Trump Jr. eyes White House ballroom for wedding – but plan hits major snag: insider

Donald Trump Jr. is eyeing up the unfinished White House ballroom for his wedding, but may have to change his plans, an insider has claimed. An unnamed source suggested Donald Trump's son would like to host his wedding to fiancée Bettina Anderson at the unfinished White House ballroom. The source told People the White House ballroom is "a consideration" for Trump Jr., and not just because of the wedding. The source said, "This would set them up for future political roles, whether Don Jr. goes after the presidency or something else." Whether the venue is a possibility for Trump Jr. and Anderson remains to be seen. The insider added, "The ballroom probably has to be finished."Trump has faced several legal troubles over the White House ballroom construction, with his administration proposing further funding for the build. The administration’s fiscal 2026 proposal includes more than $377 million “for repairs and renovations to the executive residence,” with another $174 million projected for 2027, according to budget documents reported by Politico.That represents “a mammoth 866 percent increase over the $39 million estimated to have been spent in fiscal 2025 on sprucing up the area of the White House where the president lives.”An Office of Management and Budget spokesperson told Politico that the totals include not only work on the residence itself, but also security-related costs, adding the funding is for “a number of renovations, not just the executive residence.” The budget does not specify which projects the money would fund, Politico noted Friday.The MAGA leader's proposal also seeks to classify $350 million of the spending as mandatory, a designation reserved for programs Congress is required to fund, such as Social Security and Medicaid.Trump has made upgrading the White House complex a priority in his second term. Earlier this week, Trump posted about his current and future building plans for the White House and other government buildings. "The National Trust for Historic Preservation sues me for a Ballroom that is under budget, ahead of schedule, being built at no cost to the Taxpayer, and will be the finest Building of its kind anywhere in the World," the president complained in a Truth Social post on Tuesday. "I then get sued by them over the renovation of the dilapidated and structurally unsound former Kennedy Center, now, The Trump Kennedy Center... where all I am doing is fixing, cleaning, running, and 'sprucing up' a terribly maintained, for many years, Building, but a Building of potentially great importance."