President Donald Trump on Saturday hailed his ongoing White House ballroom project—after the Supreme Court temporarily allowed construction to continue on Friday—as ahead of schedule, under budget and completely privately funded despite an estimate from the project’s contractor that claimed taxpayers are footing more than half of the $600 million bill.
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Trump on Friday said he was “grateful” for the Supreme Court’s decision, which temporarily blocked a court order against construction, and on Saturday morning bragged about the progress on the 90,000-square-foot White House addition.
He said “tremendous work has been done” and promised the project, which
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