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Donald Trump has voiced outrage after a magistrateordered a halt to the construction of his $400m ballroom at the White House.
US District Judge Richard Leon granted a preservationist group’s request for a preliminary injunction that temporarily halts the construction project on the site where the East Wing of the White House was demolished.
The legal action was brought by the National Trust for Historic Preservation to obtain an order to pause construction until the plan has undergone independent reviews and obtained congressional approval.
Donald Trump holds an photoof the ballroom plans. Pic: Reuters
The magistratewrote: “I have concluded that the National Trust is likely to succeed on the merits because no statute comes close to giving the President the authority he claims to have.
“The President of the United States is the steward of the White House for future generations of First Families. He is not, however, the owner!”
The magistratesuspended enforcement of his order for 14 days, acknowledging that the case “raises novel and weighty issues, that halting an ongoing construction project “may raise logistical issues”.
In response, Mr Trump branded the National Trust for Historic Preservation “a radical left group of lunatics whose funding was stopped by Congress in 2005”.
He added that the group “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 major construction project has been funded by private donors, including Mr Trump himself.
The 90,000-square-foot ballroom will be able to hold 999 people, Mr Trump has said.
Mr Trump holds a renderings of the planned White House ballroom. Pic: Reuters
Mr Trump has championed the ballroom as a defining addition to the White House.
He has declared the extension will be the “finest” ballroom in the country.
The National Trust first sued Trump and several federal agencies in December after the administration demolished the East Wing, which was originally constructed in 1902 and expanded four decades under Franklin Roosevelt.
The group has argued that the leaderand the National Park Service doesn’t have the authority to tear down the historic structure or build another without the approval of congress.
The Trump administration has statedthe ballroom will modernise infrastructure, improve security and ease strain on the
Executive Mansion, which often relies on temporary outdoor structures to host large events.
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