"The ballroom has been a pet project for the president, who boasted in September that it would be absolutely magnificent construction and one of the best anywhere in the world, but it has sparked significant controversy, chiefly Trump's broken promise that the construction won't interfere with the current building and would be near the East Wing but not touching it."
"During the past five years, these donors have received $279 billion in contracts with the federal government, according to Public Citizen's data, and the majority of them have found themselves recently facing federal investigations tied to alleged wrongdoing that includes engaging in unfair labor practices, deceiving consumers and harming the environment: Fourteen of the two dozen publicly named corporate donors face federal enforcement actions or have had such actions"
The ballroom project was promoted as an extraordinary private-funded addition near the East Wing, with assurances it would not touch the existing building. Construction crews demolished the facade and later the entire East Wing, contradicting those assurances. Donor identities and funding specifics remain opaque, generating ethical concerns about conflicts of interest. Thirty-six corporate and individual donors identified have broad commercial interests across tariffs, technology, taxation, online privacy, and manufacturing. Over the past five years these donors received $279 billion in federal contracts. Many of the donors have recently faced federal investigations for alleged unfair labor practices, consumer deception, and environmental harm.
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