Graham said the White House supports his effort, despite the president’s frequent claims that he and private donors were personally funding the entire ballroom project. The White House has previously said major tech corporations, including those that do business with the federal government and donated to Trump’s inauguration, have committed millions to funding the ballroom.

The Independent has contacted the White House for comment.

Fellow Republicans have joined the effort to boost the ballroom, which the White House argues is more crucial than ever after the security breach at the Correspondents’ Dinner.

Sen. Rand Paul has said he will bring a bill to the floor Tuesday that moves the ballroom project forward without using additional taxpayer funds, while allowing Congress to give expedited reviews to major White House projects.

In the House, Rep. Lauren Boebert is working on companion legislation, she said Monday.

She told the MeidasTouch network that “hardly any” taxpayer money would be involved in the effort. The main obstacle remaining, she said, was an ongoing lawsuit by a preservation group against the ballroom project.

“He has it funded,” Boebert said of the president. “We just have to get it approved and get the lawsuit over with.”

The president has argued Saturday’s shooting underscores the need for a new secure, large-scale meeting space on the White House grounds.

“What happened last night is exactly the reason that our great Military, Secret Service, Law Enforcement and, for different reasons, every President for the last 150 years, have been DEMANDING that a large, safe, and secure Ballroom be built ON THE GROUNDS OF THE WHITE HOUSE,” Trump wrote early Sunday morning in a Truth Social post.

Influential Democrats say they will oppose efforts to fund the ballroom with taxpayer dollars.

“At this point no,” Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin told The Hill. “There’s obviously a lot of questions about how much it costs, how many people will be accommodated.”

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accused the president of making shifting claims about the ballroom in recent months.

“He demolished the East Wing of the White House, a historic jewel of the American people, and he started to build this ballroom long before any incident,” the New York congresswoman told reporters on Monday. “He also promised the American people that this was going to be built with private dollars, and so the idea that they are trying to change the rationale for this in retrospect doesn’t quite add up.”

Others argued it would be inappropriate for the White House to host an event like the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, regardless of the facilities.

“By the way, the White House hosting the correspondents dinner in its own ballroom is arguably a violation of the First Amendment: it's government control over press access and expression and could have a chilling effect on criticizing the president,” former Obama administration under secretary of state and TIME editor Richard Stengel wrote on X on Monday.

Sen. John Fetterman has been a rare Democratic voice in favor of the ballroom. He called on opponents of the project to end their “Trump Derangement Syndrome” and get behind the ballroom effort.

“After witnessing last night, drop the TDS and build the White House ballroom for events exactly like these,” he wrote on X on Sunday.

Outside of Congress, the National Trust for Historic Preservation has sued to stop construction on the ballroom, arguing the president illegally embarked on the effort without consulting Congress.

On Sunday, the Justice Department urged the group to drop the suit, citing the shooting at the Correspondents’ Dinner, but the trust plans to move ahead with the complaint.

Earlier this month, a federal appeals court ruled that construction can continue while the lawsuit plays out.

>>1510104
>Graham and his GOP colleagues Sen. Eric Schmitt and Sen. Katie Britt are pushing a bill to fund the ballroom and offset costs by using customs and national parks user fees.
So the Republican plan is to steal money from the National Parks Service, which has already had its budget slashed almost in half by Republicans and is experiencing a reduction in visitation due to Trump making everyone outside of America hate us, to pay for Trump's ballroom, which has already allegedly been funded in full by private donors making donations directly to Trump.
Did I miss anything?

>>1510116
This event wouldn't have been hosted in the White House and won't be hosted in the White House in the future.

>>1510117
Oh don't forget security at this event was so sufficient that the guy didn't even make it to the same room as Trump. Are they under the impression the ballroom will be so big and mighty no one will even make any attempts?

>>1510117
They shouldn’t call it White House dinner if it’s not at the White House. It’s a misleading title

>>1510121
>White House Correspondents Dinner
Have your handler explain adjectives to you, ESL

At this point, I think the best outcome would be the ballroom gets stalled for so long that it isn't done before Trump leaves office
Then the next president, who will almost certainly be a Democrat, immediately guts the interior of all of the gold and bullshit and uses it frequently while never inviting him to an event there.
Then the Democrat president gets a second term. So by the time there's even a possibility of a Republican president to invite him to see his ballroom, it will be 2037. In the unlikely event Trump doesn't die of old age by then, he'll be 91 and almost certainly be in no condition to be doing public appearance due to physical and mental decline.
So he'll never even get to enjoy the ballroom that seems to be the only thing he cares about in his second term.

>>1510141
No they should cancel this stupid fucking vanity project and use the money for all the shit Republicans insist cost too much. Can't have free healthcare but god forbid if we don't drop a few million every time Trump wants to gild something. Shit should be torn down and Trump's portrait in the white house should be burned.

>>1510119
That just proves it was staged in order to push for taxpayers to foot the epstein/trump ballroom.
Why else would security be so incompetently lax unless it was intentional

I wonder which Democratic POTUS will have the courage to demolish it later on?
Are renamed the Obama wing and paint everything a nice coffee color.

Since they're all cowards, probably none.

>>1510162
The fucking thing's never going to get finished in this term anyway. I bet you that the fucking republicans will be whining about the costs of demolition and restoration though.

>>1510105
>“What happened last night is exactly the reason that our great Military, Secret Service, Law Enforcement and, for different reasons, every President for the last 150 years, have been DEMANDING that a large, safe, and secure Ballroom be built ON THE GROUNDS OF THE WHITE HOUSE,”
Do you think he actually believes his own bullshit? He lies as easily as he breathes, obviously, but do you think he's so far gone he actually thinks it's true?

