From the Washington Examiner: Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) criticized President Donald Trump’s plans for a new White House ballroom on Tuesday, telling reporters that the “timing is bad” for him to begin tearing down part of the East Wing to make space for the project.
“We’re in the middle of a shutdown. Got a couple of other things going on that we should probably focus on ahead of a building project,” Tillis said as he entered the Senate chamber for an afternoon vote.
His comment comes shortly after Trump hosted Senate Republicans at the White House for a “thank you” lunch in the Rose Garden, where the president delivered a speech on the legislative victories of his first nine months back in office.
The report further explains that Tillis, “who has an on-and-off-again relationship with Trump, did not attend the White House lunch on Tuesday, telling reporters he had just returned to Washington from a funeral.”
Trump has explained that he will be funding the ballroom project himself, along with donations as large as $25 million from dozens of companies, including Apple, Amazon, Lockheed Martin and Coinbase.
Tillis, 65, a moderate Republican, has served in the U.S. Senate since January 2015. In June, he announced he will not run for re-election in 2026.
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