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Trump ballroom cost soars to €516m with half coming from taxpayers By Gavin Blackburn Published on 16/06/2026 - 18:18 GMT+2 Share Comments Add Euronews on Google Share Facebook Twitter Flipboard Send Reddit Linkedin Messenger Telegram VK Bluesky Threads Whatsapp The project began last year when Trump, with little warning and without consulting Congress, tore down the entire historic East Wing of the White House. US President Donald Trump's ballroom project at the White House will cost as much as $600 million (€516 million), with more than half coming from taxpayers, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Trump had previously estimated the cost at $400 million (€344 million) and repeatedly insisted that private donors, including himself, would foot the bill for the new building, a centrepiece of his drive to put his stamp on the US capital. The newspaper cited a copy of a detailed cost estimate prepared for the Trump administration by Clark Construction, the contractor hired to build the ballroom. The project began last year when Trump, with little warning and without consulting Congress, tore down the entire historic East Wing of the White House. In l…

Trump Ballroom Costs Balloon To $600 Million, Taxpayers To ... - HuffPost LOADING ERROR LOADING The cost of President Donald Trump ’s sprawling White House ballroom project has spiraled to $600 million, with taxpayers paying roughly half of the bill, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. The bombshell revelation shatters Trump’s initial insistence that funding for the biggest in a series of projects remaking the People’s House would come only from private donors. Advertisement The new estimated construction cost also dwarfs the original $200 million price tag. The Post’s reporting is based on a detailed project summary put together in March by Clark Construction , the contractor overseeing the massive White House that has seen the East Wing demolished and a secure underground bunker added to the specifications. The Post obtained six cost estimates, including one dated March 5, indicating that the projected cost had ballooned to $600 million — with $155 million coming from the Secret Service, $149 million from the White House Military Office, and $3 million from the Executive Residence, all public funds. The rest, or $293 million, was said to be coming from unspecified “private sou…

The planned White House ballroom under construction. President Trump's ballroom and bunker project will likely cost taxpayers about $300 million despite his past comments that it would be entirely funded by private donors, the Washington Post reported . The outlet noted that the administration had already been given an estimate that the project would cost $600 million, with half of that coming from taxpayers, when Trump told reporters on March 31 that the project would be "taxpayer-free" and that "we have no taxpayer putting up 10 cents." Trump also underplayed the cost in March, saying the entire project would be $400 million, even though the administration already knew the cost was project at $600 million, the Washington Post added. Trump first announced the ballroom project in July 2025. "There's never been a president that was good at ballrooms," he said. "I'm good at building things, and we'll get it built quickly and on time. It'll be beautiful." Read more Senate GOP Seeks $1 Billion for Trump Ballroom Security Despite Private Funding Claims Two In Three Americans Oppose Trump Signature on Money & White House Ballroom, Poll Shows At the time , the president assured that he wo…

Trump ballroom cost balloons to $600 million, according to report POLITICS Donald Trump Add Topic Trump ballroom soars to $600M, with taxpayers on hook for half: Report Joey Garrison USA TODAY June 16, 2026, 2:36 p.m. ET Hear this story WASHINGTON — Construction of Donald Trump's White House ballroom is projected to cost $600 million, significantly more than the president has previously said, with taxpayers covering more than half that amount, according to a new report from the Washington Post , which cited internal government documents. Trump has repeatedly said the ballroom under construction on the East Wing of the White House would cost $400 million, up from $200 million he estimated when the project was first announced in July 2025. From the outset, the president has said he will use private donations to cover the costs. But Clark Construction, the contractor hired for the ballroom, informed the White House on March 5 that the project had increased to $600 million, according to a project summary cited obtained by the Post, with $293 million coming from "private sources." Clark identified sources funded by taxpayers to cover the remaining costs: $155 million from the Secret Se…

Trump ballroom cost soars to $600 mn, half from taxpayers: report WASHINGTON (UNITED STATES) - US President Donald Trump's ballroom project at the White House will cost as much as $600 million, with more than half coming from taxpayers, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.

BREAKING: Documents show Trump’s ballroom construction has ballooned to a $600,000,000 bill— and more than half of that is being paid for by taxpayers! The American people need lower grocery and health care costs - not to be funding this president’s vanity projects.

Trump's Ballroom Price Soars to $600 Million — Half of Which Taxpayers ... Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news — make aquick donationto Truthout today! A review of a contract relating to the proposed construction of a White House ballroom indicates that the project will require hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer funds — despite previous promises from the Trump administration that it wouldn’t cost taxpayers anything. As costs for the project began to rise, President Donald Trump reiterated in late March that funds for the ballroom’s construction wouldn’t come from the federal government. “This is taxpayer-free. We have no taxpayer putting up 10 cents,”Trump said at the time. But according toa new report fromThe Washington Post, a summary of plans crafted by Virginia-based Clark Construction — the contractor tasked with building the new ballroom — showed that half of the project’s funding would indeed be derived from taxpayers. That analysis was formulated three weeks prior to Trump’s promise that no taxpayer dollars would fund the project. What’s more, the cost of the project has soared up to $600 million, according to that summary. Half of that am…

Report: Trump ballroom to cost $600 million, with half paid by taxpayers <p>President Donald Trump&#8217;s glitzy new White House ballroom is reportedly now expected to cost $600 million, with more than half the bill footed by American taxpayers, not private donors, according to a leaked estimate from contractors.</p>