Estimated cost climbs toward $1 billion as coverage widens
6 Aug 13, 12:00 PM · 7d ago · 3 press · 14 posts · 4 sources · development 6 of 6
Follow-up reporting from Axios, Truthout and PBS NewsHour pushed the running total for White House projects — ballroom, helipad, fountains and Rose Garden work — to nearly $1 billion, with a PBS segment examining how the construction is reshaping Washington and its funding despite earlier promises that private donors would cover most costs.
Donald Trump U.S. PresidentJonathan O'Connell Washington Post investigative reporter
Sen. Tina Smith U.S. Senator (D-MN)Cerin Lindgrensavage Protect Democracy attorneySenate Democrats Congressional minority
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first by Truthout, 7d ago · also Axios
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- Trump's growing White House tab Axios · 7d ago
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Protect Democracy’s Cerin Lindgrensavage spoke w/ @washingtonpost.com about the Trump admin’s latest attempt to sidestep Congress. POTUS plans to funnel $900 mil to an account earmarked for routine maintenance, then use it for his gilded ballroom without the consent of Congress.
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Donald Trump is planning to spend at least $900 million ripping up the White House and its grounds. A chunk of that money has no identified source.
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"The Trump administration plans to spend at least $900 million for construction projects on the White House grounds … the administration has pieced together funding from other agencies and private donors and directed it to a little-known account that typically holds a few million dollars for routine maintenance of the executive mansion" https://…
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“The East Wing is gone, a new helipad is spreading across the lawn, and scaffolding wraps the White House's front columns, but the price tags for President Trump's renovations are far less obvious.” https://www. axios.com/2026/08/13/trump-whi te-house-projects-cost
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“Trump expected to spend at least $900 million on White House construction projects fueled in part by taxpayer dollars without the approval of Congress…” Again: these *projects* are all excuses for him to launder and steal our money.
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https://www. pbs.org/newshour/show/how-trum ps-construction-projects-are-changing-washington-and-costing-taxpayers?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
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truthout.org/articles/fou... Fountains, Ballroom, and a Hel...
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