Trump plans spending $377M on executive residence renovations - and wants $174M more

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6. Trump seeks 'mammoth' amount for even more White House renovations: report

These numbers are crazy

— Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-04-03T23:20:22.854Z

https://www.rawstory.com/2676663322/

President Donald Trump seeks hundreds of millions of dollars to renovate the White House residence, according to a new budget request.

The administration’s fiscal 2026 proposal includes more than $377 million “for repairs and renovations to the executive residence,” with another $174 million projected for 2027, according to budget documents reported by Politico.

That represents “a mammoth 866 percent increase over the $39 million estimated to have been spent in fiscal 2025 on sprucing up the area of the White House where the president lives.”....

Trump has made upgrading the White House complex a priority in his second term.

“At the center of that effort is the proposed new White House ballroom, a roughly $400 million project that would dramatically expand the complex’s capacity for large-scale events,” Politico reported. “The plan envisions a sprawling addition capable of hosting hundreds of guests at once, replacing the current reliance on temporary tents on the South Lawn for state dinners and major receptions.”