The Financial Times estimates that the total cost of President Trump’s vanity projects is likely to exceed $1 billion.
Charlie Sykes breaks it down:
- East Wing ballroom, $400 million
- Ballroom bunker/security center, $400 million
- Kennedy Center, $250,000,000
- City fountains, $58 million
- National Garden of American Heroes, $40 million
- Lafayette Park, $17 million
- Reflecting Pool, $16 million
- Gilding statues, $5.1 million
- Rose Garden, $2 million


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