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Billionaires financing White House ballroom won’t say how much they gave

Ellsworth Toohey
Dec 04, 2025
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When Trump released the list of donors paying for his 90,000-square-foot, $300 million Epstein Memorial ballroom — and the demolition of the East Wing to build it — Senator Richard Blumenthal had some questions.

How much did these billionaires give? Who approached them? Are they expecting somethi…

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