First, the ballroom was proclaimed by Trump to cost $200M. Then, $300M. Then, it went to $400. And at no cost to taxpayers!!! Now, Trump is trying to ram through a $1B appropriation for additional costs that taxpayers will be bare.
Trump fires back at claims of ballroom 'cost overruns': Price is 'something less than $400M'
Trump pushes back on 'cost overrun' as GOP tucks $1 billion for White House security into reconciliation bill
Remember all these proclamations that Trump made?
TRUMP: We have no taxes. This is taxpayer-free. We have no taxpayer putting up 10 cents.
We did this no charge to the taxpayer whatsoever.
I’m paying for it. I’m paying for it. The country is not.
We’re donating a 400-million-dollar ballroom.
Myself and donors are giving them free of charge for nothing.
It’s being paid for a hundred percent by me and some friends of mine, donors.
Rich people and people are putting up the money. Zero taxpayer dollars.
Yadda, yadda, yadda...... blah, blah, blah
You can lead a horse to water. But you can't make him get down on one knee and do an Al Jolson impression!