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Posted on 08/03/2025 12:19:55 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
President Trump plans to build a $200 million ballroom off the East Wing “long before” the end of his term in 2029.
Experts on historic preservation are raising concerns over the feasibility of President Trump’s plans to complete large-scale renovations to the White House by the end of his term, and whether the project can be done while respecting the historic nature of the building.
Mr. Trump unveiled plans on Thursday to construct a $200 million, 90,000-square-foot state ballroom off the East Wing to be completed “long before” the end of his term in 2029. The project would be one of the largest renovations to the iconic building in decades.
Mr. Trump has been on a winning streak this summer, emerging victorious in a series of Supreme Court rulings, signing a massive bill to carry out his domestic policy agenda and winning concessions from some of America’s top trading partners. Now, by checking off a long-sought item on his list of pet projects, Mr. Trump is showing that he apparently feels emboldened to continue flexing his presidential power.
The White House, the Supreme Court building, the Capitol and all their “related buildings and grounds” are exempt from the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, which requires federal agencies to assess and mitigate adverse effects to historic properties and seek consultation through a formal review process.
Instead, the White House has its own committee that provides advice on the “preservation and the interpretation of the museum character” of the building. The Committee for the Preservation of the White House — chaired by the director of the National Park Service — is made up of several federal officials and a number of members appointed by the president.
Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, said on Thursday in a...
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I got yer experts right here.
I can help. I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last year.
I had to manage road construction of CATV system in an historic district in our community. This was a Federally Registered district. Dealing with the committees and regulations associated with that area was a nightmare.
I can only imagine the absolute BS that they will have to deal with trying to work around the White House.
The New York Times is on the case.
” Anonymous sources say “.........
“Experts” AKA NYT’s and Leftist liars...
Classic Nancy Pelosi Wrap-Up Smear "Tactic."
Ah yes. “Experts”. Geez
Yeah, you’re probably right, Ashley. Maybe he should just add a third row of radishes to Michelle Obama’s garden and call it good.
Yeah, you’re probably right, Ashley. Maybe he should just revarnish the floor Barack’s basketball court and call it good.
Yeah, but your room was probably 90 sq ft, not 90,000 sq ft.
No matter what Trump does, demoncrats will try to throw a wrench in it.
The NYT is a crap publication for democrat narratives.
That is more than TWO acres!
A ballroom is a historic room. So we're good here also.
Trump could cure cancer, and they'd still gripe about something or other.
LOL!! Historic preservationists? Did they have a problem when Harry Truman put a bowling alley in the White House? How about when Gerald Ford put in a pool on the South Lawn in 1975? Or Clinton put in a quarter-mile running track he never used? What President Trump is building will enhance the value of the White House which is already priceless. They’re just pissed that he’s doing it without tax dollars, and none of their cronies will be making money off the construction project.
Oh yeah boys and girls this will help the low and middle class standard living out and put food on the table NOT! This is Trump’s ego at play here...
Ah, those pesky experts again. Were they unexpected too?
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