>>1510104
they should start issuing fines to domestic terrorists online.
I'm sure there's a gold mine of human filth on reddit.
that'll be enough to fund anything and everything at the expense of the worst of humanity who no one gives a damn about.

need a laugh? read the mind numbingly retarded official court filing donald just made against the national historic trust lawsuit
https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72028010/79/national-trust-for-historic-preservation-in-the-united-states-v-national/

>>1510426
>Muh ballroom
Nigga you are building a bunker like every other dictator. How about you save us some time and blow your brains out now, like your hero did decades ago.

>>1510436
Joe Biden sent the army to occupy the capital, more soldiers occupied in the capital at any time since the civil war, and you didn't care. You didn't call him a dictator for it
https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2021/1/19/in-pictures-troops-riot-fencing-and-razor-wire-in-washington-dc
Joe Biden deployed 25,000 National Guard soldiers to the capital, putting up razor wire and fencing.

>>1510455
>Joe Biden sent the army to occupy the capital, more soldiers occupied in the capital at any time since the civil war, and you didn't care. You didn't call him a dictator for it
Hey anon, what happened, let's see here, about two weeks prior to this? I wonder what could've prompted such a massive surge of security for his inauguration? It must've been like, some kind of massive attack directly linked to him winning the election or something...

>>1510458
And yet you will deny the context of Trump's life almost being taken when it comes to Comey being charged for tweeting "86 47", or the need for the Trump Ballroom to be completed

>>1510461
>when it comes to Comey being charged for tweeting "86 47"
Not only does that not mean "assassinate him", you fucking Neanderthal, but it literally happened a year prior to someone taking another shot at him. You're comparing "OMG someone said they wanted Trump gone!" to a literal, physical attack on the capitol the week prior.

>the need for the Trump Ballroom to be completed
Security caught Trump's most recent attacker before he even got in the same room, and that was with unusually light security for that event too. If anything the fact the guy got stopped so fast and so easily is proof the ballroom is completely redundant; what is it gonna do, scare people off from even making an attempt?

>>1510462
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_White_House_Correspondents%27_Dinner_shooting
The White House Correspondent's Dinner shoot was on April 25, 2026.
James Comey was indicted on April 28th, 2026
He turned himself in April 29th, 2026

>>1510466
The tweet was made in May of 2025 you fucking brainlet.

Trump will now construe anything into a death threat

>>1510104
Trump said ‘ballroom or nuke Hormuz, your choice’

They still won't hold the correspondence dinner at the white house even if they build the baal room.

>>1510470
Bruh I love having our nukes helmed by the world's foremost spoiled 80s movie antagonist. His little dick antics make things interesting around here!

>>1510470
Let's compromise and nuke Trump.

>>1510623
the white house is in NYC anon....
how about we split the difference and just nuke cali

>>1510640
>the white house is in NYC anon....
MAGA, ladies and gentlemen.

>>1510642
huh washington's a state neat, its a blue state though so go ahead and nuke it

>>1510667
lol it's already too late homie we already caught you being retarded. No one's on your side.

>>1510640
Your dad must be your uncle and your current boyfriend if you're honestly this much of a knuckle dragger. This is why you've already lost the next civil war.

>>1510667
lmao you said NYC not NY.

>>1510667
The amount of butthurt seethe in your posts always radiate through even when you think we can't tell. Must suck to be on the wrong side of history AND be retarded

>>1510667
You're like one of those pissy women that gets married to someone rich and now you get to not acknowledge reality as a result. Its pretty embarrassing to look at. This is probably why you guys are the laughing stock of the planet

>>1510670
of course you did now you're not going to bomb washington cause i said to do it?
>>1510672
buddy ur one bad riot from being the next pratti given your lingo
>>1510673
>>1510674
retards
>>1510675
the self-projection is amazing thanks for the (you) though.

>>1510705
Sorry but you still lose the internet argument again. You showed us you're not smart enough to even think for yourself when you're telling people they can't think for themselves. Anything else you have to say is basically just for fuel for the fire. Sucks to suck

>>1510705
>Self projection

So I'm a rich woman that's detached from reality? Sweet!

You might wanna take everyone's advice and think before you type, retard

>>1510705
>He's still doing it

We finally have our first lolcow! I bet he looks exactly like you think he does

>"UR A COPYPASTEFAG"

remember that time when you JUST got done embarrassing the shit out of yourself?
>>1510676 #
I mean if you wanna keep trying that's up to you but we won't owe your family any money if you kill yourself

>>1510716
lol

>>1510708
sucks to be you, you're going to get grinded in factory and fed to indians.
>>1510709
Yes karen, please kindly kill yourself you privilaged cunt
>>1510710
moo mooo mooo
ya I think you're a pretty stupid lolcow yourself siding with someone supporting racism and diversity discriminations and using it in a random argument when no one bought it up
Please get nuked
inb4 ESL ESL ESL you so esl

>>1510737
nerd

>>1510737
I wonder how much chew and dew he's gone through being up and angry all night for three days

>>1510737
You sound pretty esl m8

>>1510737
>When no one brought it up

No one brought this up until just just did you fucking schizo. Just because you look like Chris Chan certainly don't mean you act like him, at least nowadays. Don't worry bro you're your own unique flavor of embarrassing

>>1510918
must be so cringy being illiterate god leftists are pathetic

>>1510104
Ballroom Republicans just want a safe place to throw their lavish parties in DC while the rest of us get crushed under the affordability crises that they don’t give a shit about

Republicans have asked for a billion dollars to go into security for this stupid thing

https://www.notus.org/republicans/senate-republicans-seek-1-billion-for-white-house-trump-ballroom-security