Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., arrives astatine the enclosure arsenic the Senate works to bring the longest authorities shutdown successful U.S. past to an extremity aft a bipartisan compromise, astatine the Capitol successful Washington, Monday, Nov. 10, 2025. Photo by: J. Scott Applewhite / AP, file
By Las Vegas Sun Staff (contact)
Wednesday, June 17, 2026 | 2 a.m.
The Washington Post reported Tuesday that interior contractor documents amusement the White House ballroom’s full outgo has climbed to $600 million, with taxpayers covering astir $307 cardinal divided among the U.S. Secret Service, the White House Military Office and the Executive Residence — each funded by nationalist dollars.
The study contradicts Trump’s repeated nationalist assurances that the task would beryllium “taxpayer-free” and funded wholly by backstage donors.
The monies could person extended Affordable Care Act premium taxation credits for astir 54,000 Nevadans, restored nutrient stamp benefits for astir 3 years for astir 54,979 authorities residents removed from the programme betwixt July 2025 and January 2026, oregon funded Women, Infants and Children benefits for each Nevadans successful the programme for astir six years, the bureau of U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., said successful a quality release.
“Donald Trump said his gilded ballroom would beryllium funded without utilizing a dollar from the American taxpayer, and it’s present wide helium lied,” Rosen said successful the release. “While Nevadans conflict regular with precocious prices and entree to healthcare, the Trump medication continues to discarded their hard-earned taxation dollars.”
When the White House announced the ballroom task past summer, property caput Karoline Leavitt said Trump and different donors had committed to raising the astir $200 cardinal successful operation costs. Trump initially promised the venue would outgo lone $200 million, earlier publically raising the fig to $400 cardinal by past December. The outgo continues to rise.
“This is taxpayer-free,” helium told reporters during an Oval Office briefing successful March. “We person nary payer putting up 10 cents.”
Invoices obtained by The Post amusement that by the clip the president made those remarks, the national authorities had already approved much than a twelve payments to Clark Construction totaling tens of millions of dollars successful nationalist funds.
Congress frankincense acold has declined to transportation successful further.
In aboriginal June, 7 Republican senators sided with Democrats to artifact further nationalist backing for the ballroom.
Construction began erstwhile crews started tearing down the facade of the East Wing, wherever the caller 90,000-square-foot abstraction is being built.
A justice paused above-ground enactment successful March aft a preservation radical sued, portion allowing an underground excavation to proceed arsenic portion of efforts to physique a unafraid bunker beneath the structure.
The medication aboriginal framed the rebuild arsenic a information precedence aft an evident effort connected the president’s beingness astatine the White House Correspondents’ Association meal successful April.
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