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His new four-hundred-million-dollar East Wing ballroom was supposed to have several gold ones, but a very weak judge has blocked construction.—Jane Bua, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026 Trump has also repeatedly railed against a federal judge who ordered construction on the ballroom — which required the surprise demolition of the White House’s East Wing — to be temporarily halted until the president receives authorization from Congress.—Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026 Trump touted the project for about 90 seconds, extolling the ballroom’s features, before resuming a discussion of how to rebuild Venezuela’s oil industry and lower global energy prices.—Clara Ence Morse, Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2026 All construction related to President Donald Trump‘s $400 million ballroom can continue, an appeals court ruled late Friday.—Zach Lachance, The Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ballroom