Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. All News Sport Culture Lifestyle Trump insults reporter asking about the spiralling cost of his ballroom Donald Trump completed a three-day trip to China, his first since 2017, where he received a grand welcome and held bilateral meetings with President Xi Jinping . Quickly after departing to come back to the US, Trump took to Truth Social to justify his $400 million White House ballroom project, stating, "China has a Ballroom, and so should the U.S.A.!" Trump announced the ballroom is "under construction , ahead of schedule," with an anticipated opening around September 2028. During their discussions, Trump and Xi addressed the Iran war, with Xi offering mediation, and also touched on Taiwan, trade relations, and efforts to curb fentanyl flow. Trump returns to a challenging domestic political landscape marked by an unpopular Iran war, rising fuel prices, high inflation, and low approval ratings.…