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A Federal Judge Just Handed President Trump Another Win

Amy Curtis
Amy Curtis  |  December 17, 2025 11:45 AM

On December 13, Townhall reported that a Leftist preservation group filed suit against the Trump administration, hoping to stop the President's $300 million ballroom construction project.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation in the United States requested an injunction to halt the construction project. Hence, the "public has a chance to weigh in on the new development."

For months, Democrats have attacked the President over the privately-funded addition to the White House, calling the demolition of the East Wing an attack on the "People's House."

Of course, 77 million people voted for President Trump, and the project is being paid for with private donations and not taxpayer funds (unlike the lawsuit filed by Leftists).

A federal Judge ruled on Tuesday that the project can proceed, handing President Trump another win.

"The administration says the project is lawful and follows a long line of other presidential renovations," Bret Baier said.

President Trump celebrated the victory, too.

"And we just won the case today," President Trump said. "We're donating a $450 million ballroom, and we got sued not to build it. For 150 years, they've wanted a ballroom... and we're donating a building that's approximately $400 million."

"We won the case," the President continued. "They asked for a restraining order to stop us from building a magnificent ballroom."

Here's more from Politico:

A federal judge on Tuesday turned down preservationists’ request to halt President Donald Trump’s $300 million White House ballroom project, concluding that allowing below-ground construction to continue in the coming weeks was unlikely to produce irreparable harm to those opposed to the plan.

U.S. District Judge Richard Leon denied the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s request for a temporary restraining order, but said he would hear arguments early next year about whether to issue a longer-term preliminary injunction against the project.

Leon, a George W. Bush appointee, also said the Trump administration must follow through on a pledge to submit the project to the National Capital Planning Commission by the end of this year.

“The court will hold them to that,” Leon said during a packed federal court hearing in Washington. “They’ve got until the end of this month.”

Attorney General Pam Bondi also applauded the ruling:

"We will continue defending the President's project in court in the coming weeks," Bondi wrote on X.