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https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/white-house-releases-list-donors-045917639.htmlWhite House releases list of donors for Trumps multi-million-dollar ballroom
Kit Maher, Jake Tapper, Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN
Wed, October 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM CDT
Apple, Amazon, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Google, Coinbase, Comcast and Meta are just some of the major companies who have made donations to build President Donald Trumps proposed 90,000-square-foot ballroom, according to the White House.
Trump has repeatedly said that work on the ballroom is privately funded by himself and donors and will cost nothing to taxpayers.
On Wednesday, Trump discussed his plans for the ballroom, saying it will cost about $300 million. The administration previously put the cost of the ballroom project at $200 million.
Additional donors include co-founders of cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss; Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and his family; and the Adelson family. Trump awarded Miriam Adelson, a Republican megadonor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2018.
Read the list of White House ballroom donors:
Altria Group, Inc.
Amazon
Apple
Booz Allen Hamilton
Caterpillar, Inc.
Coinbase
Comcast Corporation
J. Pepe and Emilia Fanjul
Hard Rock International
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin
Meta Platforms
Micron Technology
Microsoft
NextEra Energy, Inc.
Palantir Technologies Inc.
Ripple
Reynolds American
T-Mobile
Tether America
Union Pacific Railroad
Adelson Family Foundation
Stefan E. Brodie
Betty Wold Johnson Foundation
Charles and Marissa Cascarilla
Edward and Shari Glazer
Harold Hamm
Benjamin Leon Jr.
The Lutnick Family
The Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Foundation
Stephen A. Schwarzman
Konstantin Sokolov
Kelly Loeffler and Jeff Sprecher
Paolo Tiramani
Cameron Winklevoss
Tyler Winklevoss
wcmagumba
(6,632 posts)I need to go back to reading books anyway...
elleng
(141,926 posts)Trump awarded Miriam Adelson, a Republican megadonor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2018.
C_U_L8R
(49,526 posts)Trying so desperately to achieve recognition and respect after crapping their pants over Facebook.
Johonny
(26,596 posts)I assume he pockets that money and uses tax payer funding. Why? Because no one would stop him.
Johnny2X2X
(24,435 posts)It's a pay to play totally corrupt government.
Cynics will say it always was, but the truth is this is about 1000 times more blatant than has ever existed.
If Trump lives long enough, he'll drain the entire US treasury into his own pockets.
lame54
(40,085 posts)It's generally accepted that he will stop there
90,000 sq ft ballroom
55,000 sq ft Whitehouse
There gonna need more room
progressoid
(53,368 posts)
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