Trump's $1B ballroom funding on the verge of being 'ejected' by his own party

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Raw Story

May 19, 2026 9:35PM ET


Funding for President Donald Trump's pricey White House ballroom is on the verge of being "ejected" from his own party's immigration enforcement bill, according to a new report.

The White House ballroom project has been touted as a $400 million privately funded build, though Republicans have also pushed a separate $1 billion taxpayer-funded security request tied to the broader East Wing modernization project that includes the ballroom.

Politico reported late Tuesday that the ballroom is "on the brink of being ejected" from the GOP's immigration legislation

"Four Republican senators have raised public objections to spending taxpayer money on the project, possibly enough to kill it given the broad Democratic opposition. A larger group of Republicans is privately opposed to the funding, according to five people granted anonymity to disclose internal deliberations," the report said.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/trump-ballroom-2676916736/

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Link to Politico REPORT - https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/19/senate-ballroom-funding-ditch-00928837

[C_U_L8R]

1. And take the stupid arch too.

[Karma13612]

2. Elections have consequences-

Trump just released a few of his Senators to do exactly as they want now that they lost their primary bids.

No fear of angering donors, the MAGA base, or Trump.

Bring it on…..

[twodogsbarking]

3. How 'bout a circus tent. Clowns need tents.

[twodogsbarking]

4. The cost is peanuts compared to the amount of money Trump has stolen or wasted.

[Bayard]

5. Privately opposed,

Doesn't mean diddly. Stand by what principles you have.

[FakeNoose]

6. And to think just a few months ago, it was a $300million ballroom

... and it was all paid for by GOP donors. Let's just cut the crap and end this now.

[Eugene]

7. Ballroom won't be funded after Senate GOP drops $1 billion Trump security request

Ballroom won’t be funded after Senate GOP drops $1 billion Trump security request (Politico)

Multiple Republican senators objected to sending taxpayer dollars to the president’s East Wing revamp.

In a blow to the White House, Senate Republicans will remove a $1 billion Secret Service funding request that would help President Donald Trump’s ballroom project from their immigration enforcement funding bill amid internal objections.

“We were told that the ballroom money is out,” Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) told reporters after a GOP lunch meeting Wednesday, adding he’d “like to read the text.”

The decision to omit the security funding came after twin blows: Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough ruled over the weekend that the provision didn’t comply with the strict rules governing what Republicans can put in their filibuster-skirting bill because it funded activities outside of the Judiciary Committee’s jurisdiction.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/20/ballroom-security-funding-reconciliation-00930193