Donors to the ballroom construction include huge U.S. corporations, such as Lockheed Martin, Palantir, Alphabet’s Google, Meta and Amazon.

Donors to the ballroom construction include huge U.S. corporations, such as Lockheed Martin, Palantir, Alphabet’s Google, Meta and Amazon.

“When I hear that sound, it reminds me of money,” the president said from the Rose Garden, which he recently paved over.

Preservation groups have called for a halt to plans for a new ballroom - but Trump says the work is a "beautiful sound".