Who's supporting the White House ballroom?

AlterNet America -   According to a report released Thursday by Public Citizen, 14 of the 27 known corporate donors to Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom project have won new or expanded federal contracts worth more than $50 billion in the six months since construction began.

The White House signed a secret funding agreement, obtained via a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, that permits donors to remain anonymous. Lockheed Martin led the way with $43.8 billion in new or expanded contracts. Booz Allen Hamilton followed with $4.2 billion. Palantir received just over $1 billion. Other donors whose government business grew include Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Caterpillar, and T-Mobile.

The contracts are only half the story. Public Citizen also found that 16 of the 27 known donors face federal enforcement actions or have seen government scrutiny reduced, including antitrust cases involving Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Nvidia.