# Trump's ballroom is just the lid

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Podcast: [The Drey Dossier](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-drey-dossier-7704467)
Published: 2026-02-13T22:46:24+00:00
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The White House told the public they were building a ballroom, and the donors said they were paying for it. But CNN has now confirmed a classified facility underneath, the cost swings by a hundred million dollars in a single day, and the architect who rebuilt the Pentagon just picked up three federal contracts within seventeen days, all within walking distance of the White House.This is the part 2 to a video I made a few months ago about how a ballroom became a lid, how the companies funding it are the same ones building AI and surveillance infrastructure for the federal government, and why Trump saying "future Presidential Inaugurations" might be the most honest thing he's said about this project.If you want the full reporting, all the sources, and the receipts, everything is in the Substack below. That is also the best way to support the work so I can keep doing this.Substack: thedreydossier.substack.com Follow me onTikTok: / thedreydossier Instagram: / thedreydossier Independent journalism only exists if people can actually see it, so if this helped connect some dots, feel free to share it. Thanks for being here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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