Posted on 08/23/2026 4:04:56 AM PDT by Libloather
President Trump touted progress on the White House ballroom project on Saturday morning, a day after the Supreme Court temporarily permitted construction work to continue.
“Tremendous work has been done on the magnificent BALLROOM/MILITARY COMPLEX being built on the grounds of the White House!” the president wrote on Truth Social, alongside a photo of the construction site.
The ballroom project has faced a series of litigation and public scrutiny over reports that the Trump administration planned to use money appropriated by Congress to other agencies.
Trump had previously told reporters that private donors would cover the $400 million construction project entirely. This number later grew to $600 million, according to records reported on by The Washington Post.
Contractor records from March of 2025 showed officials planned to use only $293 million from private donations, while the rest would be pooled from taxpayer-funded budgets at agencies like the U.S. Secret Service and the White House Military Office.
The president repeated his claims that the project was “under budget” and “ahead of schedule” in his Saturday post.
“The Ballroom will be paid for with ZERO Dollars of Taxpayer Money,” he continued. “Great American Patriots and Companies are footing the entire bill.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Hard to believe it’s ahead of schedule given all the legal obstruction by the courts.
Similar to Obamby’s Library. (/S)
But Dems still cry “It’s a waste of money.
It gets into their hooker money fund ?.
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