President Donald Trump dismissed reports on Oct. 24 suggesting that he was planning to name the upcoming $300 million White House ballroom after himself.
“I don’t have any plans to call it after myself. That was fake news,” the president told reporters outside the White House before departing on his trip to Asia.
Trump suggested the ballroom could be named the “presidential ballroom or something like that,” though he noted that the White House has not decided on a name yet.
According to the president, more than $350 million has been raised so far to fund construction of the 90,000-square-foot ballroom, up from the initial $200 million estimate when the project was announced in July….