California Governor Gavin Newsom has unleashed a new attack on President Donald Trump’s over-the-top White House ballroom.
The president’s 90,000-square-foot bulletproof ballroom is now expected to cost $300 million, with no confirmed date of completion.
Newsom, who has revealed he is giving “serious thought” to a presidential run, slammed the 79-year-old president over his priorities during the ongoing government shutdown.
“While Donald Trump builds his knock-off Versailles on White House grounds, his government shutdown is depriving millions of Californians of federal food assistance,” the governor posted to X on Monday.
“Trump and his lapdog Congress just don’t care, period,” he added.
The Palace of Versailles, whose history stretches back to 1623, is a former royal residence that

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