{"id":369787,"date":"2026-08-13T16:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T15:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/trumps-wh-renovations-cost-900m-mostly-from-taxpayers-report\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T16:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T15:00:13","slug":"trumps-wh-renovations-cost-900m-mostly-from-taxpayers-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/trumps-wh-renovations-cost-900m-mostly-from-taxpayers-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s WH renovations cost $900M+, mostly from taxpayers: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/AI-6S7p6cvE\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Trump's WH renovations cost $900M+, mostly from taxpayers: Report\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AI-6S7p6cvE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The at least $900 million price tag for President Trump\u2019s White House construction projects is much larger than previously reported and most of it would come from taxpayers. Washington Post investigative reporter Jonathan O\u2019Connell explains. <\/p>\n<p>Also, former Trump White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Matthews offers harsh criticism of Trump&#8217;s renovation budget during a CNN Newsnight panel discussion and former GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger reacts.<\/p>\n<p>0:00 How much of the $900M Trump projects are necessary?<br \/>\n2:24 Has this much money ever been spent on White House renovations before?<br \/>\n3:52 Former Trump aide says he is &quot;stealing&quot; money for the projects<br \/>\n7:15 Ex-GOP rep. Explains how the Trump admin is moving money into the construction budget <\/p>\n<p>Watch 24\/7 live news with CNN Headlines: https:\/\/bit.ly\/4eIvlTr<\/p>\n<p>#Trump #WhiteHouse #News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The at least $900 million price tag for President Trump\u2019s White House construction projects is much larger than previously reported and most of it would come from taxpayers. Washington Post investigative reporter Jonathan O\u2019Connell explains. Also, former Trump White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Matthews offers harsh criticism of Trump&#8217;s renovation budget during a CNN [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":369788,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128809],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-369787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cnn"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trump&#039;s WH renovations cost $900M+, mostly from taxpayers: Report | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Trump&#039;s WH renovations cost $900M+, mostly from taxpayers: Report for free, here on News ISC. 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