Up on the roof, Trump surveys the home he’s making his own

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump was on the roof.

As a confused group of reporters assembled below him on Tuesday morning, Trump strolled around on top of the White House, stopping somewhere above the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room — now only occasionally a venue for taking questions — to tell his audience that he was “taking a little walk” in service of his latest home improvement project: a large ballroom.

“It’s just another way to spend my money for the country,” Trump shouted. He was getting a bird’s-eye view of where the $200 million White House ballroom he has proposed building would go, according to the White House.

The president ignored follow-up questions — one reporter shouted “WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?” after the president appeared to be making a circular gesture with h