#white-house-ballroom

#white-house-ballroom

Since taking office for a second time, Trump has overseen massive changes to the physical features of the White House, including a gold-drenched Oval Office overhaul, a paved-over lawn in the Rose Garden, and now a major demolition of the entire East Wing to make way for a massive ballroom. MSNBC was among the outlets that published a long list of donors funding the project, provided by the White House a list that included Comcast.

MOYNIHAN: The outrage from the left, though, it feels extremely ironic that these are the same people celebrating statues being torn down of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and now there's concern about erasing history, it kind of feels like the outrage is all over. SELLERS: Well, I mean, let me just say that I wasn't a big statue taker downer. That wasn't my ministry.

Are you f*cking kidding me? This guy wants to create a ballroom for his rich friends while completely turning a blind eye to the fact that babies are going to starve when the SNAP benefits end in just hours from now. Come on, Harris said. SNAP benefits are set to run out of funding on Saturday while Democrats and Republicans remain in a standstill over a continuing resolution to fund the government.

The White House released a list of the donors paying for the ballroom to be built on the former site of the East Wing. RELATED: See how White House looks after East Wing completely demolished President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the 90,000-square-foot facility will cost about $300 million up from the previously released estimate of $200 million. Trump has said the ballroom will be paid for by himself and donors, with no taxpayer money being used.

Alphabet is helping pay for President Donald Trump's White House ballroom, according to federal court filings. As part of a legal settlement reached last month with Trump, Alphabet, which owns YouTube, is contributing $22 million toward Trump's White House construction plans. Trump sued the tech giant after it suspended his YouTube channel for two years, following the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

"Won't interfere with the current building. ... It'll be near it but not touching it - and pays total respect to the existing building, which I'm the biggest fan of."