Records show the price tag for the White House ballroom is rising to $600 million, with half of the costs funded by taxpayer dollars, according to a new report from The Washington Post. The news comes months after President Trump said private donors would pay for the $400 million initiative to construct a new ballroom. At the end of March, Pants on Fire Donald Trump told reporters "We're donating a building that's approximately $400 million with no Taxpayer money."