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Trump Orders $900M East Wing Ballroom Despite Court Halt

8/18/2026

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U.S. President Donald Trump announced he will replace the White House East Wing with a $900 million taxpayer-funded ballroom, likening it to China’s Great Hall of the People.
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett and U.S. attorney Joyce Vance criticized the project on X, calling U.S. President Donald Trump incompetent and opposition treason.
U.S. President Donald Trump called the appeals court’s halt to the $900 million ballroom, ordered for lacking congressional approval, a national-security threat.

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U.S. President Donald Trump announced he will replace the White House East Wing with a $900 million taxpayer-funded ballroom, likening it to China’s Great Hall of the People.
Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett and U.S. attorney Joyce Vance criticized the project on X, calling U.S. President Donald Trump incompetent and opposition treason.
U.S. President Donald Trump called the appeals court’s halt to the $900 million ballroom, ordered for lacking congressional approval, a national-security threat.