Major boost to Donald Trump’s grand ballroom ambitions
When Donald Trump knocked down the East Wing of the White House without authorisation, few Republican politicians were willing to publicly back his ambitious renovations.
But after the major security breach during the White House Correspondents' dinner on Saturday, they have changed their tune.
Soon after, an armed gunman allegedly tried to kill the president, Trump said the scare justified the need for a ballroom in the White House.
Work begins on the demolition of a part of the East Wing of the White House in October last year. (AP)
And now prominent Republicans are agreeing with him.
Senator Rand Paul, a prominent conservative who has often clashed with the Trump administration, will introduce legislation to allow the ballroom to go ahead.
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