The Daily Beast
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images President Donald Trump’s long-dreamed-of White House ballroom makeover has officially spiraled from vanity project into full-blown security operation—with taxpayers now staring down a staggering $1 billion price tag. What began as President Donald Trump’s second-term push to bulldoze the East Wing and replace it with a lavish entertainment space is now being framed by the administration as a national security necessity after last month’s assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. According to Axios , the White House is expected to unveil a detailed proposal on Tuesday laying out the ballooning East Wing overhaul, which now reserves hundreds of millions of dollars for new security measures tied directly to Trump’s ballroom dream. Read more at The Daily Beast.
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