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BumRushDaShow

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Fri Dec 26, 2025, 09:03 AM 14 hrs ago

White House to present plans for Trump's East Wing ballroom in January [View all]

Source: Reuters

December 26, 2025 5:09 AM EST Updated 3 hours ago


PALM BEACH, Florida, Dec 25 (Reuters) - The White House will unveil new details on President Donald Trump's planned East Wing ballroom during a hearing early next month, according to a federal commission tasked with reviewing the project.

The new ballroom, which Trump has said would cost $400 million and would dwarf the adjacent White House building, has been challenged in court by preservationists, while Democratic lawmakers have called it an abuse of power and are investigating which donors are supporting it.

The National Capital Planning Commission, chartered by Congress to manage planning for Washington-area federal lands, said on its website that the White House will provide an "information presentation" on plans to rebuild the East Wing during a commission meeting on January 8.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/white-house-present-plans-trumps-east-wing-ballroom-january-2025-12-25/

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So, they are expecting some more damaging information to be heading to the public Attilatheblond 14 hrs ago #1
Hmmmm, time to buy stock in gold spray paint? lonely bird 14 hrs ago #2
Krylon Gold...the King Maker travelingthrulife 13 hrs ago #11
Two weeks or until the former department of justice needs yet another excuse for slow walking the release of... Hugin 14 hrs ago #3
With another shutdown looming................ Lovie777 14 hrs ago #4
Bingo. littlemissmartypants 10 hrs ago #15
So he tore down a wing of the White House without even a plan ! C_U_L8R 14 hrs ago #5
Our Interior-Desiger-in-Chief NCDem47 14 hrs ago #6
So he ripped down the WH with no plan. Another failure. twodogsbarking 14 hrs ago #7
Not fair! joho260 6 hrs ago #18
I still maintain, it will never be built.nt Javaman 13 hrs ago #8
Whatever plans he presents they will be gaudy and tacky. mdbl 13 hrs ago #9
I wonder if JD Vance will leave all the gold Idi Amin-looking crap up on the wall mahina 5 hrs ago #19
Will there be cells for the trafficked children to live in the basement so they travelingthrulife 13 hrs ago #10
Solid gold throne of course probably a bribe like that airliner he was given. cstanleytech 13 hrs ago #12
Can you imagine the outrage if a Democratic president did that without permission ? kimbutgar 11 hrs ago #13
It will dwarf the White House Bayard 11 hrs ago #14
I'd like to see plans for it's deconstruction, and East Wing restoration JoseBalow 10 hrs ago #16
He won't present a plan, but he will present a concept of a plan. LudwigPastorius 9 hrs ago #17
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