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New photos of the White House show it immersed in what the Daily Beast<\/u> calls \u201cconstruction chaos\u201d as President Donald Trump continues to prioritize his vanity projects over voter concerns. The grounds were already swamped with construction as Trump\u2019s controversial ballroom project progresses regardless of vocal opposition, and now \u201cthe People\u2019s House\u201d is being further blighted by renovations as the president prepares to mark his 80th birthday with UFC cage matches in front of the White House this June.<\/p>\n

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According to Republican operatives who spoke with the Daily Beast, the construction projects don\u2019t just look ugly, but are sending a negative message to Americans struggling with skyrocketing prices and a spiraling economy due to Trump\u2019s war with Iran. <\/p>\n

\u201cFor voters, the message that is coming from the White House is Trump is focused on vanity projects and foreign policy,\u201d said one operative. \u201cAnd those are things that voters don\u2019t care about.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cTrump continues to talk about things that no one cares about,\u201d agreed another. <\/p>\n

With 90 percent<\/u> of Americans reporting an affordability crisis, Trump is persistent in his denial. When asked about the economic downturn, he claimed, \u201cThis is peanuts. I appreciate everybody putting up with it for a little while. It won\u2019t be much longer.\u201d He made the statement while standing in front of his ballroom construction \u201ceyesore.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In early May, Trump was even more blunt about where he places the American pocketbook on his list of priorities. When asked how much the finances of Americans factored into his war considerations, he declared<\/u>, \u201cNot even a little bit\u2026 I don\u2019t think about Americans\u2019 financial situation.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the same time, Trump is asking for big money to pay for his vanity projects, which continue to grow in number. For the ballroom alone, he\u2019s demanding that Congress provide as much as $1 billion, even though he began the project saying its $400 million price tag would be paid by private donors. On top of that, he wants an estimated $100 million<\/u> to build a 250-foot arch that will loom over DC, has allocated $40 million for a statuary garden, is pouring over $13 million<\/u> into repainting the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool (a project that has already been botched), has spent untold sums renovating the White House to align with his taste for golden trim, and the list goes on.<\/p>\n

While the White House UFC event will supposedly be paid for by the fighting organization, Trump\u2019s decision to hold it at all has been criticized as unpresidential, even by some in the MMA community. Star fighter Brandon Royval, for example, has referred to it<\/u> as \u201csome kind of Hunger Games type f\u2014\u2014 s\u2014\u2014.\u201d<\/p>\n

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