WH announces construction of 90,000 sq foot ballroom to WH

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Anonymous wrote:Ohhh so *this* is where the UFC fight will be.

Hahaha you beat me to it

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Anonymous wrote:For reference, an NFL football field is the same size. wtf.

I thought we needed to save money?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/31/trump-ballroom-east-wing-overhaul/

He is so trashy! Everything he touched turns into the most gaudy tasteless crap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For reference, an NFL football field is the same size. wtf.

I thought we needed to save money?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/31/trump-ballroom-east-wing-overhaul/

Football field is only 2/3s that size. A little less, actually. It is 57,000 sqft.

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Anonymous wrote:It's so funny - and typical - that none of you acknowledge this is being built using private funds. It will also benefit all the presidents to come. Not taxpayer funded at all. Idiots.

"Leavitt characterized the new construction — which she said will be funded by Trump and other private donors"

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/construction-on-trump-s-200-million-white-house-ballroom-to-begin-in-september/ar-AA1JFKsY?ocid=BingNewsSerp

How exactly will it benefit all the presidents to come? You think they will all aspire to be the Sun King and live in a gilded Versailles? Or, more likely, a tacky version of it based on one man’s notion of what rich people’s homes look like.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For reference, an NFL football field is the same size. wtf.

I thought we needed to save money?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/31/trump-ballroom-east-wing-overhaul/

They did, remember by doge at Treasury, closing USAID place etc..

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/31/federal-workers-doge-buyout-paid/

The federal government is paying more than 154,000 people not to work

Early resignation offers and other programs have reduced the workforce, but critics say the moves are also wasting money.

Given Trump is paying 154,000 formerly productive federal employees to play x-box in their basements you MAGAs look all the more foolish for trotting lines like that out.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's so funny - and typical - that none of you acknowledge this is being built using private funds. It will also benefit all the presidents to come. Not taxpayer funded at all. Idiots.

"Leavitt characterized the new construction — which she said will be funded by Trump and other private donors"

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/construction-on-trump-s-200-million-white-house-ballroom-to-begin-in-september/ar-AA1JFKsY?ocid=BingNewsSerp

Are you actually stupid enough to believe these donors aren’t getting paid back and then some with special favors?

So, you'd say the same about any donor to any presidential project? Do you hear yourself?

How many other presidents got multi hundred millions gifts from donors? Do you hear yourself?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's so funny - and typical - that none of you acknowledge this is being built using private funds. It will also benefit all the presidents to come. Not taxpayer funded at all. Idiots.

"Leavitt characterized the new construction — which she said will be funded by Trump and other private donors"

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/construction-on-trump-s-200-million-white-house-ballroom-to-begin-in-september/ar-AA1JFKsY?ocid=BingNewsSerp

Are you actually stupid enough to believe these donors aren’t getting paid back and then some with special favors?

So, you'd say the same about any donor to any presidential project? Do you hear yourself?

There are not supposed to be donors for presidential projects. There are not supposed to be presidential projects. Get it?

Gosh, are you sure about that? Remember Jackie Kennedy's renovation of the WH? How do you think that was funded? Private donations. Educate yourself.

Adviser Clark Clifford helped Kennedy find a solution: the Fine Arts Committee for the White House. The committee was formed in February 1961 with a goal of locating "authentic furniture of the date of the building of the White House and the raising of funds to purchase this furniture as gifts for the White House." Not only was seeking "authentic furniture" deemed acceptable, being able to get financing from outside sources would avert complaints about misspent taxpayer resources (refurbishment of the Kennedys' private quarters had already used up the $50,000 allocated by Congress for White House alterations).
https://www.biography.com/political-figures/a64702433/jacqueline-kennedy-white-house-restoration-history

The fake monarchy of "Camelot" is not any kind of model for our republic. It was inappropriate then and it's inappropriate now.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's so funny - and typical - that none of you acknowledge this is being built using private funds. It will also benefit all the presidents to come. Not taxpayer funded at all. Idiots.

"Leavitt characterized the new construction — which she said will be funded by Trump and other private donors"

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/construction-on-trump-s-200-million-white-house-ballroom-to-begin-in-september/ar-AA1JFKsY?ocid=BingNewsSerp

How exactly will it benefit all the presidents to come? You think they will all aspire to be the Sun King and live in a gilded Versailles? Or, more likely, a tacky version of it based on one man’s notion of what rich people’s homes look like.

We somehow managed for almost 250 years without this and I wouldn't be surprised if it is so crappily made as to warrant demolition before 2035.

[Anonymous]

The next Dem administration can charge people 100 bucks a head to help demolish it.

100s of millions will line up from all over the world.

We can have a gilded "Bash Trump Visa". 1000 per head!

No ballroom.

No national debt.

Winning!

[Anonymous]

he'll probably bring back Miss Teen USA to the White House so he can inspect

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:he'll probably bring back Miss Teen USA to the White House so he can inspect

The girls will have tears in their eyes as they say "Sir! Sir! You've got to inspect me...please don't inspect her!"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's so funny - and typical - that none of you acknowledge this is being built using private funds. It will also benefit all the presidents to come. Not taxpayer funded at all. Idiots.

"Leavitt characterized the new construction — which she said will be funded by Trump and other private donors"

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/construction-on-trump-s-200-million-white-house-ballroom-to-begin-in-september/ar-AA1JFKsY?ocid=BingNewsSerp

No, it is not funny. Why don't the private funds get used to provide healthcare for humans who will die without it? But go ahead and build a ballroom none of us will use or even see.

Plus, may as well pay a billion for the airplane palace Trump is so excited about building with his trashy, old Qatari airplane.

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I don't understand why ANY president is allowed to make such wholesale (and expensive) changes to what is a national asset, on a whim. What oversight is there? I don't mind them changing the paint, carpet (which they already do), but why can't suggestions for "improvements" be put to an independent heritage committee to advise and approve? The White House belongs to all of us.

[Anonymous]

This is a folly. If any other President had tried to do this there would have screams from both sides. It’s sad when this is going to be allowed to happen. This addition is going to dwarf the White House.

[Anonymous]

MAGA Pedo palace will be even better than Eppy Island.