Trump Ballroom's Biggest Donors Were Overwelmingly Tech And Telecom Companies

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Records also show that taxpayers are footing some of the bill.

The Washington Posthas obtained a list of all of the major donors to President Trump's ballroom project thingamajig. The big reveal? The tech, telecom and crypto industries are the primary benefactors here, donating over $183 million for the audacious ballroom that nobody wants or asked for.

The biggest donors are NVIDIA and Apple, who each committed $25 million. The same goes for billionaire Charles Ergen, the co-founder of Dish Network. NVIDIA and Dish have bothbenefited significantly from Trump policies during this second term. As for Apple, it has been scrambling to curry favor with Trump so as to avoid some of those endless tariffs.

Exclusive: A list reveals all the major donors to President Trump's White House ballroom, including previously undisclosed contributors who have benefited from regulatory decisions, government contracts and, in one case, a pardon...

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