Clark Construction is performing work on property that Donald Trump does not own.

Posted by The Bulwark Daily, Sep 29, 2026Checked Nov 2, 2026

Polygraph verdictTrue

Sources: 5 support
Said: 1 time·
Confidence: 85%

The Bulwark DailySep 29, 2026

Multiple sources show Clark Construction was performing construction work on the East Wing ballroom site at the White House, and a D.C. Circuit opinion states that each President is a temporary tenant, not the owner, of the White House, so the claim holds as of 2026-09-29.

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This claim is about the present, so it is judged as of the day it was checked.

What was said

… Who's giving him the money? How much? What oligarch? Like, how booby trapped with Chinese and Russian spyware? Is this thing going to be at the end of the day, because there's no, it's following no processes and no standards. You can say Clark Construction is a reputable company, but I don't know. Seems to me like they're doing illegal work. On property that Trump does not own, so I think there's a lot of problems with that and just following the stolen money, there's a paper trail for all of this, right, and there's people who are moving around money that should not be moving around money that way, and so I think there's, you …

The Bulwark Daily · Sep 29, 2026· from the transcriptPost →

What we found

Supports. Reuters reports that Clark Construction was awarded the no-bid contract for the East Wing ballroom, and WaPo reports Clark invoiced for early work on the East Wing.[1][3]

Supports. A D.C. Circuit 2-1 opinion, as reported by Reuters, states that 'Each President is a temporary tenant, not the owner, of the White House,' which directly supports the claim that Trump does not own the property.[4]

Supports. Senator Blumenthal's October 2025 letter and Business Insider's timeline both identify Clark Construction as the builder of the ballroom being constructed on White House grounds.[2][5]

Context. The ballroom construction was halted by court order in August 2026 pending appeal, which does not change the status as of 2026-09-29 when the claim was posted.[4]