AFP16 Jun, 2026 07:57 PM3 mins to readConstruction continues on the new ballroom extension of the White House in Washington, DC. A new report says costs are ballooning. Photo / Bloomberg via Getty ImagesUnited States President Donald Trump’s ballroom project at the White House will cost as much as US$600 million ($1.27 billion), with more than half coming from taxpayers, the Washington Post reports.
Trump had originally estimated the cost at US$200m ($342.6m) and repeatedly insisted that private donors - including himself -
