On the day in March that convicted felon President Trump told reporters that his stupid ballroom project “is taxpayer-free. We have no taxpayer putting up 10 cents,” it had already been more than three weeks since the contractor had collected $300 million, according a project summary obtained by the Washington Post exposing the Orange Diva queen’s lavish dream ballroom.
The contractor, Clark Construction “had informed the White House that the projected cost had increased to $600 million. A project summary dated March 5 shows that nearly half of that, $293 million, was expected to come from ‘private sources.’ The estimate said an additional $155 million would come from the Secret Service, $149 million from the White House Military Office and $3 million from the Executive Residence, all sources funded by taxpayers.”