By the time #Trump made his comments in March, the federal government had already approved more than a dozen payments to the contractor overseeing the work, Clark Construction, totaling tens of millions of dollars in #PublicFunds, acc/to a log of the contractor’s invoices….
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Since first announcing the East Wing project last July, #Trump has repeatedly said that the price tag would not exceed $400 million & that private donations routed through a nonprofit would cover its entire cost. At other times, he has said that the #SecretService & the #military would contribute #security enhancements, without elaborating on the price of those upgrades.
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