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President Donald Trump is reportedly planning to keep his name $300 million White House ballroom After myself.
Officials are already seeking an estimated 90,000-square-foot venue “President Donald J. Trump According to Ballroom, ABC News.
Senior Trump officials told the outlet that the name “will probably stick.”
Trump has yet to publicly reveal the name of the ballroom, but when questioned about it by ABC on Thursday, he smiled and said, “I’m not going to get into that right now.”
Independent The White House has been contacted for comment.
Trump’s name is already emblazoned on countless buildings, golf courses and products in the US and around the world.
As the government shutdown continued this week, workers began demolishing the historic East Wing to make way for Trump’s grand ballroom, which he said is being paid for with private funds.
Big tech giants Amazon, Apple, Google, HP and Microsoft are all contributing to the project, which has been widely condemned.
Trump hopes to use the vast gilded ballroom, which would dwarf the 55,000-square-foot White House, to host state dinners and other events before the end of his term in 2029.
The project was initially slated to cost $250 million, but the president said this week that had increased to about $300 million.
He said about $350 million had been raised by his private donors.
Former President Ronald Reagan’s daughter was among those mourning Trump’s demolition of the East Wing, which had stood for more than 100 years before being destroyed this week.
“The images we have now seen of the East Wing being demolished are heartbreaking,” Patty Davis, 73, wrote in a letter. new York Times The opinion essay was published on Friday. “Over the centuries, many presidents have made changes to the White House, and certainly older buildings need updating and repair. But this is complete destruction.”
White House spokesman Davis Ingle had earlier told Independent Future generations will benefit from the renovation.
“President Trump is working 24/7 to make America great again, including the historic beautification of the White House, all at taxpayers’ expense,” Ingle wrote in a statement. “These long-needed upgrades will benefit future presidents and generations of American visitors to the People’s House – something we should all celebrate.”