Left-wing press begins all-out attack on Trump’s ballroom donors
November 4, 2025 | Kevin Haggerty
After failing to fault President Donald Trump for his White House improvements, a new round of attacks by Democrats set their sights on donors “paying tribute,” alleging attempts to “receive favorable treatment.”
Despite favoring the performative protests of “No Kings” demonstrations, detractors of the president still held court in their monarchy of messaging, the spin room. So it was that the new line of attack on Trump’s privately funded ballroom, replacing the East Wing, involved taking aim at the donors, alleging some pay-to-play may be at hand.
Founded by Ralph Nader, the consumer advocacy organization Public Citizen — actively engaged in legal challenges against the administration, which included a suit concerning the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — produced a report Monday reviewing the known contributors to the currently $300 million project.
That report suggested donations to the ballroom could be attempts to curry favor with the administration, as it detailed, “Two-thirds of the 24 known corporate donors have recent government contracts for projects, totaling $279 billion over the last five years. Lockheed Martin is the largest of the government contractors, with $191 billion in federal contracts over the last five years.”
The report further called out that 14 corporate donors are facing federal enforcement actions or had such actions suspended by the Trump administration, including antitrust issues with Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft, as well as labor rights issues with Google, Lockheed Martin, and Meta.
“These giant corporations aren’t funding the Trump ballroom debacle out of a sense of civic pride,” insisted Public Citizen Co-President Robert Weissman. “They have massive interests before the federal government, and they undoubtedly hope to curry favor with, and receive favorable treatment from, the Trump administration. Millions to fund Trump’s architectural whims are nothing compared to billions at stake in procurement, regulatory, and enforcement decisions.”
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