Trump's Tacky $200 Million Ballroom Is Under Investigation

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Source: Daily Beast

Updated Oct. 3 2025 12:16AM EDT
Published Oct. 2 2025 5:28PM EDT


Trump’s $200 million ballroom “monstrosity” is under investigation by the House Oversight Committee, according to the committee’s top Democratic representative. Speaking to MeidasTouch’s Ben Meiselas Thursday afternoon, Rep. Robert Garcia, 47, said the committee is looking into whether foreign governments are funding Trump’s 90,000 square foot gold-plated vanity project, as well as other potential improprieties related to its construction.

“Even if there were donations being made to build some of this,” said Garcia, “that monstrosity shouldn’t be there in the first place. Who’s involved? Are foreign governments paying for it? Oversight is already working on getting those answers and investigating what’s happening at the White House with this construction, because it’s outrageous.”

Trump aides have maintained that the ballroom is being funded by a mix of Trump himself and donors, which they’re using as an excuse to continue the ballroom’s construction during the government shutdown. The list of donors reportedly includes Google, Booz Allen Hamilton, and Palantir. YouTube donated $22 million of its $24 million settlement with Trump over suspending his account for the Jan. 6 insurrection to the ballroom. “To me, it’s a symbol of all of his corruption,” said Meisalas.

Garcia and Meiselas also discussed Trump’s oft-repeated bizarre claim that the U.S. has already seen “$17 trillion of investment” since the start of his second term—a figure most think is a flat out lie, as that would raise the American GDP by over 50%. “If there is $17 trillion somewhere, the government doesn’t know about it,” said Garcia. “None of our committees have access to it. Treasury has no idea what the hell he’s talking about. He’s either lying, or he’s somehow stashed away money in some magical way, which would mean even more corruption.”

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Trump has claimed $17 trillion has come in during his first 9 months!

Yet, he’s shutdown the government!

Either the money is missing. Or he’s misleading the American people!
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Meiselas: I think this is a serious oversight issue. $17 trillion is apparently missing right now, and we’re in a government shutdown. Trump keeps saying he’s got $17 trillion. Where did it go?

Garcia: If there is $17 trillion somewhere, the government doesn’t know about it.
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2:14 PM · Oct 2, 2025

[LyfeTimeDem]

1. The property it would sit on

belongs to us....not he and his billionaire buddies.

He thinks he is king, and they think they own this country. (And by extension *us*)

[Joinfortmill]

31. This!

[Ruby the Liberal]

38. You mean this isn't a gift to the American people and next POTUS?

Given that it will take another 3 years to complete?

[LyfeTimeDem]

39. no....its a throne room for a Temu King

[Bayard]

2. Got a bridge to sell you....

"Trump aides have maintained that the ballroom is being funded by a mix of Trump himself and donors." Anyone who thinks trump is putting one penny of his money into his little project is a fool.

He'll just keep building his golden palace while the country's economy goes to hell. Let the little people eat cake!

[BobTheSubgenius]

5. Au contraire...

....I would be surprised if he isn't somehow profiting from this, far from funding it himself.

[democratsruletheday]

3. Just another tacky eye sore...

and more corruption as per normal. I can't WAIT for the Dem POTUS in 2028 to turn it into a homeless shelter. That's exactly what I'd do.

[maxsolomon]

12. The Dems won't. It's here to stay.

They're demolishing the East Wing to make room for it. The Fed Gov issues its own permits - there is no Design Review. It will be done off the books.

It will be known as the Trump Ballroom. He'll strut and preen all through its construction and crow at its opening.

He'll plague the nation long after he's gone.

[KS Toronado]

22. A proper name would be ..."Epstein Memorial Ballroom"

borrowed that from DUer.........Pharlo

https://democraticunderground.com/100220694471

[LyfeTimeDem]

40. yeah well HOW do we get from here

to there? Im not seeing how Temu King just allows elections going forward... at least not ones any way like we known them up to now....

I think we need to begin thinking about that...

[yellow dahlia]

4. Where's the money!??

All the money he is extorting from companies and universities - where is it going? Is it in the Treasury?

He better not spend the tariff money, because he will likely have to give that back.

[BobTheSubgenius]

6. What a surprise!

It looks like the same architect*decorator was used to butcher his penthouse. I'll repeat what I said about that monstrosity:

It looks like a Versailles palace reimagined in Las Vegas threw up in an antebellum New Orleans brothel.

