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Trump says the new White House ballroom will be 'a little bigger' than initially planned
The new ballroom will nearly double previous capacity to 900, costing $200 million and funded by private donors and President Trump, enhancing the White House's event hosting capabilities.
- President Trump stated that the new White House ballroom will accommodate over 900 guests, a 40% increase from the original plan of 650 guests.
- Construction for the ballroom has started, marking the most significant change to the White House since the 1940s.
- Trump plans to finance the ballroom with personal funds and outside contributors, referred to as 'patriots'.
- He argued that the ballroom is necessary to host dignitaries rather than relying on temporary tents on the South Lawn.
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A rose garden covered in tiles, the Oval Office adorned with gold ornaments, and, to top it all off, the construction of a ballroom one and a half times the size of the White House itself. The American president is quickly giving America's most famous building a Trumpian makeover. How far can he go? "He wants to emulate Versailles."
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Trump starts construction on long-held dream: A White House ballroom
Work crews have started cutting down trees, removing shrubs and digging up parts of the South Lawn of the White House as they begin work on President Donald Trump’s project to construct a $200 million, 90,000-square-foot ballroom on a site just south of the building’s East Wing.
Trump says White House ballroom will be ‘a little bigger’ than initially described
President Trump said in a weekend interview that the White House ballroom will be a “little bigger” than initially planned. In a telephone interview Saturday with NBC News, Trump said the ballroom will have a capacity of 900 people, nearly 40 percent larger than the estimates provided in late July by the White House. “We’re…
Trump’s prized White House ballroom will be ‘a little bigger’ than initially thought, he reveals
President Trump announced that the prized new White House ballroom he is adding will actually be more spacious than initially planned, with a capacity of up to about 900 people, marking a 40% increase.
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