Trump plans spending $377M on executive residence renovations – plus $174M more: The fiscal 2027 budget shows a jump — from $39 million to $377 million — for renovations to the White House living space and possibly other areas.

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* **The budget document, which proposes slashing domestic programs** to help fund a $1.5 trillion bump to defense spending, estimates spending $377 million in fiscal 2026 under an account for repairs and renovations to the executive residence. That’s a mammoth 866 percent increase over the $39 million estimated to have been spent in fiscal 2025 on sprucing up the area of the White House where the president lives.
* An Office of Management and Budget spokesperson told POLITICO that the totals reflect budgetary projections that include not only rehabbing the White House but also security spending costs. The person added that it’s for a number of renovations, not just the executive residence. The spokesperson did not answer questions about what specific projects the money would go toward.
* **Though the budget doesn’t spell out exactly what the renovation funds are to be used for, Trump has repeatedly expressed his fixation on repairing the White House — publicly sharing upgrades to the living quarters, including bathrooms, to more ambitious projects like expanding entertainment space.**
* The budget shows that $350 million of the $377 million figure is counted as mandatory spending, a classification used for programs that Congress must fund by statute, such as Social Security or Medicare. A mandatory spending account is not subject to the annual congressional appropriations cycle.

Can his bad diet finally catch up, pretty please?

Didn’t he just ream out Powell for spending 1% of that on a building people actually do work in?