A key Senate Democrat is vowing that “everything will be on the table” to prevent taxpayer dollars from going toward construction of President Donald Trump’s contentious East Wing ballroom project.
The pledge from Senate Appropriations ranking member Patty Murray comes as some analysts are warning the lightning rod president has turned the White House into another partisan battleground, upending a compromise forged between George Washington and Thomas Jefferson that had lasted centuries since the mansion was completed in 1800.
That, however, changed last week when crews spent several days demolishing the executive compound’s East Wing to make way for Trump’s envisioned 90,000-square-foot ballroom. The president and his team contend the facility’s construction will be completely paid for by Trump’s own money, as well as hefty donations from corporations and wealthy individuals.