[Ziggysmom]

28. That is perfect! You nailed it!

[BobTheSubgenius]

45. Thank you.

[LyfeTimeDem]

41. or as I call it, Temu Versailles

[BobTheSubgenius]

46. Very apt!

I like that a lot!

[tfury653]

7. landlord?

Trump will declare he owns the ballroom after leaving the White house and charge rent for it's use to all future occupants

[MLWR]

8. "To me, it's a symbol of all of his corruption," said Meisalas.

I agree. We, the People, own that piece of land. Why didn't he have to get some sort of permission to build there?

[Botany]

9. Corruption you say? Look who is helping to fund that eyesore, Peter Thiel's Palantir

The same Palantir that helped to rig the 2024 election.

https://thiswillhold.substack.com/p/she-won-they-didnt-just-change-the

Btw doesn’t the White House already have a ballroom?

[maxsolomon]

13. From whom? He is the duly elected executive of the nation.

The Feds issue their own construction permits in DC.

[Figarosmom]

10. Well. When trump andcrew are gone

It can be converted into a public space for the people. Have annual hiday festivals or museum or something for the public use.

[ultralite001]

17. Hell no...

Tear Krasnov's "golden ballroom" down...

Replace the lawns... Replant the trees...

Tear up his f***ing "Rose Garden Club"... replant the lawns, the trees..
Bring back the roses...

Tear down all the bling inside that cheapens America's White House...
Restore it to its former glory...

Leave no trace of the traitor or his ilk...

[Sun-Moon]

18. I would donate towards that building plan!

[LudwigPastorius]

27. ...and, conduct an exorcism, while you're at it.

It couldn't hurt.

[ultralite001]

29. Gonna need a boat-load of sage...

to smudge the premises...

Let's hope America's Elders are up for the challenge...

[LyfeTimeDem]

42. when and how does that happen?

That building is a monument to their plan to never leave

Welcome to Hotel California....relax said the nightman...you can check out any time you like....but you can never leave.

[surfered]

11. According to the US Treasury, the National Debt has increased $1.4 trillion since Trump took office in Jan 2025

If we took in $17 trillion and we still went in the hole by $1.4 trillion, then we spent $18.4 trillion in the last 9 months. On what? Or given to whom?

[Botany]

14. That 17 trillion $s we have taken in is just a lie.

The entire federal budget for 1 year is 30 trillion.

[Wiz Imp]

21. The federal budget isn't anywhere remotely close to $30 Trillion.

It's between 6 & 7 Trillion. The GDP is around $30 Trillion, not the budget.

https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/

In fiscal year 2025, the federal government has collected $4.69 trillion in revenue. · In fiscal year 2025, the federal government has spent $6.66 trillion.

The amount by which spending exceeds revenue, $1.97 trillion in 2025, is referred to as deficit spending. In 2024, the federal government spent $1.83 trillion more than it collected, resulting in a deficit. Compared to 2023, the national deficit increased by $138 billion in 2024.

The total debt for the U.S. through September 01, 2025 is $37.86 trillion. At the end of 2024 the government had $35.46 trillion in federal debt. In 2024

That means the National Debt has actually increased by $2.4 Trillion in 2025.

Note: the $4.69 Trillion in revenues continues all revenues from tariffs (which amount to just over $200 billion.)

As proof of Trump's Dementia, he has started to claim the US has taken in $17 Trillion. Previously he framed it as "new investments" in the US. Obviously, The US has not taken in $17 Trillion. We're over $12 Trillion short of that. But even the framing as "new investments" is a lie.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trumps-17-trillion-investments-claim-003159910.html

Trump's $17 Trillion New Investments Claim 'Clearly' Not True, Says Peter Schiff: GDP Growth Would 'Explode by Roughly 50%' If Factual
Economist Peter Schiff is calling out President Donald Trump’s claims regarding $17 trillion in new investments flowing into the U.S. economy.

The Claim Is ‘Clearly’ Nonsense
On Thursday, in a post on X, Schiff pushed back against Trump’s claim that “an unprecedented $17 trillion will be invested in the U.S. over the next year because we have the hottest economy in the world.”

