White House's East Wing partially demolished as work begins on $250M ballroom

nailer wrote: post #4

chromehearts wrote: post #3

Glad the average American's tax money is well spent on servicing the public good

The source of funding is mentioned in the article.

The president is quoted as saying

  The White House Ballroom is being privately funded by many generous Patriots, Great American Companies, and, yours truly.

Whether that is credible, and whether there is an obligation of financial transparency, is apparently too politicized to dig deeper for The Guardian.

Re: White House's East Wing partially demolished as work begins on $250M ballroom

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Post by metalman » Tue, Oct 21, 2025, 11:59 AM UTC

they cut down 250 year old trees for this when there exist simple reliable methods to transplant very large old trees

I wonder if now there will be an accident™, and the whole place will burn down and then they have no choice but to build something "better".....

edit:....temporarily in florida

Re: White House's East Wing partially demolished as work begins on $250M ballroom

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Post by defrost » Tue, Oct 21, 2025, 11:59 AM UTC

nailer wrote: post #4

chromehearts wrote: post #3

Glad the average American's tax money is well spent on servicing the public good

The source of funding is mentioned in the article.

More accurately, the article quotes White House officials:

  Officials said it would be paid for by Trump and unnamed donors.

So far there's been 200+ days of statements by White House officials of the current administration to the press.

Some of those statements have had questionable accuracy, some have been undeniably at odds with reality.

Re: White House's East Wing partially demolished as work begins on $250M ballroom

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Post by norome » Tue, Oct 21, 2025, 12:00 PM UTC

Kind of fitting as the presidency has been radically reshaped in so many other ways.

Re: White House's East Wing partially demolished as work begins on $250M ballroom

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Post by almostgotcaught » Tue, Oct 21, 2025, 12:06 PM UTC

nailer wrote: post #4

chromehearts wrote: post #3

Glad the average American's tax money is well spent on servicing the public good

The source of funding is mentioned in the article.

Apparently it's incredible that Biden wasn't a body-double his entire presidency but it's credible that "anonymous donors" are sponsoring a ballroom at the Whitehouse. I call this Schrodinger's presidency...