The Washington Post has published a previously undisclosed internal donor list for President Trump’s White House ballroom project. The records identify 57 contributors who have pledged $100,000 or more (as of late September), with commitments and installment plans totaling about $333 million—matching the administration’s public fundraising figures. The list goes beyond what the White House had previously named without dollar amounts. Largest pledges ($25 million each): Apple, Nvidia, the Adelson Family Foundation, and the household of Charles “Charlie” Ergen (co-founder and chairman of Dish Network / EchoStar). Other major tech and related pledges: • Google: $22 million (via a trust tied to settlement funds from Trump’s YouTube lawsuit) • Microsoft: $10 million • Palantir Technologies: $9,999,997 • Amazon, Cisco Systems, and Caterpillar: $5 million each • HP: $2.5 million • Vast Space: $1 million Defense and government contractors: Lockheed Martin pledged $10 million. Booz Allen Hamilton and Parsons each pledged $2.5 million. The records identify all three as defense contractors. Other notable pledges: • Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Foundation: $20,270,931 • RHI II LLC: $10 million • Comcast NBCUniversal: $7.5 million • Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss household: more than $5 million • $5 million each from: Altria Group, Baszucki Gift Fund, BlackRock Charitable Fund, Coinbase Global, ExtremityCare, Jeff Yass’s donor-advised fund, Kelly Loeffler and Jeff Sprecher’s fund, Meta, Ripple Labs, ServiceNow, Stephen and Christine Schwarzman’s household, T-Mobile, and Paul E. Singer’s charitable fund • NextEra Energy: $4 million Additional commitments: Isabela Herrera’s household is listed at $2.5 million. Herrera is the daughter of banker Julio Herrera Velutini, whom Trump pardoned. Brandon Lutnick’s household pledged $2,514,534.92. Several others (including the Benjamin Leon Jr. Charitable Foundation, Betty Wold Johnson Foundation, Continental Resources, Ed Glazer’s household, Micron, Union Pacific Railroad, and others) pledged $2.5 million. Salesforce pledged $2 million. Smaller amounts include $1 million pledges (Florida Crystals, Kraken, Popolo Family Fund, Vast Space, and others), $300,000 from Jason Miller’s household, and $100,000 from a few foundations and households. The broader list includes donors from the casino industry, tobacco, cryptocurrency, media, health care, utilities, and longtime political contributors. Many of the largest donors are companies or individuals with business interests before the federal government, including federal contractors; the Post’s reporting notes this pattern without establishing direct causation between specific gifts and specific government actions. The White House has described the donors as companies and individuals supporting improvements to the People’s House and has criticized the release of the internal records. ##maga##trump##democrats##politicstiktok##fyp - @whythebraindoesthat