White House's East Wing partially demolished as work begins on $250M ballroom

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/20/trump-white-house-ballroom-construction

34•Red_Tarsius•2h ago

Comments

blitzar•1h ago

Thank god they got rid of fraud, waste and/or abuse.

chromehearts•1h ago

Glad the average American's tax money is well spent on servicing the public good

nailer•1h ago

The source of funding is mentioned in the article.

Humorist2290•1h ago

The president is quoted as saying

  The White House Ballroom is being privately funded by many generous Patriots, Great American Companies, and, yours truly.

Whether that is credible, and whether there is an obligation of financial transparency, is apparently too politicized to dig deeper for The Guardian.

defrost•1h ago

More accurately, the article quotes White House officials:

  Officials said it would be paid for by Trump and unnamed donors.

So far there's been 200+ days of statements by White House officials of the current administration to the press.

Some of those statements have had questionable accuracy, some have been undeniably at odds with reality.

almostgotcaught•1h ago

Apparently it's incredible that Biden wasn't a body-double his entire presidency but it's credible that "anonymous donors" are sponsoring a ballroom at the Whitehouse. I call this Schrodinger's presidency...

bryanlarsen•52m ago

Being paid for by bribes means it will cost the American populace even more than the $250 billion sticker price.

metalman•1h ago

they cut down 250 year old trees for this when there exist simple reliable methods to transplant very large old trees

I wonder if now there will be an accident™, and the whole place will burn down and then they have no choice but to build something "better".....

edit:....temporarily in florida

norome•1h ago

Kind of fitting as the presidency has been radically reshaped in so many other ways.

hermannj314•49m ago

You're telling me Trump is destroying the foundation of a centuries old institution to satisfy personal ego and fleeting desire? To be fair, that is the platform he ran on.

I am starting to lose trust in the safety of my tap water, but a ballroom would be a fun thing for a few hundred people to enjoy.

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