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Gavin Blackburn

Trump ballroom cost soars to €516m with half coming from taxpayers, US media say

US President Donald Trump's ballroom project at the White House will cost as much as $600 million (€516 million), with more than half coming from taxpayers, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday.

Trump had previously estimated the cost at $400 million (€344 million) and repeatedly insisted that private donors, including himself, would foot the bill for the new building, a centrepiece of his drive to put his stamp on the US capital.

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