That's taxpayer money despite Trump saying numerous times it was going to be fully funded by private donations.
Since it's part of their spending bill, they plan to pass it through reconciliation. So it is more or less a done deal. This is absolutely disgusting.
That ballroom goes against everything America is supposed to be about. You know the whole no kings thing that the founding fathers were so adamant about?
Anyone who votes to fund this monstrosity is absolutely an awful human being with no redeeming qualities. if you look at the mock ups of the ballroom, it totally overwhelms the rest of the White House because it's so big. When photographs of the White House are taken you will have to look at that monstrosity whorehouse style ballroom because it will dwarf the White House.
And the next Democratic president will tear the damn thing down and rebuild the East Wing maintaining the architectural style of the old west wing and the taxpayers will be footing the bill for that too.