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Trump calls reporter ‘dumb’ after saying he’s ‘doubled’ size of ballroom
Trump lashed out after reporters pressed him on a White House ballroom whose cost has risen from $200 million to more than $400 million.
- On Tuesday, President Trump called MS Now White House Correspondent Akayla Gardner "not a smart person" after she questioned rising costs for his $400 million White House ballroom and National Mall renovation projects.
- Gardner questioned why the ballroom budget ballooned from $200 million to $400 million and the reflecting pool from $1.8 million to more than $13 million, comparing these overruns to Trump's prior criticism of Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Jerome Powell for 30% cost increases.
- Senate Republicans announced Monday they would propose up to $1bn for Secret Service security upgrades at the East Wing ballroom project, contradicting Trump's earlier claims that private donations would fund the work.
- While Democrats vowed to oppose the measure, Senate Majority Leader John Thune defended the expenditure as "what it costs to protect the President of the United States in a very dangerous time and a dangerous world.
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"I Doubled the Size of It, You Dumb Person!" - Trump NUKES Reporter Attempting to Grill Him on Cost of White House Ballroom
President Trump on Tuesday eviscerated a reporter, calling her a "dumb person" after she tried to press him on the cost of the White House ballroom. "We have a ballroom that's under budget.
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Total News Sources14
Leaning Left5Leaning Right4Center5Last UpdatedBias Distribution36% Left, 36% Center
Bias Distribution
- 36% of the sources lean Left, 36% of the sources are Center
36% Center
L 36%
C 36%
R 28%
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