Trump calls new White House ballroom a gift funded without taxpayer money
Trump says the roughly $400 million ballroom rising on the former East Wing site is a private gift to the country, though Republicans have sought $1 billion in federal security funds.
WASHINGTON D.C. — Donald J. Trump called the ballroom rising at the White House the greatest of its kind and a private gift to the country, built without taxpayer money. The project, estimated at roughly $400 million, replaces the demolished East Wing according to BBC Online. Trump framed the construction as a donation from himself and other backers, not a public expense. The claim renews a dispute that has followed the largest change to the White House in decades.
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