Donald Trump’s ballroom on the White House: Judge orders development cease | EUROtoday

Construction work on Donald Trump’s big ballroom on the White House is to be stopped in the meanwhile by a courtroom order. They might solely proceed if the US Congress approves the completion of the mission, decide Richard Leon dominated within the capital Washington.

A president doesn’t personal the White House, Leon said within the first traces of his judgment. He granted the injunction requested by a number one American historic preservation group. At the identical time, the decide suspended implementation of the choice for 14 days in order that the Trump facet might attraction it.

Trump had the east wing of the White House torn down and desires to have an enormous ballroom constructed as a substitute. The prices – financed by donations – at the moment are estimated at 400 million {dollars}. Preservationists warn that the brand new constructing might make the White House look small subsequent to it. The National Trust for Historic Preservation filed a lawsuit towards the mission in U.S. District Court. The decide dominated that the National Trust had a sufficiently good probability of prevailing within the proceedings that an injunction could possibly be granted.

Trump responded to the choice with an extended tirade on his on-line platform Truth Social, through which he attacked the National Trust.