{"id":6324,"date":"2026-04-29T11:21:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/trumps-white-house-ballroom-plan-sparks-debate\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T11:21:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:21:58","slug":"trumps-white-house-ballroom-plan-sparks-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/trumps-white-house-ballroom-plan-sparks-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s White House Ballroom Plan Sparks Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6wG9uPzkfYg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Join us as we delve into the controversy surrounding Donald Trump&#8217;s proposal to build a new White House ballroom, exploring the potential costs, funding, and priorities behind the project. We&#8217;ll break down the key aspects of the proposal, including modernizing event space, improving security, and reducing reliance on temporary structures (0:30). Our analysis will also cover how such projects are typically funded (2:00), estimated costs and comparisons (3:30), and reactions from lawmakers and the public (5:00). With taxpayer money potentially on the line, critics are questioning the use of government spending on this project, while supporters argue it&#8217;s a necessary upgrade. Stay informed as this discussion develops and learn more about the implications of Trump&#8217;s White House ballroom plan on US politics and government spending.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us as we delve into the controversy surrounding Donald Trump&#8217;s proposal to build a new White House<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lisa-cabrera"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hqdefault-266.jpg?fit=480%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}