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BumRushDaShow

(165,245 posts)
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 09:03 AM 17 hrs ago

White House to present plans for Trump's East Wing ballroom in January

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

Attilatheblond

(8,185 posts)
1. So, they are expecting some more damaging information to be heading to the public
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 09:07 AM
17 hrs ago

and in need of more 'shiny things' to distract people with? Or are they just looking for more distractions and busy work for the guy who is no longer able to convince many that he isn't a cancer on our nation and also fucking insane?

edited to add a word

Hugin

(37,328 posts)
3. Two weeks or until the former department of justice needs yet another excuse for slow walking the release of...
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 09:13 AM
17 hrs ago

The EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN files.

Lovie777

(21,591 posts)
4. With another shutdown looming................
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 09:21 AM
17 hrs ago

and over 20 million healthcare cost about to spike, but the ballroom is their priority.

C_U_L8R

(48,800 posts)
5. So he tore down a wing of the White House without even a plan !
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 09:28 AM
17 hrs ago

Much less permission.

Put it back. It's time to restore dignity to the WH.

joho260

(42 posts)
18. Not fair!
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 05:44 PM
8 hrs ago

After all, they DID have the notion of a concept of a plan, more or less. (Just like the new proposed battleships.)

mdbl

(8,031 posts)
9. Whatever plans he presents they will be gaudy and tacky.
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 10:43 AM
15 hrs ago

Just like all the gold crap he already vomited everywhere else in the building.

mahina

(20,352 posts)
19. I wonder if JD Vance will leave all the gold Idi Amin-looking crap up on the wall
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 06:31 PM
8 hrs ago

Walls

travelingthrulife

(4,340 posts)
10. Will there be cells for the trafficked children to live in the basement so they
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 10:54 AM
15 hrs ago

are readily accessible for his highness and his pals?

kimbutgar

(26,717 posts)
13. Can you imagine the outrage if a Democratic president did that without permission ?
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 12:22 PM
14 hrs ago

Fox, Newsmax, OAN and even the mainstream media would be screaming bloody murder and call for removal and impeachment! But it’s yawn orange piggy did it so oh well……

Bayard

(28,383 posts)
14. It will dwarf the White House
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 12:23 PM
14 hrs ago

This is his, "plan." He has to have everything, ahem, bigger and better than any past president. Oh--and all golden.

JoseBalow

(9,101 posts)
16. I'd like to see plans for it's deconstruction, and East Wing restoration
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 01:53 PM
12 hrs ago

Whenever they talk about that ballroom, we talk about it's demolition and the plans to restore the historic East Wing that the vandal destroyed.

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