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Thu Oct 23, 2025, 07:33 PM Thursday

Here's the list the WH released of the donors for his ballroom. [View all]

The article goes on to list the comments by various entities when contacted by HufPo.

Donors on the list include CEOs, real estate moguls, lots of corporations, and otherwise just really rich people. Defense contractors like Lockheed Martin and Booz Allen Hamilton are kicking in money for the president’s project, as are telecommunications companies like Comcast, and tobacco industry companies like Reynolds American. Tech companies like Amazon and Apple are in the mix, along with crypto companies

Altria Group, Inc.
Amazon
Apple
Booz Allen Hamilton
Caterpillar, Inc.
Coinbase
Comcast Corporation
Pepe and Emilia Fanjul
Hard Rock International
Google
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin
Meta Platforms
Micron Technology
Microsoft
NextEra Energy, Inc.
Palantir Technologies Inc.
Ripple
Reynolds American
T-Mobile
Tether America
Union Pacific Railroad
Adelson Family Foundation
Stefan E. Brodie
Betty Wold Johnson Foundation
Charles and Marissa Cascarilla
Edward and Shari Glazer
Harold Hamm
Benjamin Leon Jr.
The Lutnick Family
The Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Foundation
Stephen A. Schwarzman
Konstantin Sokolov
Kelly Loeffler and Jeff Sprecher
Paolo Tiramani
Cameron Winklevoss
Tyler Winklevoss



HuffPost reached out to all of the companies on the list, and as many of the individuals as we were able to track down, with the same two questions: How much are they donating to Trump’s ballroom, and if they have any comment about Trump destroying the East Wing ― and American history in the process ― to make way for his project.

HuffPost reached out to all of the companies on the list, and as many of the individuals as we were able to track down, with the same two questions: How much are they donating to Trump’s ballroom, and if they have any comment about Trump destroying the East Wing ― and American history in the process ― to make way for his project.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-ballroom-donors-east-wing-demolished_n_68fa37abe4b039323453fcff?origin=top-ad-recirc

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