 guests. Read Next:…
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White House Releases List of Donors to Trump’s Ballroom as Demolition Crews Raze East Wing
The Trump administration has released a list of wealthy donors and corporations funding President Trump’s $300 million construction of a 90,000-square-foot ballroom at the White House. Among the donors are Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Palantir, Lockheed Martin and more. Alphabet, the parent company of Google, is contributing $22 million, after settling a lawsuit Trump filed against YouTube for banning him from the platform after he incited hi…
White House donor list for Trump's ballroom includes Chicago entrepreneur
Demolition crews finished tearing down the White House's East Wing to make way for a massive ballroom — one that President Donald Trump said would be paid for by himself and private donors.The White House released a list of 37 donors on Thursday, and one person helping to fund the ballroom is Konstantin Sokolov, a Russian-born entrepreneur who is the head of a Chicago-based private equity firm.Many of the names come from industries such as techn…
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