"A majority of the corporate donors who have been named as donors to President Donald Trump's ballroom construction project have received government contracts in recent years, according to a report released Monday by a watchdog group. RELATED: The Bay Area donors that are helping pay for $300 million White House ballroom Sixteen of the 24 donors have received federal contracts with the cumulative sum totaling $279 billion over the past five years, according to the study by Public Citizen."
"Many of the organizations - including Apple Inc., Meta Platforms Inc. and Microsoft Corp. - have faced federal enforcement actions, had their businesses impacted by tariff policy or seen existing enforcement actions suspended by the Trump administration. "These giant corporations aren't funding the Trump ballroom debacle out of a sense of civic pride," said Public Citizen Co-President Robert Weissman in a statement. "They have massive interests before the federal government and they undoubtedly hope to curry favor with, and receive favorable treatment from, the Trump administration.""
Public Citizen reported that 16 of 24 corporate donors to President Trump's ballroom construction project received federal contracts totaling $279 billion over the past five years. Lockheed Martin accounted for $191 billion of those awards. Several donor companies, including Apple, Meta and Microsoft, have faced federal enforcement actions, tariff impacts, or had enforcement actions suspended under the Trump administration. Multiple companies have mergers pending before federal regulators, such as Comcast's potential bid for Warner Bros. Discovery and Union Pacific's pursuit of Norfolk Southern. The ballroom project involved demolition of the White House East Wing and drew preservation and ethics concerns.
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