Trump hosts White House reception for ballroom donation manager
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Updated · The Washington Post · May 7
Trump hosts White House reception for ballroom donation manager
7 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · May 7
At the closed Wednesday event, Trump also defended the project's cost rising from $200m to about $400m, while Senate Republicans prepared separate $1bn security legislation tied to related underground work.
The reception included the Trust for the National Mall, which manages ballroom donations and could collect up to $10m in fees; sponsors have included Palantir, HP and Caterpillar.
Trump has made the legally challenged, privately funded ballroom a second-term fixation despite polls showing Americans oppose it by roughly two to one, giving Democrats a fresh line of attack.
What happens to $350 million in private donations if taxpayers fund the White House ballroom's $1 billion security expansion?
How is the historic White House being transformed by a new ballroom and a massive underground military complex?