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washingtonpost.com
Tracking Trump’s White House ballroom promises on taxpayer costs and more - Washington Post
Later that afternoon, <strong>Trump committed to spending no public money</strong>, saying he and “other patriot donors” would fund it. “No government to help us,” he said during an Oval Office news conference.
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theguardian.com
Trump administration quietly shifts $352m in federal funds for White House ballroom | Washington DC | The Guardian
<strong>We have no taxpayer putting up 10 cents</strong>.” ... But those assurances have since frayed. Internal records obtained by the Washington Post from Clark Construction, the firm leading the project, show plans calling for $155m from Secret Service ...
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bbc.com
How Trump’s White House ballroom plan has doubled in size and cost
<strong>Despite promises from Trump that the project wouldn't cost US taxpayers any money</strong>, Republicans have requested additional funds from Congress for security around the complex - at a time when Americans are struggling with rising living costs linked ...
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factcheck.org
Who's Paying for the White House Ballroom? - FactCheck.org
A: Since the White House announced plans in July for a ballroom, <strong>the president has promised to fund its construction without using public money</strong>. But in May congressional Republicans proposed $1 billion in federal funding for “security adjustments ...
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cnn.com
The White House ballroom: Taxpayer money could go toward security related to the project | CNN Politics
And that’s really difficult to square with Trump’s previous rhetoric about the costs. From the beginning of this now-nine-month process, <strong>Trump has emphasized it would involve no taxpayer money — only funds from donors and himself.</strong>
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en.wikipedia.org
White House State Ballroom - Wikipedia
<strong>The</strong> <strong>White</strong> <strong>House</strong> State <strong>Ballroom</strong> is part of a planned new East Wing for <strong>the</strong> <strong>White</strong> <strong>House</strong>, <strong>the</strong> official residence of the president of the United States. The new East Wing is planned to replace the original, which was torn down in October 2025 in preparation for the new wing's construction.
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