Published on
16/06/2026 - 18:18 GMT+2
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.
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.
