Trump’s White House Construction Costs Could Soar Above $900 Million: Report

President Donald Trump’s ongoing makeover of nan White House and its grounds could yet costs much than $900 million, pinch overmuch of nan backing coming from taxpayers, according to a report.

Citing contracts and readying documents, The Washington Post said nan management is preparing to walk a awesome woody much than nan $600 cardinal antecedently outlined for nan building of nan president’s new ballroom successful spot of nan East Wing, which was abruptly demolished past year.

Work is besides either planned aliases ongoing to make improvements to adjacent Lafayette Square and to build a caller helipad and visitor screening center, each of which could return nan costs to $927 million, nan records seen by The Post indicate.

However, alternatively than inquire Congress for nan backing for Trump’s “modernization” agenda, nan management is reportedly shifting money from national agencies and backstage donors into nan Executive Residence, a mini agency responsible for nan upkeep of nan president’s backstage home.

According to nationalist fund records cited by nan Post, nan management has directed $875 cardinal to nan residence’s relationship since Trump returned to agency successful January 2025.

Approximately $500 cardinal of that full came via transfers from nan Secret Service and White House Military Office, $305 cardinal from philanthropists and different $70 cardinal from an unidentified source.

Doing truthful is wholly wrong nan rules – though experts cited by nan newspaper agreed nan magnitude money progressive was “incredibly unusual”. The agency successful mobility is exempt from nan transparency rules that use to different agencies, keeping immoderate contracts it awards confidential.

Responding, White House spokesperson Davis Ingle told nan Post successful a statement: “President Trump continues to instrumentality long-overdue and basal renovations to beautify nan People’s House arsenic we observe our awesome nation’s 250th day of independence.

“Thanks to nan Builder-in-Chief, nan White House will beryllium decently glorified and stay successful fantabulous information for generations to come.

“Recent events specified arsenic nan foiled onslaught connected nan historical UFC Freedom 250 event astatine nan White House proves precisely why nan East Wing Modernization Project is severely needed for ample standard events, which see drone impervious structures and drone ports among different captious information enhancements,” Ingle added.

The Independent has besides reached retired to nan White House for comment.

Trump’s ballroom was deed pinch a caller setback past week erstwhile 2 judges connected nan D.C. Court of Appeals ruled that nan president must halt above-ground construction until he has secured Congress’s support for nan project.

“Each president is simply a impermanent tenant, not nan owner, of nan White House and its Executive Residence,” nan judges wrote.

“We are alert of nary lawsuit successful American history successful which a president unilaterally and utilizing privately collected costs demolished important portions of nan White House that Congress authorized to beryllium built and American taxpayers paid for. Until now.”

Both Franklin D Roosevelt and Harry Truman did make extended repairs to nan White House but went to Capitol Hill to unafraid their funding, arsenic did Barack Obama much recently.