President Donald Trump may have inadvertently revealed the real funding source behind his lavish new White House ballroom — a project he’s repeatedly bragged is “privately funded” and “at zero cost to taxpayers.”

The White House insists the massive remodel, now projected to cost $300 million, is being paid for entirely through private donations. But after a single offhand joke, coupled with new reporting, tell a very different story.

According to Business Insider, Alphabet — the parent company of Google and YouTube — is contributing $22 million toward the project as part of a legal settlement Trump reached last month.

Trump had sued the tech giant after it suspended his YouTube channel for two years following the January 6 Capitol riot. The money will be transferred on Trump’s behalf to

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