Nothing will stop President Donald Trump’s construction of a lavish new White House ballroom—not even a U.S. government shutdown.

Trump’s multimillion-dollar renovation of a space expected to be larger than the White House itself will continue as planned during the shutdown, officials confirmed to ABC News on Wednesday.

“There will not be a stoppage of ballroom work when the shutdown occurs,” a White House official said.

Trump’s aides say the $200 million dollar project is being privately funded by donors, and is therefore unaffected by the shutdown.

Yet the swanky addition to the White House is moving forward even as hundreds of thousands of federal workers are either furloughed or forced to work without pay. Economists have warned that a government shutdown could push the economy to

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