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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rhian Lubin

Trump’s $400M White House ballroom construction expected to continue during court battle over president’s pet project

Construction on President Donald Trump’s $400 million ballroom is expected to continue after a federal judge said he was leaning toward denying a preservationist group’s request to temporarily halt work on the controversial project.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation, a privately funded group, last week asked the U.S. District Court to block Trump’s gold-plated ballroom project until it went through multiple independent reviews and won approval from Congress.

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