White House's East Wing partially demolished as work begins on $250M ballroom
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·October 21, 2025chromehearts
Glad the average American's tax money is well spent on servicing the public good
nailer
The source of funding is mentioned in the article.
Humorist2290
The president is quoted as saying
The White House Ballroom is being privately funded by many generous Patriots, Great American Companies, and, yours truly.
bryanlarsen
Being paid for by bribes means it will cost the American populace even more than the $250 billion sticker price.
mcphage
The source for the source of funding is also mentioned in the article.
defrost
More accurately, the article quotes White House officials:
Officials said it would be paid for by Trump and unnamed donors.
Some of those statements have had questionable accuracy, some have been undeniably at odds with reality.
almostgotcaught
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...
norome
Kind of fitting as the presidency has been radically reshaped in so many other ways.
hermannj314
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.
votepaunchy
The East Wing is less than 100 years old. The White House is a living building in the same way that the Constitution a living document.
jaybrendansmith
ok so only 100 years of precedent. Because really what did the US accomplish in the last 100 years?
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chucksta
The entire building was gutted in the 50s.
kjsingh
Not to be confused with Demolition of Democracy
metalman
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
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Thank god they got rid of fraud, waste and/or abuse.