Trump Is Spending Nearly $1 Billion in Taxpayer Money on Gaudy White House Renovations: Report
The American president has never been richer, while at the same time managing to burn through taxpayer cash at a faster rate than Donald Trump. Foreign wars are bleeding the Pentagon dry, expensive vanity projects from Trump’s Cabinet members are sending millions up in smoke, and — as it turns out — almost one billion dollars in White House renovations are available to throw on the pyre.
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The American president has never been richer, while at the same time managing to burn through taxpayer cash at a faster rate than Donald Trump. Foreign wars are bleeding the Pentagon dry, expensive vanity projects from Trump’s Cabinet members are sending millions up in smoke, and — as it turns out — almost one billion dollars in White House renovations are available to throw on the pyre. According to administration records and contracts obtained by The Washington Post, Trump plans to spend roughly $900 million on the various renovations he has ordered for the presidential residence. The list of projects would make the monarchs of old turn green.
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- The American president has never been richer, while at the same time managing to burn through taxpayer cash at a faster rate than Donald Trump. Foreign wars are bleeding the Pentagon dry, expensive vanity projects from Trump’s Cabinet members are sending millions up in smoke, and — as it turns out — almost one billion dollars in White House renovations are available to throw on the pyre.
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Trump Is Spending Nearly $1 Billion in Taxpayer Money on Gaudy White House Renovations: Report
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