WaPo: Apple revealed as one of the top donors to Trump’s White House ballroom

A new investigation by The Washington Post reveals that Apple and Nvidia each pledged $25 million toward Trump’s new White House ballroom, making them two of the project’s largest donors. Here are the details. WaPo: Apple revealed as one of the top donors to Trump’s White House ballroom.

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Apple pledged $25 million for Trump’s White House ballroom, according to a list of donors obtained by The Washington Post. Chipmaker Nvidia also committed $25 million, making Apple and Nvidia two of the top donors.

Not that anyone’s terribly surprised. Trump ballroom’s biggest donors were overwelmingly tech and telecom companies.

Other donors include Microsoft, Comcast, Amazon, Cisco, Meta, T-Mobile, HP, Google (from a lawsuit settlement), Palantir, Salesforce, and Micron. Private donations on the list totaled $333 million, with some donors paying in full and some paying in installments.

News Trump ballroom’s biggest donors were overwelmingly tech and telecom companies Records also show that taxpayers are footing some of the bill. The tech, telecom and crypto industries are the primary benefactors here, donating over $183 million for the audacious ballroom that nobody wants or asked for.

The White House has not publicly disclosed donation amounts, even though political giving typically requires public disclosure and adherence to campaign finance rules. The Trump administration is collecting ballroom donations through a nonprofit and moving the funds into a White House account controlled by Trump.

The biggest donors are NVIDIA and Apple, who each committed $25 million. The same goes for billionaire Charles Ergen, the co-founder of Dish Network.

A White House spokesperson said the administration will "relentlessly pursue those responsible" for the leaked list. The ballroom’s final cost hasn’t been released, but a June contractor estimate suggested it would cost around $600 million and that more than half of the money would come from taxpayer funds.

NVIDIA and Dish have both benefited significantly from Trump policies during this second term. As for Apple, it has been scrambling to curry favor with Trump so as to avoid some of those endless tariffs.

Trump says the ballroom will be around 90,000 square feet and will seat 1,000 guests. The White House’s East Wing was demolished to construct the ballroom.

Exclusive: A list reveals all the major donors to President Trump’s White House ballroom, including previously undisclosed contributors who have benefited from regulatory decisions, government contracts and, in one case, a pardon for a family member. Https://t.co/y3ivMy1NKk — The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 15, 2026 Nearly every other major tech company has also donated millions each to the project, including Microsoft, Meta, Palantir, Google, Amazon and Cisco, among others.

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