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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rhian Lubin

‘I did not vote for this’: Report reveals 97 percent of responses to Trump’s ballroom just hate it

Furious Americans have blasted President Donald Trump’s proposed $400 million ballroom by bombarding a planning commission with angry comments ahead of a key meeting on the project — and they were overwhelmingly negative.

The public submitted more than 35,000 comments to the National Capital Planning Commission and 97 percent were critical of the plans, according to analysis by The Washington Post. Similarly, analysis by The New York Times found that 98 percent of the more than 10,000 pages of comments were negative.

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