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Trump’s $330 million ballroom donors are revealed — and now we know how much each is giving

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Despite public assertions that he was paying for the project himself, internal records list no financial contributions from Donald Trump

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Both outlets focus on the donor list for Trump’s ballroom project and on the scale of the private funding, with The Hill citing a Washington Post report and The Independent using the revelation itself as the headline. The Independent alone adds that internal records list no financial contributions from Donald Trump, while The Hill says the donations total more than $330 million and were mostly made before demolition.

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