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Dulcinea

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Fri Oct 24, 2025, 07:48 AM Friday

From crypto billionaires to cabinet members: What to know about the donors paying for Trump's ballroom

(CNN) As demolition crews this week bulldozed the White House’s East Wing to replace it with a massive ballroom, President Donald Trump has emphasized that the dramatic changes will come at “zero cost to the American Taxpayer.”

Instead, the donors picking up the tab include some of the country’s biggest corporations, including many who have business before the federal government, along with many longtime supporters of the president, according to a CNN review of a donor list released by the Trump administration.

Trump has been recruiting donors for the construction project for months, showing off renderings and scale models to Oval Office visitors. Now estimated to cost $300 million, the work is being funded by private, tax-deductible donations routed through the nonprofit Trust for the National Mall.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/crypto-billionaires-cabinet-members-know-014709789.html

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From crypto billionaires to cabinet members: What to know about the donors paying for Trump's ballroom (Original Post) Dulcinea Friday OP
So the cost is ballooning. mwmisses4289 Friday #1
Ask the funds holder. Igel Saturday #2
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