President Donald Trump will likely name his new $300 million White House ballroom after himself, according to senior administration officials.
Already, officials are referring to it as “The President Donald J. Trump Ballroom.” That name will likely stick, ABC News was told.
Trump has not publicly said what he intends to name the ballroom, but he is known for branding his construction projects after himself — and it appears this project will be no different.
When asked by ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Mary Bruce on Thursday if he has a name for his ballroom yet, Trump smiled and said: “I won’t get into that now.”
The entire East Wing of the White House was demolished to make way for Trump’s 90,000-square-foot ballroom, new images showed on Thursday.
A White House official confirmed to ABC News that $350 million has been raised for the ballroom project, saying the president “has received such positive and overwhelming support for the ballroom that he continues to receive donations.”
The official said construction will still cost $300 million as of now.
The official did not address a question on what Trump plans to do with the additional $50 million raised.
Asked by ABC News White House Correspondent Karen Travers on Thursday how much of his own money he was planning to donate to the ballroom, Trump replied, “Oh, millions of dollars. Yeah. Well, I also give, you know, I give a lot of money to the White House. The White House is, as you know, I give my salary, and I usually like to steer it to the White House because this house was a little bit abandoned.”
ABC News’ Hannah Demissie contributed to this report.
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