Republicans want taxpayers to spend $1 billion on Trump’s ballroom while refusing to do anything about rising grocery, gas, and health care costs.
For months, President Donald Trump portrayed the big new ballroom that he’s building on White House grounds as a gift to the nation, courtesy of patriotic private donors.
“And by the way, no government funds,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office last November.
“These are all private individuals that put up a lot of money to build the ballroom,” he added. “Not one penny is being used from the federal government.”
But the gleaming 90,000-square-foot space that he repeatedly said would cost the public nothing may ultimately leave taxpayers on the hook for $1 billion, due to new security enhancements that are tied to the project.
—NBC News article, Republicans propose $1 billion in taxpayer dollars to secure Trump ballroom