Amazon, Apple, Google and different main firms are amongst these donating to assist cowl the price of President Trump’s huge new ballroom on the White Home.
The White Home confirmed the record to The Hill amid demolition of the East Wing to make room for the ballroom. The demolition has sparked controversy and pushback from historians and preservation teams.
Trump advised reporters on Wednesday that the venture would value $300 million, up from the preliminary $200 million estimate the White Home shared on the finish of July.
“Over the years many presidents have made changes. This obviously would be the biggest change. But this is something they’ve wanted for at least 150 years,” Trump mentioned.
Donors embody main firms, in addition to rich people like Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman and building government Tiramani. Trump hosted lots of them for a dinner on the White Home final week.
Lots of the firms, similar to Apple, Amazon, Meta and Google, have sought to strengthen ties with the Trump administration.
Here’s a record of the businesses and people donating to assist pay for the ballroom, in response to the White Home:
Altria Group, Inc.
Amazon
Apple
Booz Allen Hamilton
Caterpillar, Inc.
Coinbase
Comcast Company
J. Pepe and Emilia Fanjul
Exhausting Rock Worldwide
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin
Meta Platforms
Micron Expertise
Microsoft
NextEra Power, Inc.
Palantir Applied sciences Inc.
Ripple
Reynolds American
T-Cellular
Tether America
Union Pacific Railroad
Adelson Household Basis
Stefan E. Brodie
Betty Wold Johnson Basis
Charles and Marissa Cascarilla
Edward and Shari Glazer
Harold Hamm
Benjamin Leon Jr.
The Lutnick Household
The Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Basis
Stephen A. Schwarzman
Konstantin Sokolov
Kelly Loeffler and Jeff Sprecher
Paolo Tiramani
Cameron Winklevoss
Tyler Winklevoss
