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Trump Shares Shady Message About White House Ballroom Amid Pushback
Trump’s privately funded 90,000-square-foot White House ballroom has doubled in cost to $350 million and sparked controversy over historic preservation and donor influence.
- On Sunday, Nov. 30, President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social about the 90,000-square-foot Presidential Ballroom, writing `As long as we are going to do it, we are going to do it RIGHT` and stressing private funding.
- In October, crews razed the East Wing to begin the ballroom build, expanding the proposal to a 90,000-square-foot addition with seating raised from 650 to 900 and costs nearly doubling from $200 million to $350 million.
- The White House has installed allies on review panels to speed approvals, firing six Commission of Fine Arts members and replacing National Capital Planning Commission advisers, while major donors Amazon, Lockheed Martin, Meta, Apple, Google, and Microsoft fund the privately financed ballroom.
- Critics have denounced the plan as a waste while questions mount about funding, with the White House releasing a donor list of roughly three dozen contributors toward the $300 million development, which aims for completion before Trump's term ends.
- The 90,000-square-foot ballroom spans roughly two football fields and could overshadow the 55,000-square-foot Executive Mansion, yet James McCrery II remains lead consultant, insiders say.
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Trump shares shady message about White House ballroom amid pushback
“It is something that has been needed and desired at the White House for over 150 years, but something which no other President was equipped to do," the president wrote on social media.
·Richmond County, United States
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While millions of Americans are complaining about rising food prices, Donald Trump is tearing down the east wing of the White House - for his "magnificent" ballroom, which every president has supposedly wanted to build for 150 years.
Will the White House ballroom be too large? Trump breaks silence amid pushback
“It is something that has been needed and desired at the White House for over 150 years, but something which no other President was equipped to do," the president wrote on social media.
·New Jersey, United States
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