White House ballroom: Is it legal for Trump to use ‘patriotic’ donations to build it?
- The fate of President Donald Trump’s estimated US$400 million White House ballroom may hinge on the little-known and somewhat surprising rules as to when the federal government and its agencies can accept privately donated funds.
- That’s because Trump’s is using the fact that he’s been accepting private donations to pay for at least some of the project’s cost as a justification for not needing Congress’ explicit authorization.
- 7, 2026, disagreed and left in place a lower court’s injunction that was slated to halt construction on Aug.
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- The fate of President Donald Trump’s estimated US$400 million White House ballroom may hinge on the little-known and somewhat surprising rules as to when the federal government and its agencies can accept privately donated funds.
- That’s because Trump’s is using the fact that he’s been accepting private donations to pay for at least some of the project’s cost as a justification for not needing Congress’ explicit authorization.
- 7, 2026, disagreed and left in place a lower court’s injunction that was slated to halt construction on Aug.
Sources: The Independent