Federal Judge Orders Trump Pause Construction On White House Ballroom
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to pause construction on its White House ballroom absent “express authorization from Congress” on Tuesday, throwing the $400 million project’s future into question.
U.S. District Judge Richard Leon, a George W. Bush appointee, wrote that “no statute comes close to giving the President the authority he claims to have,” granting the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s request for a preliminary injunction blocking further work on the project.
“The President of the United States is the steward of the White House for future generations of First Families. He is not, however, the owner!” Leon wrote in his opinion.
The order will go into effect in 14 days, which gives the Trump administration time to appeal.
The ballroom is a passion project for President Donald Trump, who regularly talks about progress of the construction. Shortly after the decision was issued, Trump angrily attacked the National Trust on social media, calling the organization “a Radical Left Group of Lunatics whose funding was stopped by Congress in 2005.”
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