Demand Progress

Senator Elizabeth Warren is outraged at a potentially massive pay-to-play bribery scheme between Trump and the corporate donors to his privately-funded, grotesque White House ballroom project.¹

Amazon, Lockheed Martin, Palantir, Google, and many of the other biggest corporations in America are donating to Trump’s ballroom while they have existing or pending business with the federal government. CEOs are clearly trying to curry favor with this authoritarian administration by financing Trump’s destruction of the East Wing of the White House.²

Sen. Warren said this could be a “golden crime scene” and said we must “follow the money” to find out if there’s more unlawful conduct at the White House.³

Sign the petition: Back Sen. Warren’s demand to investigate Trump’s corporate ballroom donors for corruption!

Sen. Warren also said, “Americans shouldn’t have to wonder whether President Trump is building a ballroom to facilitate a pay-to-play scheme for political favors.”⁴

Trump has strong-armed CEOs to fall in line with his agenda. From Big Law to Big Tech and the major media companies, corporations have catered to Trump’s far-right agenda to get in good standing with the federal agencies that have control over business deals and federal lawsuits. The gold-plated ballroom project gave CEOs another arena to potentially buy favor with the White House.

As costs on Trump’s ballroom rise to $300 million,⁵ lawmakers must investigate and expose any corruption between Trump and the powerful corporations funding the project.

Sign the petition: Urge Congress to join Sen. Warren’s call to investigate Trump’s ballroom donors!

Sources:

1. The Guardian, "‘Golden crime scene’: Elizabeth Warren calls for inquiry into Trump’s ballroom funding,” November 20, 2025.
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.
4. Ibid.
5. The New York Times, "Inside Trump’s Push to Make the White House Ballroom as Big as Possible,” November 29, 2025.