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herding cats

(20,051 posts)
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 07:33 PM Oct 2025

Here's the list the WH released of the donors for his ballroom.

The article goes on to list the comments by various entities when contacted by HufPo.

Donors on the list include CEOs, real estate moguls, lots of corporations, and otherwise just really rich people. Defense contractors like Lockheed Martin and Booz Allen Hamilton are kicking in money for the president’s project, as are telecommunications companies like Comcast, and tobacco industry companies like Reynolds American. Tech companies like Amazon and Apple are in the mix, along with crypto companies

Altria Group, Inc.
Amazon
Apple
Booz Allen Hamilton
Caterpillar, Inc.
Coinbase
Comcast Corporation
Pepe and Emilia Fanjul
Hard Rock International
Google
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



HuffPost reached out to all of the companies on the list, and as many of the individuals as we were able to track down, with the same two questions: How much are they donating to Trump’s ballroom, and if they have any comment about Trump destroying the East Wing ― and American history in the process ― to make way for his project.

HuffPost reached out to all of the companies on the list, and as many of the individuals as we were able to track down, with the same two questions: How much are they donating to Trump’s ballroom, and if they have any comment about Trump destroying the East Wing ― and American history in the process ― to make way for his project.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-ballroom-donors-east-wing-demolished_n_68fa37abe4b039323453fcff?origin=top-ad-recirc

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Here's the list the WH released of the donors for his ballroom. (Original Post) herding cats Oct 2025 OP
You can add ForgedCrank Oct 2025 #1
They're on the list and that transaction is specifically addressed in the article. herding cats Oct 2025 #2
Oh wow, ForgedCrank Oct 2025 #8
No worries! herding cats Oct 2025 #10
That's Awful John Farmer Oct 2025 #3
Right? herding cats Oct 2025 #5
I'm saying lies, lies, and more lies!!!!! a kennedy Oct 2025 #4
If it came from the White House it's suspect. llmart Oct 2025 #6
In the article they've been contacting the entities on the list. herding cats Oct 2025 #7
how much of the newly jacked up costs are going into his pocket.... nt msongs Oct 2025 #9
Ok.. so I'm guessing he's going to use as much tax monies as possible herding cats Oct 2025 #11
For sure, not a penny of his. UTUSN Oct 2025 #12

ForgedCrank

(3,115 posts)
1. You can add
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 07:37 PM
Oct 2025

Google to that list, they just gave him like $22 million to the trust in that settlement

herding cats

(20,051 posts)
2. They're on the list and that transaction is specifically addressed in the article.
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 07:58 PM
Oct 2025

I see it as actually more dirty than handing it over outright.

llmart

(17,657 posts)
6. If it came from the White House it's suspect.
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 08:08 PM
Oct 2025

I believe nothing from this administration. I'd ask for proof.

herding cats

(20,051 posts)
7. In the article they've been contacting the entities on the list.
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 08:13 PM
Oct 2025

Beyond that, I definitely agree about his admin being extremely disreputable.

herding cats

(20,051 posts)
11. Ok.. so I'm guessing he's going to use as much tax monies as possible
Thu Oct 23, 2025, 08:27 PM
Oct 2025

Like the settlement for his legal fees he's about to get. I'm guessing that'll go toward this project and the rest of his grift will go to him via a nifty loophole he's going to exploit.

He's never going to see this to its fruition. He knows that as its completion date is 2029 barring delays. There are always delays. This is all just spite and grifting.

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