The money would go toward security improvements as part of an East Wing construction project, including a new ballroom that President Trump has said would be built with private dollars.

Trump has repeatedly said the project would be paid for using private donations, rather than government funds.

Donald Trump’s expanding use of his name and image on government-linked initiatives has Newsweek readers debating his legacy.

President Donald Trump has insisted that his proposed White House ballroom will be paid for with private donations. Now, Senate Republicans have offered legislation that would spend $1 billion of taxpayers’ money on what they say are security measures for a White House modernization project, which includes the ballroom.

Thank you, President Trump,’ read the six-foot sky-blue banners complete with a photo of the president in a hard hat

The US plan to “guide” ships through the Strait of Hormuz, announced by President Donald Trump just hours before it went into effect, leaves a lot of unanswered questions.

Trump has said the budget for the new White House ballroom has ballooned as it is set to be twice the size than initially planned.