President Trump shared an AI-generated video Sunday of himself touring his still-unbuilt White House ballroom with George Washington, who has been dead for 227 years, thanking him for "brilliant ideas" on the "Military Complex/Ballroom." It followed AI images over the weekend of Trump and Washington on horseback and writing together with feather quills.
The $400 million ballroom project is currently on hold after a federal appeals court ruled the Constitution gives Congress, not the president, authority over major changes to the White House, though construction of a bunker beneath it continues. The administration has now filed an emergency request asking the Supreme Court to let construction resume.
New renderings submitted with that request show an interior of gold marble floors and gold finishes not included in plans federal agencies approved last year. Costs have roughly doubled from an initial $200 million estimate to about $400 million, which Trump says will be covered by private donations.
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