Anonymous wrote:I’d like to know the name of the contractor, and service providers who have agreed to work on this. They are braking the law and will be prosecuted. Here is what the actual process should be for this type of project:

1. Initial Proposal: The White House is managed by the National Park Service (NPS) but used by the Executive Office of the President (EOP). Any proposed change, even by a sitting president, begins internally through the Office of the Curator and the White House Facilities Management Division.

2. Historic Review: The NPS, as custodian of the White House under the Presidential Residence Act and National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), must review all alterations for compliance with Section 106 of the NHPA.

This requires assessing potential impacts on historic and cultural resources in consultation with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) and the D.C. State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO).

3. Planning & Environmental Oversight: The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) evaluates all major federal projects in the National Capital Region, including work on the White House grounds, for design, planning, and environmental impacts under NEPA (the National Environmental Policy Act).

Public comment and design reviews are part of that process.

4. Aesthetic Review: The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) reviews and advises on the design and appearance of any exterior modifications to the White House or its grounds.

5. Final Authorization: After approvals from NPS, NCPC, and CFA, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the White House Chief Usher / Facilities Management Office finalize funding, scheduling, and logistics.

Only after completing this full process could any major construction or demolition legally begin.

Yet Trump ignored every step, acting unilaterally through executive order, bypassing oversight, and ordering demolition as if he were a monarch. The result: the people’s house, altered without the people’s consent.

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This is what his happening to our history.

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Anonymous wrote:I’d like to know the name of the contractor, and service providers who have agreed to work on this. They are braking the law and will be prosecuted. Here is what the actual process should be for this type of project:

1. Initial Proposal: The White House is managed by the National Park Service (NPS) but used by the Executive Office of the President (EOP). Any proposed change, even by a sitting president, begins internally through the Office of the Curator and the White House Facilities Management Division.

2. Historic Review: The NPS, as custodian of the White House under the Presidential Residence Act and National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), must review all alterations for compliance with Section 106 of the NHPA.

This requires assessing potential impacts on historic and cultural resources in consultation with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) and the D.C. State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO).

3. Planning & Environmental Oversight: The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) evaluates all major federal projects in the National Capital Region, including work on the White House grounds, for design, planning, and environmental impacts under NEPA (the National Environmental Policy Act).

Public comment and design reviews are part of that process.

4. Aesthetic Review: The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) reviews and advises on the design and appearance of any exterior modifications to the White House or its grounds.

5. Final Authorization: After approvals from NPS, NCPC, and CFA, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the White House Chief Usher / Facilities Management Office finalize funding, scheduling, and logistics.

Only after completing this full process could any major construction or demolition legally begin.

Yet Trump ignored every step, acting unilaterally through executive order, bypassing oversight, and ordering demolition as if he were a monarch. The result: the people’s house, altered without the people’s consent.

NCPC is closed right now because of the shutdown. I went to the website to tell them they should file a suit since this wasn't approved by them. Sickening.

The GOP are complicit. They are tearing down the White House while Federal workers aren't getting paid, while people are having to sign up for ACA with staggering premium increases. All while the House hasn't worked in weeks -- and has gotten paid.

Anonymous wrote:Apparently the administration is not comfortable with the scrutiny of the building of the new ballroom. I wonder why?

WSJ NEWS EXCLUSIVE
“The Treasury Department instructed employees not to share photos of the demolition of parts of the White House’s East Wing for a ballroom. The instruction went out after images of construction equipment dismantling the East Wing facade went viral online, as Treasury’s headquarters is located next door to the East Wing, giving employees there a front-row seat to the construction of Trump’s $250 million ballroom.”

Anonymous wrote:I’d like to know the name of the contractor, and service providers who have agreed to work on this. They are braking the law and will be prosecuted. Here is what the actual process should be for this type of project:

1. Initial Proposal: The White House is managed by the National Park Service (NPS) but used by the Executive Office of the President (EOP). Any proposed change, even by a sitting president, begins internally through the Office of the Curator and the White House Facilities Management Division.

2. Historic Review: The NPS, as custodian of the White House under the Presidential Residence Act and National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), must review all alterations for compliance with Section 106 of the NHPA.

This requires assessing potential impacts on historic and cultural resources in consultation with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) and the D.C. State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO).

3. Planning & Environmental Oversight: The National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) evaluates all major federal projects in the National Capital Region, including work on the White House grounds, for design, planning, and environmental impacts under NEPA (the National Environmental Policy Act).

Public comment and design reviews are part of that process.

4. Aesthetic Review: The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) reviews and advises on the design and appearance of any exterior modifications to the White House or its grounds.

5. Final Authorization: After approvals from NPS, NCPC, and CFA, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the White House Chief Usher / Facilities Management Office finalize funding, scheduling, and logistics.

Only after completing this full process could any major construction or demolition legally begin.

Yet Trump ignored every step, acting unilaterally through executive order, bypassing oversight, and ordering demolition as if he were a monarch. The result: the people’s house, altered without the people’s consent.

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Anonymous wrote:For reference, an NFL football field is the same size. wtf.

I thought we needed to save money?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/31/trump-ballroom-east-wing-overhaul/

The next Democrat president should tear this monstrosity down as well as the trump patio and restore both the East Wing and the Jackie Rose garden
The WH should also be fumigated to get rid of the trump stench.

+10,000,000

Anonymous wrote:The demolition picture makes me sad. It's a physical manifestation of Trump tearing the country apart.

The ballroom behemoth is unnecessary and will detract from the stately presence of the White House.

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder why everyone on the left is so upset about President Trump‘s expansion of the White House that is being 100% funded by donations, but have zero interest in the $1.6 billion expansion of Gavin Newsom‘s California Capitol that is 100% taxpayer funded and 100% cloaked in NDA’s and cronyism

Where is the evidence the ballroom is funded by donations? We should be able to look at treasury accounts and see where the money is collected and spent. In which account has this $200 million been deposited?

In addition, there is absolutely no way that this was competitively bid as is required by Federal Procurement rules. Can't be done in a few months.

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I don't like Trump, but I don't think ball room is a bad idea. Most national palaces have a grand ballroom of some kind, and the East Room is too small. This is also one area where Trump's opulent sense of taste may suitable.

Except, thanks to Trump, we are no longer the global hegemon, we no longer have an economy that is the envy of the world and we are flouting democratic norms. So, no need for extra space.

We are still the global hegemon. Of course, nothing lasts forever, but no country comes close to the US capability for power projection.

In 9 months China and the rest of the world have made up more ground than they would have in 20 years. The malicious incompetence of this administration is astounding.

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder why everyone on the left is so upset about President Trump‘s expansion of the White House that is being 100% funded by donations, but have zero interest in the $1.6 billion expansion of Gavin Newsom‘s California Capitol that is 100% taxpayer funded and 100% cloaked in NDA’s and cronyism

Where is the evidence the ballroom is funded by donations? We should be able to look at treasury accounts and see where the money is collected and spent. In which account has this $200 million been deposited?

In addition, there is absolutely no way that this was competitively bid as is required by Federal Procurement rules. Can't be done in a few months.