What are your thoughts on the Trump administration moving $352 million of taxpayer money to the White House Ballroom project?

Sourcehttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/18/trump-secret-service-white-house-ballroom

Trump said that the ballroom would be funded with private donations/investments but this seems to not be the case anymore.

The money was drawn from the Big Beautiful Bill and was designated for the Secret Service. Specifically the personnel, training facilities, technology, and related costs of the Secret Service, not for construction.

$340.8 million was transferred to an account labeled “Procurement, construction, and improvements” and another $10.75 million to an account labeled “Operations and Support”. These transfers were defined as for “White House Security Measures”.

This comes just a few weeks after Congress dropped the attempt to spend $1 billion on security improvements for the ballroom.

Furthermore the company that is leading the ballroom project, Clark Construction, have plans that call for the project to cost around $600 million with around half the cost coming from taxpayers.