On March 31, 2026, federal judge Richard Leon ruled that construction on the proposed $400 million White House ballroom is unlawful because Trump never sought the required congressional authorization for it.
At first Trump said his ballroom would cost $200 million and promised it would be funded through private donations. Big corporations like Meta, Amazon, Google, Comcast and Apple then raced to curry favor with Trump by shoveling money towards his ballroom project, as did the family of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who has lied to the public about his relationship with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The cost of the project soon climbed to an estimated $300 million, then $400 million. In the run-up to Republicans’ new billion-dollar proposal, a separate bill put forth by Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) and other senate Republicans proposed spending $400 million in taxpayer funds on Trump’s illegal ballroom and funding it with customs fees.
Democrats: Trump’s ballroom a “vanity project”
Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Trump’s proposed ballroom is a “vanity project that resulted from the destruction that was unauthorized of the East Wing of the White House.”
Trump has been using the latest attempt to assassinate him at the White House correspondents’ dinner to argue the need for his new golden ballroom, saying that having a huge hole in the ground next to the White House presents a security vulnerability. Judge Leon rejected that claim, saying any “large hole” in the ground beside the White House is a “problem of the President’s own making.”
Trump did not and does not want taxpayers to pay for the addition! He has private donors and he will not even benefit from it since it will not be finished before his term ends! The money will also benefit the security of the President and hopefully we will never have to worry about a President being shot while hosting an event!
People like you are part of the problem you have severe TDS! Time to lay the knife down and try to unite people instead of dividing them!
You di know that your No Kings Rallys are pushed and supported by dark money, George Soros is pretty proud of you for continuing the narrative!
Have a nice day!