Schiff called out the fallacy of the statement, highlighting the magnitude of the figure and the mathematical and economic implications if that were to be realized. “If true, GDP growth would explode by roughly 50%,” he said, considering the current U.S. GDP stands at $30.354 trillion.

He added that capital inflows of this scale would lead the U.S. Dollar to “skyrocket,” while concluding that this claim by Trump is “clearly” not true.

https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/politics/politifact/fact-check-trump-united-nations-speech/3696080/

Fact-check: Trump misleads about ending 7 wars, US economy, renewable energy in UN speech
"In just eight months since I took office, we have secured commitments and money already paid for $17 trillion" in investments.

Trump has cited a long list of promised foreign investments, but there is no guarantee that the full amounts promised will come to fruition, and some of this investment would have occurred regardless of who was president, experts said.

"Historically, large-scale investment announcements often overpromise and underdeliver," University of Louisville professor Roman V. Yampolskiy told PolitiFact in May. "There is a performative element to them, especially in politically charged contexts. They function as political theater as much as economic commitment."

The projected cumulative U.S. gross domestic product over the next five years is $169 trillion, according to the Congressional Budget Office, so the $17 trillion amount Trump cited, if it materializes, would account for 10% of the entire U.S. economic output.

[Botany]

25. Thanx!

GDP or Federal budget…. well at least I had the 30 trillion part right.

Botany=

[LyfeTimeDem]

43. which is how he bankrupted Casinos.

[Mblaze]

15. When it is all bullshit

It's hard to pick out the individual patties. They tend to meld together.

[gordianot]

16. I wonder how much it will cost to have it torn down?

The Whitehouse need a good cleaning maybe it could be funded by reclaiming the gold (if it gold) plastered in the walls.

[Buddyzbuddy]

19. Like a Russian hotel room, the next Admin. will have to assume surveilance equipment has been installed.

To collect kompromat.

[LyfeTimeDem]

44. but will there be a next one?

This throne room seems to suggest otherwise... they are even minting coins with the Temu Kings face on them....they will be backed by Crypto not dollars no doubt and will become "currency of the realm"

We seem to be far too optimistic about where we are atm.

[BaronChocula]

20. Who TF builds ballrooms anymore?

This turd has the most infantile notion of wealth right out of fairy tales. Everything's plated in gold-colored metal. If it's not ostentatious and gaudy, it's not good enough.

Is he actually planning on holding balls (if so it would be the only balls in this White House)? What's next? Is he going to put in a stable and a carriage house so he could be ridden around the WH grounds like the ride he had with Charlie King and Camilla a few weeks ago?

We're dealing with a complete child.

[maxsolomon]

24. It's intended for receptions.

State Dinners and the like will be held there.

I'm not sure if it will have a commercial Kitchen but I'd assume it will.

[BaronChocula]

26. There's already a state dining room

and space for receptions.

[BumRushDaShow]

30. That is what the East Room is for

[maxsolomon]

37. Sure, but MFer's new room will hold 900.

Biden's State Dinner for Modi was 380.
https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/06/22/white-house-releases-state-dinner-guest-list-2/

I don't like it at all, but I just don't believe it can be stopped, and I don't believe it will be torn down if we ever have another Dem president.

[riversedge]

34. I have read that ALL Trump hotels have huge ballrooms.

[BaronChocula]

36. Sounds about right

Of course ballrooms make sense as rental space for events, but it’s basically redundant in the WH. Is Prince Cankles looking to rent out space there to make some side cash? I wouldn’t put it past him.

[nwduke]

23. If you believe Trump is funding this gaudy monstrosity with his own money

then I have a bridge to sell you!🤪🤪🤪

[Traildogbob]

32. Hmmmm!

Democratic bodies and rape victims in the criminally contracted mob cement being poured now, nah, these are Jesus people, that is just Fake News thoughts.

[riversedge]

33. Trump's aide cound not find the cash so Trump told them them to look on the #Tariff Shelf". I do

not know if this this trump quote applied to the 17T missing or some other money missing --like the amount the trumps tariff's have actually brought in. >>>

[3catwoman3]

35. Does anyone with 2 brain cells to rub together really believe that Pedo Don will...

...spend one cent of his own money on this obscenity?

If it does get built, I can see him charging usurious prices to rightwing fundie fathers to hold purity balls for their preteen daughters. Half the fathers will probably be pedophiles, especially if they are preachers.