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Trump shops for marble for new White House ballroom
Trump personally selected marble and onyx at Arc Stone & Tile for a $400 million White House ballroom project after demolishing the East Wing, officials said.
- On Friday morning, President Donald Trump stopped at Arc Stone & Tile in Lake Worth Beach to buy marble and onyx for a new White House ballroom, a White House official said the purchase is at his own expense.
- After demolishing the East Wing, the administration faced lawsuits as initial $200 million cost estimates doubled, and a federal judge ordered consultations with planning commissions.
- Trump has personally overseen the project's details, holding regular meetings and favoring white marble and gold accents; Arc Stone & Tile owner Michael Coiro said Trump has bought tile there for 25 years.
- The out-of-town press pool stayed in vans near railroad tracks while Trump shopped, and officials will hold a public information meeting on January 8 with the National Capital Planning Commission, followed by a Commission of Fine Arts meeting the week after.
- Plans envision seating far more guests than existing rooms allow, proposing up to 999 people, which has drawn criticism from historians and preservationists over altering the White House footprint.
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Miami (USA), Jan. 2 (EFE).- U.S. President Donald Trump spent Friday morning reviewing marble samples in Lake Worth Beach (Florida) as part of preparations for the construction of a new ballroom at the White House, a controversial project that involved the demolition of the East Wing. “President Trump is buying marble and onyx, with his own money, for the White House ballroom,” a White House official told the press. Trump visited an Italian marb…
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