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Oh Crap! 'KING' Trump Unveils Plans For NEW GOLD $200MIL Ballroom

'KING' Trump Unveils Plans For NEW GOLD $200MIL Ballroom in White House 'Similar' to Buckingham Palace

White House has announced plans to build a $200m GB151m new ballroom, fulfilling an often repeated desire of Donald Trump


BBC 1 AUG 2025





The gawdy new ballroom with uncomfortable chairs will be built alongside a modernised East Wing of the White House, which currently houses the offices of First Lady Melania Trump and other key White House posts.







The Centre Rooms which lead onto both the famous Balcony and Buckingham Palace Ballroom






Buckingham Palace Ballroom





Many White House events are hosted in the much smaller East Room, with large tents set up on the South Lawn for larger events

The money will be donated directly by Trump and other so far anonymous 'donors', with work beginning in September, according to 'dolly' Karoline Leavitt.


Trump has repeatedly promised to build a beautiful ballroom at the White House, and in 2016 offered to pay $100m during Barack Obamas administration which the then President rejected.

Many White House events are hosted in the much smaller East Room, with large tents set up on the South Lawn for larger events sometimes with world leaders

In a briefing for reporters at the White House on Thursday, Leavitt said that the much needed and exquisite addition to the White House will be approximately 90,000 sq ft with a seating capacity of about 650.

Many formal White House functions are held in the White Houses East Room, which can seat approximately 200 people.

The new ballroom, Leavitt added, would also eliminate the need for a large and unsightly tent to be installed for state dinners and other large events, which sometimes include world leaders.

According to Leavitt, construction is expected to be completed long before the end of Trumps term in office in January 2029.





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The President and the Trump White House are fully committed to working with the appropriate organisations to preserving the special history of the White House, while building a beautiful ballroom that can be enjoyed by future administrations and generations of Americans to come, Chief of Staff Susie Wiles said in a statement





A rendering shows what the outside would look like of the renovated East Wing of the White House. The right portion of the building is the East Wing.
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