Construction began this week on a new ballroom that President Donald Trump is adding to the White House, but his administration has not released a full list of the donors funding the project.

Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday that the ballroom was being “paid for 100 percent by me and some friends of mine, donors. The government is paying absolutely nothing.”

Newsweek has contacted the White House for comment via an email sent outside regular business hours.

Why It Matters

In July, the White House said Trump and other donors had committed to donating $200 million in construction costs to build the 90,000-square-foot ballroom and that no public money would be spent on it.

The White House did not say how much of his own money the president would contribute or pro

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