Here’s the list of donors paying for Trump’s new White House ballroom

WASHINGTON – East Wing of the White House It was completely demolished on ThursdayThis comes as construction progresses for President Donald Trump’s new ballroom, a White House official said.

Project a significant expansion From what Trump said over the summer.

“It will not interfere with the existing building,” Trump said on July 31. “He will be next to it but not touch it and will show full respect for the existing building, which I am the biggest fan of.”

Trump said Wednesday that the project would cost about $300 million, paid by donors, including himself. He also said it could hold up to 999 people.

This is the biggest change to the exterior of the White House since President Franklin D. Roosevelt expanded the East Wing, traditionally home to the First Lady’s office, in 1942.

Trump hosted a dinner in the East Room on Wednesday evening to thank the institutions and individuals who contributed. (NBCUniversal’s parent company, Comcast Corp., is one of the donors.)

Below is a list of donors to the new ballroom provided by the White House. It’s unclear how much each company or individual contributed:

• J. Pepe and Emilia Fanjul

• Adelson Family Foundation

• Betty Wold Johnson Foundation

• Charles and Marissa Cascarilla

• Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Foundation

• Kelly Loeffler and Jeff Sprecher

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