Overview
- The New York Times reported that the official donor list omitted more than three dozen contributors and all donation amounts.
- Undisclosed backers identified by the reporting include BlackRock, billionaire investor Jeff Yass, Nvidia, and healthcare firms Vantive and Extremity Care.
- A White House official said only donors who choose to be named are disclosed and that anonymity requests will be honored.
- The privately funded venue is planned at roughly 90,000 square feet with costs now near $300 million, and work has fallen behind schedule following East Wing demolition.
- The public list includes Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Coinbase, Lockheed Martin, and Palantir, and Trump recently hosted a gala dinner for contributors.