Trump's Washington D.C. vanity projects estimated to exceed $1 billion in total costs
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Leigh Kimmins
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The Financial Times reports that Donald Trump's various vanity construction projects in Washington, D.C. — including a new East Wing ballroom, a 250-foot Triumphal Arch, and a National Garden of American Heroes — are on track to exceed $1 billion in total costs, combining private donations and public taxpayer funds. The East Wing ballroom and its security costs alone account for nearly $800 million of that figure.
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· 3 pulledThe full price tag of Donald Trump's determination to reshape Washington, D.C., in his own image is coming into focus—and it is staggering.
The total cost of the president's various vanity projects across the capital, combining private donations and public funds, is on track to exceed $1 billion, according to Financial Times estimates.
The new East Wing ballroom and its security costs alone account for nearly $800 million of that figure.
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