On December 17, local time, we learned that a US federal judge ruled that President Trump can now continue to advance plans to build a large ballroom at the original site in the east wing of the White House, and rejected an emergency suspension application from an American cultural relics protection organization for the project. US District Court Judge Richard Leon said that the conservators filing the lawsuit failed to prove that the project would cause “irreparable damage” at this stage, so it is not eligible to issue an interim restraining order. However, he also pointed out that if the relevant lawsuit is eventually successful, the government must be able to cancel any underground construction that has already been carried out. The ruling means that although the dispute is still in the judicial process, the White House ballroom construction plan promoted by Trump can continue to advance in the short term.

On December 17, local time, we learned that a US federal judge ruled that President Trump can now continue to advance plans to build a large ballroom at the original site in the east wing of the White House, and rejected an emergency suspension application from an American cultural relics protection organization for the project. US District Court Judge Richard Leon said that the conservators filing the lawsuit failed to prove that the project would cause “irreparable damage” at this stage, so it is not eligible to issue an interim restraining order. However, he also pointed out that if the relevant lawsuit is eventually successful, the government must be able to cancel any underground construction that has already been carried out. The ruling means that although the dispute is still in the judicial process, the White House ballroom construction plan promoted by Trump can continue to advance in the short term.