According to the White House the project will cost about $200 million, to be funded by Trump personally and other donors.

It will be the latest change introduced to what’s known as the “people’s house” since the Republican president returned to office in January.

Construction will begin in September on a $200 million, 90,000-square-foot ballroom, his press secretary announced Thursday, fulfilling a 15-year ambition by the president to construct an event space on the White House grounds that expands the building’s entertaining capacity — but also resembles the gilded spaces of his private clubs.