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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Darlene Superville

Arts panel of Trump appointees approves $400M White House ballroom plan

The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, a panel made up of Trump appointees, has approved President Donald Trump's White House ballroom proposal.

At the panel's January meeting, some commissioners questioned the lead architect about the “immense” design and scale of the project even as they broadly endorsed the Republican president's vision for a ballroom roughly twice the size of the White House itself.

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