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BumRushDaShow

(165,677 posts) Fri Dec 26, 2025, 09:03 AM Dec 26

White House to present plans for Trump's East Wing ballroom in January [View all]

Source: Reuters

December 26, 2025 5:09 AM EST Updated 3 hours ago

PALM BEACH, Florida, Dec 25 (Reuters) - The White House will unveil new details on President Donald Trump's planned East Wing ballroom during a hearing early next month, according to a federal commission tasked with reviewing the project.

The new ballroom, which Trump has said would cost $400 million and would dwarf the adjacent White House building, has been challenged in court by preservationists, while Democratic lawmakers have called it an abuse of power and are investigating which donors are supporting it.

The National Capital Planning Commission, chartered by Congress to manage planning for Washington-area federal lands, said on its website that the White House will provide an "information presentation" on plans to rebuild the East Wing during a commission meeting on January 8.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/white-house-present-plans-trumps-east-wing-ballroom-january-2025-12-25/

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White House to present plans for Trump's East Wing ballroom in January [View all] BumRushDaShow Dec 26 OP

So, they are expecting some more damaging information to be heading to the public Attilatheblond Dec 26 #1

Hmmmm, time to buy stock in gold spray paint? lonely bird Dec 26 #2

Krylon Gold...the King Maker travelingthrulife Dec 26 #11

Two weeks or until the former department of justice needs yet another excuse for slow walking the release of... Hugin Dec 26 #3

With another shutdown looming................ Lovie777 Dec 26 #4

Bingo. littlemissmartypants Dec 26 #15

So he tore down a wing of the White House without even a plan ! C_U_L8R Dec 26 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 27 #20

Our Interior-Desiger-in-Chief NCDem47 Dec 26 #6

So he ripped down the WH with no plan. Another failure. twodogsbarking Dec 26 #7

Not fair! joho260 Dec 26 #18

I still maintain, it will never be built.nt Javaman Dec 26 #8

Whatever plans he presents they will be gaudy and tacky. mdbl Dec 26 #9

I wonder if JD Vance will leave all the gold Idi Amin-looking crap up on the wall mahina Dec 26 #19

Will there be cells for the trafficked children to live in the basement so they travelingthrulife Dec 26 #10

Solid gold throne of course probably a bribe like that airliner he was given. cstanleytech Dec 26 #12

Can you imagine the outrage if a Democratic president did that without permission ? kimbutgar Dec 26 #13

It will dwarf the White House Bayard Dec 26 #14

I'd like to see plans for it's deconstruction, and East Wing restoration JoseBalow Dec 26 #16

He won't present a plan, but he will present a concept of a plan. LudwigPastorius Dec 26 #17