{"id":617,"date":"2025-08-17T20:28:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T20:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viraltales.us\/?p=617"},"modified":"2025-08-17T20:28:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T20:28:23","slug":"its-one-of-his-major-renovations-thats-costing-millions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viraltales.us\/?p=617","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s one of his major renovations that\u2019s costing millions\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>he&nbsp;<strong>$200 million White House ballroom<\/strong>&nbsp;is real: announced July 31, 2025, as a ~90,000-sq-ft venue seating about 650, with officials saying it will be privately funded by Trump and donors. Coverage notes criticism over cost, purpose, and optics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Claims that Trump is \u201c<strong>covering the White House in gold<\/strong>\u201d are exaggerated, but credible reporting confirms&nbsp;<strong>added gold accents<\/strong>&nbsp;in the Oval Office and elsewhere, executed by cabinetmaker&nbsp;<strong>John Icart<\/strong>&nbsp;(Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago \u201cgold guy\u201d).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Separately, the&nbsp;<strong>One Big Beautiful Bill<\/strong>&nbsp;includes&nbsp;<strong>historic SNAP cuts<\/strong>. Analyses estimate&nbsp;<strong>millions<\/strong>&nbsp;will be affected; one Urban Institute model projects&nbsp;<strong>22.3 million families<\/strong>&nbsp;losing some or all benefits, and CBPP calls it the&nbsp;<strong>deepest SNAP cut in history<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speculation that the ballroom signals a&nbsp;<strong>third term<\/strong>&nbsp;is just that\u2014speculation. The&nbsp;<strong>22nd Amendment<\/strong>&nbsp;caps presidents at&nbsp;<strong>two elected terms<\/strong>, and legal scholars dismiss \u201cloophole\u201d theories as implausible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>he&nbsp;$200 million White House ballroom&nbsp;is real: announced July 31, 2025, as a ~90,000-sq-ft venue seating about 650, with officials saying it will be privately funded by Trump and donors. 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