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Trump boasts $350M for ‘most beautiful ballroom in the world’
While critics have labelled the ballroom a vanity project, Trump and his team frame it as an act of stewardship.
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Lalit K Jha (5WH) - Thu, 23, Oct 2025
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Trump has previously expressed a strong desire to win the Nobel Peace Prize and has been nominated by countries like Pakistan, Israel, and Armenia. / White House Archives
When President Donald Trump pulled the drape off a scale model in the Oval Office this week, the subject wasn’t policy or defence — it was marble. The president unveiled plans for what he called the “most beautiful ballroom anywhere in the world,” a $300 million addition to the White House that he says will be funded entirely by private donors and his own money.
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Trump told reporters the project had already raised $350 million, exceeding its estimated cost. “All donor money and money that we put up, we’ve raised,” he said. “It’s going to be… the most beautiful ballroom anywhere in the world, I think.”
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