“Each President is a temporary tenant, not the owner, of the White House,” the appeals court found. Late last week, a federal appeals court upheld a lower court’s finding that halted construction of President Donald Trump’s ballroom at the former site of the East Wing of the White House. The Friday ruling means that construction will remain paused, for now, pending the outcome of the case. Trump may appeal the ruling, which would likely send it to the Supreme Court to decide. Per that survey, only 24 percent of Americans said they supported the construction of the ballroom, while 58 percent said they were opposed.