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

[BumRushDaShow]

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/

[Attilatheblond]

1. So, they are expecting some more damaging information to be heading to the public

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

[lonely bird]

2. Hmmmm, time to buy stock in gold spray paint?

[travelingthrulife]

11. Krylon Gold...the King Maker

[Hugin]

3. Two weeks or until the former department of justice needs yet another excuse for slow walking the release of...

The EPSTEIN EPSTEIN EPSTEIN files.

[Lovie777]

4. With another shutdown looming................

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

[littlemissmartypants]

15. Bingo.

[C_U_L8R]

5. So he tore down a wing of the White House without even a plan !

Much less permission.

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

[NCDem47]

6. Our Interior-Desiger-in-Chief

Who asked for this?

WHO??

Beyond ridiculous.

[twodogsbarking]

7. So he ripped down the WH with no plan. Another failure.

[joho260]

18. Not fair!

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

[Javaman]

8. I still maintain, it will never be built.nt

[mdbl]

9. Whatever plans he presents they will be gaudy and tacky.

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

[mahina]

19. I wonder if JD Vance will leave all the gold Idi Amin-looking crap up on the wall

Walls

[travelingthrulife]

10. Will there be cells for the trafficked children to live in the basement so they

are readily accessible for his highness and his pals?

[cstanleytech]

12. Solid gold throne of course probably a bribe like that airliner he was given.

[kimbutgar]

13. Can you imagine the outrage if a Democratic president did that without permission ?

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]

14. It will dwarf the White House

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

[JoseBalow]

16. I'd like to see plans for it's deconstruction, and East Wing restoration

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.

[LudwigPastorius]

17. He won't present a plan, but he will present a concept of a plan.