Trump invited the donors, who include individuals and corporations, to a dinner at the White House on Wednesday night to thank them for their support.

The controversial public building is ugly and intimidating, architectural vainglory battening on presidential ego, inappropriate to its setting, unmoored from memory and tradition.

“How much am I donating? I won’t be able to tell you until it’s finished. I’ll donate whatever’s needed, I’ll tell you that,” Trump told reporters on Thursday.