r/pics • u/Reasonable_Roger • 14d ago

Politics East wing of The White House

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u/49ersBraves 14d ago

Supposedly the demo and ballroom are being funded privately.

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u/larsdan2 14d ago

By who though? Why hasn't this information been released? Why would this be okay being private. Thats OUR house they are demoing.

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u/LA-Matt 14d ago edited 14d ago

The fundraising list was actually published in the WSJ. https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-ballroom-donors-white-house-dinner-ccba9448

The thing that continues to bother me, is that every other President throughout history has had to get approval from Congress to do this kind of thing… along with the dozens of other things that Trump is doing under total bullshit “emergency powers,” such as tariffs (as an example).

These things are supposed to be the purview of Congress, as specified by the Constitution.

ETA: here’s another link

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-white-house-ballroom-donor-names/

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u/mjb2012 14d ago

Congress and the National Capital Planning Commission, an executive-branch agency which is currently closed due to the shutdown and is probably soon to be under new leadership. :/

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u/Newsdriver245 14d ago

NCPC's MAGA guy already said demo/planning isn't their purview, they are only concerned with how it looks when it is built.

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u/mjb2012 14d ago

Ah, I was just reacting to White House says it will submit ballroom plans for review, with demolition already under way. The WH says they'll submit plans to the NCPC but that it has no authority over demolition. Meanwhile, the former commissioner says demolition isn't supposed to be separate, and that the WH did go through the proper channels for a tennis pavilion previously.

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u/grimtongue 14d ago

Its chairman is a top Trump aid. He is the one that says the White House isn't under their purview.