According to the 2027 fiscal year budget request submitted by the White House to Congress, Trump plans to allocate over $377 million for renovations of the White House Executive Residence this fiscal year—a staggering 866% increase compared to the approximately $39 million spent in the 2025 fiscal year—and intends to add another $17.4 million in the following fiscal year. These funds include donations earmarked for constructing the White House State Dining Room. A spokesperson from the Office of Management and Budget stated that these figures are budgetary projections encompassing not only renovation costs for the White House but also multiple other renovation projects related to the executive residence, as well as security expenditures.

In addition, the Trump administration has requested $10 billion for urban beautification projects in Washington, D.C., and plans to allocate $152 million to restore Alcatraz Island into a maximum-security prison.

In the aforementioned budget proposal, Trump has once again proposed significant cuts to the budgets of major U.S. scientific research institutions, including federal agencies that provide funding or conduct research in health, space, and environmental fields. The most severe reductions will target the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), with both expected to see their 2027 fiscal year budgets fall by more than 50% from current levels; the budget for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will be reduced by 13%. While the budget claim emphasizes maintaining funding for quantum information and artificial intelligence research "to ensure U.S. leadership in these areas," it actually proposes increasing defense and energy department funding for applied research in these domains—while cutting funding for quantum and AI research at institutions such as the NSF by over 30%. Furthermore, the budget includes a plan to prohibit the use of federal funds to pay for subscriptions or publication fees for certain academic journals. However, final decisions on federal budget allocations rest with the U.S. Congress, not the President.

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