Trump is asking Congress to hand over $1 billion in taxpayer cash to secure his White House ballroom project, and the plan includes some seriously aggressive upgrades.
During a May 19 tour of the construction site, where the East Wing has already been demolished, Trump pitched a rooftop built from impenetrable steel designed to withstand drone strikes. He also floated the idea of a military-operated drone port on the roof capable of housing unlimited drones to protect all of Washington.
The $1 billion security ask is completely separate from the $400 million construction cost already covered by private donors. That donor list reads like a Silicon Valley roll call, including Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Palantir, Coinbase, Lockheed Martin, and several others.
So American taxpayers would foot the security bill while some of the biggest corporations on the planet bankroll the ballroom itself.
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