President Donald Trump hopped on the defense over the construction of his new White House ballroom amid reports of a clash with his handpicked architect.

The Washington Post reported last week that Trump has argued with architect James McCrery II over the size of the project, which has increased since it was first announced in July.

The ballroom’s initial design included a seating capacity of 650 people, according to a memo from the White House. But the project has since grown to 999 seats, and now could hold up to 1,350 guests, a drawing held up by Trump in the Oval Office in October showed.

The latest ballroom plan, which officials described as in preliminary stages, could also end up much larger than the West Wing and the Executive Mansion, The New York Times revealed . T

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