Overview
- The motorcade stopped at Arc Stone & Tile in Lake Worth Beach from 9:46 to 10:51 a.m., with reporters kept outside, before continuing to Trump International Golf Club.
- A White House official said the president bought marble and onyx at his own expense for the project.
- The planned addition is roughly 90,000 square feet with a capacity of 999 and a current price tag the president puts near $400 million from private funds, including his own.
- The East Wing was demolished in October, drawing legal challenges that led a judge to require consultations with the National Capital Planning Commission and the Commission of Fine Arts.
- Updated plans are slated for an NCPC public information meeting on Jan. 8, with a CFA session expected the following week as the White House targets completion before January 2029.