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'A Foundation of Lies': Trump Planned to Spend $300 Million in Taxpayer Dollars on Ballroom While Claiming It Was Privately Funded

Rédaction · 16 juin 2026 · 1 min de lecture

Brève reprise de Common Dreams

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Internal documents show that President Donald Trump was lying when he said taxpayers would not be footing the bill for his massive White House ballroom. Reiterating what he'd already said countless times, the president claimed in March that the project was "taxpayer-free" and entirely funded by private donors, who'd spend $400 million to build it in the now-demolished East Wing of the White House. But at the time he made these comments, he knew that was untrue. The Washington Post reported on Tuesday that a detailed project summary made three weeks earlier showed the total construction cost at $600 million, with more than half of the funds…

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