“The Presidential Ballroom, which I am building at the White House, with all private donations and funding (ZERO cost to the American Taxpayer!), will be, at its completion, the most beautiful and spectacular Ballroom anywhere in the World! It is something that has been needed and desired at the White House for over 150 years, but something which no other President was equipped to do — But I am, and as long as we are going to do it, we are going to do it RIGHT. It will be a magnificent addition to the White House, the most important since the building of the West Wing!” @realDonaldTrump
Fact-Check Summary President Trump’s TruthSocial post about the planned White House ballroom is substantially accurate in its chief claim that the construction is funded entirely by private donations and has not relied on direct taxpayer funding. Historical references supporting the need and desire for a larger event space going back 150 years are corroborated by […]